I'm looking for a PC game that was around in the early 00s, maybe released in the late 90s. The theme was that you were helping out a professor test some new equipment in his laboratory - though the gameplay was similar to golf in that your goal for each level was get a ball into a small doorway or marked hole in the ground. (Often, there were several holes with the trickier targets earning you bonus lives or taking you to an extra level or somesuch.) The levels were 3D with various paths and obstacles such as deadly pits, fans or magnets. Your ball could be of several different materials with different physics or effects eg. rubber, glass, steel. Moving the ball simply required selecting a direction and speed, then pressing a button; there wasn't a club or anything like that. If you lost the ball, a new one would be dispensed at the starting location. Your remaining balls were always visible to the side of the screen and popped out into the level kind of like a pinball machine. There was also an easter egg / joke about not pressing a certain key on the keyboard (K? M? L? I forget which). Pressing the key repeatedly while ignoring the ominous warnings from the professor would dump you in bonus trap-filled level without any clear exit.
EDIT: Never mind, I stumbled across it while searching for something different. The game is The Wild Science Arcade, developed by Binary Zoo in 1993.
EDIT: Never mind, I stumbled across it while searching for something different. The game is The Wild Science Arcade, developed by Binary Zoo in 1993.
One of The Incredible Machine series?darak said:3. Another puzzle game, mid to late 90's. I really wanna say the mechanics were similar to crazy machines. You were attempting to catch mice (i think), by setting up "pieces" in a specific way. I do remember it had A LOT of levels, most of which couldn't be unlocked without a certain amount of progression. i remember one song in it, but hell, figuring out that song is harder than guessing this game :/