Contraption Zack
Contraption Zack is a video game from California-based developer Presage Software. It was published by Mindscape for MS-DOS in 1992, then the Amiga in 1993. The game involves the player, as Zack, fixing broken machines.
Contraption Zack
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- 1992
- Genre
- puzzle video game
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Contraption Zack is a video game from California-based developer Presage Software. It was published by Mindscape for MS-DOS in 1992, then the Amiga in 1993. The game involves the player, as Zack, fixing broken machines.
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• Title — Contraption Zack • Developer — Presage Software • Publisher — Mindscape • Released — 1992: MS-DOS 1993: Amiga • Platforms — MS-DOS, Amiga
Gameplay
Gameplay
Contraption Zack casts the player as a rookie repairman at Gadgetco, thrust into chaos on the player's very first day. With tools mysteriously "borrowed" and malfunctions rampant, the player's mission is to outwit the workplace and assert control. The game unfolds across a sprawling six-level, 60-room maze, but navigation alone will not suffice—each room presents a logical puzzle that demands careful sequencing and deduction. No special gear is needed; instead, the player must decipher interactions like buttons that raise or lower colored cones, crafting solutions from deceptively simple mechanics. The modular structure lets the player tackle puzzles one at a time, saving progress between breakthroughs.
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The game was developed by Presage Software, a company founded in 1986.
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- 1.Presage Products - Contraption Zack. Presage Software.
- 2.Overview. Presage Software.
- 3.Lynch, Dennis. Brain Busters. Chicago Tribune. 146. April 30, 1993.
- 4.Schwabach, Bob. DOS serves as Boss. Indian River Press Journal. 21. March 29, 1993.
- 5.Contraptions. Aktueller Software Markt. 25. March 1993.
- 6.Contraption Zack. Computer Game Review. 64. January 1993.
- 7.Contraptions. PC Joker. February 1993.
- 8.Contraptions. PC Player. March 1993.
- 9.Contraptions. February 1993.
- 10.Goodwin, Michael. Underground, in a maze, and on the green. PC World. June 1993.
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