Re: Fix-It?????

[ptaft@wang.com (Phil Taft)]

In article <359A2616.EC082D51@swbell.net>, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:

>> I remember an old puzzle game in which the object was to get a ball to
>> go to a receptacle located somewhere on the screen by using various
>> objects which change the ball's colour/size and affected its speed
>> and/or direction.  It was sort of an early ancestor of "The Incredible
>> Machine".  I believe the name of the game was "Fix-it".  Any leads on an
>> 
>> image for this game would be greatly appreciated (I've already checked
>> Asimov, U of Kentucky, Caltech and U of Iowa sites).
>
>
>     There was a "Fix It" or "Fix-It" release from Random House.
>Probably, it is an educational game. This could explain why it may be
>hard to find on an archive site or in a Game List.
>
>    "Incredible Machine" sounds like a Sunburst title. If it is, you
>have another educational game. So far, this would be the only link to
>"Fix It".
>
>     As for the description of "Fix It", it sounds a bit like a game
>named "Ankh".
>
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> 
>Rubywand

   It IS called Fix-It. I'll check the author/manufactuer tonite.
  
   The object is to get a ball to a destination point using "plumbing"-like 
tubes. Some just pass the ball thru, others change the size of the ball, some 
provide a bounce path. It's really pretty cool. It even had my kids hooked on 
it for a while. The puzzles get progressively more difficult.

  If it is not available on Asimov, I'll try to make a disk image. Oops, is 
that a bad thing to say?


   Phil