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Post by Ace Whatever on Oct 16, 2009 6:06:16 GMT -5
...or at least what I think was a game. I t was something I saw a long ass time ago when I was in school. And I'm under the suspicion that it was on a Mac rather than an IBM but maybe the description will ring a bell for someone.
Basically you're shown a square piece of paper tilted at a specific angle and has some kind of pattern on it. You have two rows on which to set one or several of three kinds of machines: A rotater to change the angle, a machine that punches holes and a machine that draws lines. You have to set the machines so that a blank paper passes through them and ends up looking like the piece you were shown at the beginning.
The description of some of the machines might be a bit inaccurate but the general gist of it is hopefully clear to anyone who knows what I'm talking about.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Post by susanismyalias on Oct 16, 2009 10:20:41 GMT -5
AH JEEZ! We had this in my first and second grade class! What was it! ARRRGH.
I'm pretty sure you are right about it being on Mac, though.
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Post by Strider on Oct 16, 2009 16:25:19 GMT -5
I remember that, too, but I don't remember anything else abotu it that colud help you identify it.  I want to say that I think it was part of a larger educational game that was a set of minigames, but I'm not sure... - HC |
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Post by Dais on Oct 16, 2009 17:33:40 GMT -5
can you give a year when you remember playing it, to set an upper limit for when it was released?
Color depth memories would also be helpful to determine what the hardware was (something early like an Apple II or something like a PowerMac or whatever).
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Post by Ace Whatever on Oct 16, 2009 17:57:55 GMT -5
I'd say it was somewhere between 1994 & 1997 when I saw the thing. Its confusing because I was in some kind of PC club where they let us play these EGA games on IBM DOS machines when God knows what version of Windows was available at the time.
The reason I suspect it was a Mac is because it was on the teacher's desk and looked different from any other PC I cared to recall at the time.
Unfortunately I can't guess at the color depth because my memory's horribly overestimative when it comes to visualizing things. I tried to look for this thing years ago under the assumption that it came with the OS and asked a couple of self-proclaimed Mac experts if they heard about it but got zilch on both.
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Post by Dais on Oct 16, 2009 18:28:21 GMT -5
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Post by susanismyalias on Oct 16, 2009 18:44:58 GMT -5
YAAAAY!
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Post by blackdrazon on Oct 16, 2009 19:04:28 GMT -5
There was a game like that on a learning game suite a friend of mine used to have (I don't remember its title, only that it was "#3"). Easily the best game in the entire package. I can only imagine this is just as good or better, I should look it up a bit more.
And of course, there's always the flash games Factory Balls 1 and 2, but the way they swap tools every few levels is jarring.
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Post by Ace Whatever on Oct 17, 2009 0:45:28 GMT -5
It's definitely the Factory. Thanks Dais! Now I have to figure out which version I saw because it definitely wasn't the 1984 version.  |
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Post by jorpho on Oct 17, 2009 1:32:58 GMT -5
Sunburst Communications, eh? A tiny, tinkling bell sounded in my brain when I saw that logo - it must have been twenty years since I saw it last! This could be the key to identifying all kinds of mystery Apple programs that I thought were made by MECC.
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Post by Ace Whatever on Oct 17, 2009 5:37:59 GMT -5
Looking around, there doesn't seem to be any info on The Factory beyond what Dais linked. So far the only lead I have is this CD. It's not clear which version of The Factory is on on the CD but the other one, Super Factory is probably not what I'm looking for because that one's for 3D designs. Anyone know where I can find an ISO? |
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