One weird way to play Basketball.

For my final game in my childhood block, I checked out Crazy Machines for the DS! A game I was familiar with but didn't remember a whole lot of. I remember I used to play the PC version. But I went with the DS version. And yes I did play this version when I was younger. Otherwise I wouldn't have played this version in the block.

We're greeted by professor... whoever the fuck... and he gets us introduced to the world of crazy machines! We start with some basic tutorials. First by adding basic blocks, rotating blocks, flipping pieces, using weights and using electricity! After that, we graduate from training school and move on to the real levels!

Obviously the first few are easy. Just placing down some platforms. To get the ball in the hoop, weight on the target, crate on the target, etc. I do struggle a little bit with the first level that features a balloon. But it had to do more with the positioning of the platforms and stuff. I then got introduced to a no build zone. A little red area where I couldn't place down items. So I had to... think around the box. Eh? I think my first really big challenging level was level 10. Despite having like only 3 items to use. A bowling ball, plank, and balloon. For the life of me I could not figure out how to beat this level.

The most logical answer would be to put the balloon between the up left brick wall and bowling, the placable bowling ball to the edge of the domino, and the platform obviously between the magic wheel and other platform. But nope. That didn't work. The weight would fall down the wrong way. Also prove the definition of insanity. Trying something over and over and expecting a different outcome. Not the case here. I tried so many different combinations but nothing seemed to work. I almost gave up and looked it up... but then I accidentally solved it when I but the balloon between the weight and the rotated platform. Don't you love it when you accidentally solve something?

Level 11 gets us introduced to scissors which I breeze through. Level 12 is a cakewalk. 13 done very quickly. 14 introduces the cannon and also gets beat in no time. 15 took me a few extra minutes... but only because I forgot I can mirror items and I forgot I could mirror the scissors to cut the rope off the weight... oops. Doesn't take me long to beat level 16. 17 gets us introduced to explosives. Bombs can explode brick walls. Which I do to beat that level. I finish the stream after beating level 18 quickly too.

So overall... this game isn't that difficult. For now obviously. Level 10 was really the hardest one. But it made me realize that balloons are strong holy shit! I mean did you see how easily it pushed that weight? Or maybe it was like a 1 pound weight.