Comments on: Factory-themed OS 9 game?

Question: Factory-themed OS 9 game?

Johnny Assay — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:56:30 -0800

Back in my OS 9 days, I played a game in which you controlled a factory. Raw materials would come out of a pipe somewhere, and you had to control the conveyor belts, chutes, and other machines in the factory to make a certain quota of items by the end of the day. Incorrectly made items, of course, were deducted from your score. Can anyone else remember this game, and (even better) tell me where to find it?

By: evariste

evariste — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:21:26 -0800

It wasn't Capitalism, was it?

By: Camel of Space

Camel of Space — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:57:53 -0800

I think it was called Factory.

By: smallerdemon

smallerdemon — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:10:44 -0800

Was it Capitalist Pig?

By: wanderingmind

wanderingmind — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:38:51 -0800

This one? I remember playing it a lot years ago.

By: Akke

Akke — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:58:26 -0800

Nightshift, by Lucasarts?

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By: Akke

Akke — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:59:50 -0800

Was it Night Shift, by Lucasarts?

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By: outlier

outlier — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:35:36 -0800

wanderingmind and Camel of Space are correct, I think. Factory had pie crusts, fillings and tops (and in other scenarios, various widgets that made up a mega-widget) that were dispensed from hoppers and squirters, ran along conveyer belts and went into ovens, got sorted by various doors or fell into bins until being dropped off into a loading dock. Scenarios ended when you had made a certain number of products and money was deducted for wastage. I played this for hours and even stumped up the cash for the full version.

I think I found it again some years ago, and had trouble making it run correctly on a modern Mac. Caveat user.

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:12:16 -0800

Factory was indeed the game I was looking for. I had thought that was the name, but given that searching for "factory game mac os 9" hadn't turned it up, I was starting to doubt that.

Many thanks, everyone?