The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by syndicatedjelly » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 6:24 AM UTC

The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]
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Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by noufalibrahim » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 1:56 PM UTC

I started work and abandoned a small clone of this wonderful game a long time ago

https://github.com/nibrahim/Devious-machinations

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by cassianoleal » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:00 PM UTC

I initially thought this was going to be about the awesome 90s game [0]. Was a bit puzzled by the date in brackets but I was wrong in my assumption.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbSMKGQ_rU

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by mckirk » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:01 PM UTC

noufalibrahim wrote: post #2

I started work and abandoned a small clone of this wonderful game a long time ago https://github.com/nibrahim/Devious-machinations

Note that this is about a documentary about the human body from 1975 (according to Wikipedia), not the video game that was released in 1993.

(Though for me the game definitely also was the first association.)

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by wyldfire » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:11 PM UTC

cassianoleal wrote: post #3

I initially thought this was going to be about the awesome 90s game [0]. Was a bit puzzled by the date in brackets but I was wrong in my assumption. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbSMKGQ_rU

I also assumed it was about the game. It is seared into my youthful memories.

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by wyldfire » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:12 PM UTC

mckirk wrote: post #4

noufalibrahim wrote: post #2

I started work and abandoned a small clone of this wonderful game a long time ago https://github.com/nibrahim/Devious-machinations

Note that this is about a documentary about the human body from 1975 (according to Wikipedia), not the video game that was released in 1993. (Though for me the game definitely also was the first association.)

This is not a documentary about the human body. It's about computers, Bell Labs.

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by mckirk » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:35 PM UTC

wyldfire wrote: post #6

mckirk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note that this is about a documentary about the human body from 1975 (according to Wikipedia), not the video game that was released in 1993. (Though for me the game definitely also was the first association.)

This is not a documentary about the human body. It's about computers, Bell Labs.

Well, I stand corrected, thanks. Apparently there are too many things called 'The Incredible Machine'.

I just clicked on the video for a second and the first image it showed still seemed to fit the 'human body' topic, because at a glance it looked like some kind of ultrasonic scanner.

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by m12k » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:36 PM UTC

wyldfire wrote: post #5

cassianoleal wrote: post #3

I initially thought this was going to be about the awesome 90s game [0]. Was a bit puzzled by the date in brackets but I was wrong in my assumption. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbSMKGQ_rU

I also assumed it was about the game. It is seared into my youthful memories.

Casey's Contraptions is a mobile game highly inspired by The Incredible Machine

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by SeeManDo » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:47 PM UTC

They made it say NOICE

Re: The Incredible Machine (1968) [video]

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Post by ants_everywhere » Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 2:54 PM UTC

Is it just me or do some of the people in this movie look like they haven't slept an in a while and are just trying to hold it together? They just kind of look like they're under a lot of pressure.

But it's a cool film. The rendition of Daisy Bell is what inspired HAL 9000 to sing the same song.