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Fantastic Contraption

The original 2008 2D physics building game! With over 1.5 million players, Fantastic Contraption is a true classic. Your goal is simple: move the red ball from the blue building zone to the pink goal area…

30 June 2008

Fantastic Contraption is a puzzle developed by Northway Games, released 30 June 2008 on Web browser.

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What Fantastic Contraption is

Fantastic Contraption is a puzzle game developed by Northway Games and released in 2008. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Adobe Flash Player.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The original 2008 2D physics building game! With over 1.5 million players, Fantastic Contraption is a true classic. Your goal is simple: move the red ball from the blue building zone to the pink goal area. Your tools: wood rods (solid), water rods (pass through stuff), and wheels that turn clockwise or counterclockwise. Your solutions: NEAR INFINITE. Players have saved over 10 million unique designs, solving levels with everything from cars to catapults to conveyor belts or just pure gravity.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Fantastic Contraption launched on 30 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV and Battlefield: Bad Company.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Battlefield: Bad Company.

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When did Fantastic Contraption come out?
Fantastic Contraption was released on 30 June 2008 for Web browser.

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