I don't have many memories from my early computing experiences, but I remember clearly that I spent a lot of time being captivated and playing The Incredible Machine, a game (actually a series of games) where you had to arrange all kind of objects (ropes, generators, bowling balls, animals, ... ) for the purpose of completing a simple task, such as lighting a candle or moving an object into a box. Those were the days where MS-DOS was the platform for such games, but now a simple flash game where you don't have to install anything does the same thing (actually much better) than what MS-DOS allowed. This is the case of Fantastic Contraption, a fun flash game where you have to arrange some objects (unlike The Incredible Machine in here you only have three types of wheels and two types of rods) in order to move one wheel from one box to another.
Think this is easy? Well, even if this game looks like it's designed for 5-year old ones, it will actually make your brain spin faster trying to put that DAMN pink wheel in the box (I'm calm now, just that one of the levels gave me some headaches). Anyway, go ahead and try it for yourself, it made me a little melancholic thinking about my youth and how back then I had a more trained brain than now ...
