''Crazy Machines'' is a

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created by German studio FAKT Software. Crazy Machines based many of its ideas on '' The Incredible Machine'' series of games. The player is given a set of mechanical components to construct a

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-style or

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-style intricate machine to solve a goal and advance to the next puzzle in the game. An

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version of the game was released in 2009.dtp entertainment AG
Crazy Machines: Award-winning physics puzzle is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch
, Press Release, 23 Apr 2009. Retrieved 23 Feb 2015.

Gameplay

In the game, players build imaginative machines that turn cranks, rotate

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s, pull levers, and more to build a unique contraption. The player can solve more than 200 challenging puzzles and experiment with gears, robots, explosives, and more in a virtual lab. The game uses a

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to simulate various in-game variables such as air pressure, electricity, gravity, and

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Review
in ''School Library Journal'', September 2007.
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in ''Power to Learn''.

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