Machinarium

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Description

Machinarium is a point-and-click adventure set in a mechanical world where the player controls a small robot that has been kicked out of the city. He has to return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood who terrorizes his kind and took away his girlfriend. The game consists of a number of static, non-scrolling screens the player gets to explore. This is done by clicking on objects in the environment to manipulate them, gathering them in an inventory and solving a wide array of puzzles, ranging from simple item combinations to more complex pattern analysis. The player's robot can scale his height to solve a number of problems, and communication is often presented graphically through speech bubbles that describe a scene using animated images, rather than words.

It is not possible to die, and when stuck, the player can opt to use a single hint (one per screen) or consult a walkthrough book. Pages in this book show the full solution to the level in the form of concept art panels, but to reach it a short side-scrolling shooter mini-game needs to be played. Therefore, the player cannot access it right away. In the beginning progress is done screen by screen, but after a while the world opens up more with many locations available at the same time.

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Alternate Titles

• "机械迷城" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Машинариум" -- Russian spelling
• "Machinarium: The Definitive Version" -- Updated Steam release
• "マシナリウム" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Executable flash games
• Machinarium series
• Protagonist: Robot

User Reviews

Point 'n' click is not dead yet

Windows

Mik_1_ (18)

Critic Reviews

Just Adventure	Windows	Dec 18, 2009	A	100
Indie Game Magazine	Windows	May 31, 2010	93 out of 100	93
Multiplayer.it	Windows	Oct 15, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Pocket Gamer UK	iPad	Sep 08, 2011	9 out of 10	90
3D Juegos	Windows	Oct 22, 2009	8.6 out of 10	86
IGN	iPad	Sep 14, 2011	8.5 out of 10	85
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Nov 27, 2009	84 out of 100	84
Alternative Magazine Online	PlayStation 3	Oct 04, 2012	8 out of 10	80
148apps	iPad	Sep 16, 2011		80
4Players.de	iPad	Sep 21, 2011	74 out of 100	74

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Machinarium appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

German release

Next to the Windows and Macintosh version of Machinarium, the German retail release also includes:

• The official soundtrack by Tomáš Dvořák
• Two-sided poster showcasing the cover art of the game as well as advertising for Daedalic Entertainment's next title Deponia
• The flash game Samorost 2

Piracy

In August 2010 designer Jakub Dvorský said that only 5-15 percent of people who downloaded Machinarium bought it legitimately. The game did not include any form of DRM. In that month he launched a "Pirate Amnesty" sale. Anybody who downloaded the game illegally could buy the Windows, Mac or Linux version and its soundtrack for $5, 75 percent off of the normal $20 tag.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2009 – #3 Best Adventure of the Year
• AceGamez
  • 2009 - Best Traditional Adventure Game

Information also contributed by Big John WV and Sciere

Related Web Sites

• Machinarium (official game website)
• Machinarium (TIGdb entry.)
• Machinarium Walkthrough (by Tally Ho, hosted on the Just Adventure website)
• Review: The Mac Gamer (A review of Machinarium by Brad Snios at The Mac Gamer website (October 31st, 2009).)