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Fix It

Fix It is a puzzle game where the player assembles various machines out of a kit of spare parts. The machines are similar to Rube Goldberg devices and involve releasing a bolt from a wrench and then have it…

31 December 1985

Fix It is a puzzle developed by Random House, released 31 December 1985 on Apple II, Apple IIGS and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Fix It is

Fix It is a puzzle game developed by Random House and released in 1985. It is available on Apple II, Apple IIGS and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fix It is a puzzle game where the player assembles various machines out of a kit of spare parts. The machines are similar to Rube Goldberg devices and involve releasing a bolt from a wrench and then have it reach a box. For each machine the player has access to a toolbox with a certain amount of components of various kinds that have to be placed on the playing field to complete the machine. Most common are the elbows (l-shaped pipes) which change the direction of the bolt and the converters which change the property of the bolt. The bolt can be small and hollow, large and hollow, small and solid or large and solid and these properties have to match with the properties of the box and the…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Fix It launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did Fix It come out?
Fix It was released on 31 December 1985 for Apple II, Apple IIGS and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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