What's the name of this game?

[GSP_37]

I got it via 1.44 floppy disk around early 1990s from college bookstore free with purchase of printer maybe. It may have been MS-DOS, black background, involved some task and you had access to all sorts of widgets, ramps, ball, pivot points, etc. and you'd position these things where you'd drop a ball that would end up traveling and completing some task... or something like that.

 

[Zer]

The Incredible Machine?

 

[GSP_37]

I think that may have been it! Can you still play a MS-DOS game?

 

[jefferz]

I think that may have been it! Can you still play a MS-DOS game?

yep. There's an emulator called Dosbox which is pretty popular. You have to remember those Dos commands though.

 

[Sycho Sid]

The Incredible Machine?

I used to play that game at school when I was a wee lad. Tons of fun

 

[Zer]

I think that may have been it! Can you still play a MS-DOS game?

It's on gog.com for cheap. It's a good option because gog games typically don't require you to piss about with dosbox or anything, so they're easy to play

 

[Turtlejuice]

I think they remade that a few years ago. Might have been for mobiles only though.

 

[GSP_37]

I'm surprised Incredible Machine never made it to mainstream consoles, but was on 3DO, I think I saw.