Best mechanical/physics puzzles. - an IFDB Poll

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I had a lot of fun with the underground trolley puzzle in Axe of Kolt by Larry Horsfield. Any other games that feature cool mechanical devices, Rube Goldberg machines or solutions that rely on using the laws of physics (gravity of course, but maybe also optics/reflection, magnetism,...)?
By no means does this puzzle have to be the centerpiece of the game, it just has to be elaborate and really cool.

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Frenemies; or, I Won An Andy Phillips Game!, by B F Lindsay
2 votes
"One-room game where the central puzzle is constructing a Rube Goldberg-ish device" [+]... "I am glad I put Bill onto Andy Phillips' games" [+]...

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A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin
1 vote
"The main puzzle" [+]...

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Inevitable, by Kathleen M. Fischer as Timothy Lawrence Heinrich
1 vote
"One big many-room interlinked physics puzzle with a gripping backstory." [+]...

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Castle Ralf, by Doug Clutter and Steve Vance
1 vote
"Almost certainly contains the largest IF puzzle in history." [+]...

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The Axe of Kolt [2014 ADRIFT version], by Larry Horsfield
1 vote
"Long sprawling oldschool game. A particularly neat multi-part, multi-room puzzle where you have to get a mining cart over a chasm." [+]...

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Hezarin, by Alex Shipp and Steve Tinney
1 vote
"A perfect blend of crossword and narrative " [+]...

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Metamorphoses, by Emily Short
1 vote
"Puzzles are based on physical properties" [+]...

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Hollywood Hijinx, by Dave Anderson, Liz Cyr-Jones
1 vote
"Still a classic" [+]...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
1 vote
"The Babel Fish dispenser, an all-time classic" [+]...

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Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
1 vote
"Puzzles are based on physical properties" [+]...

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Philosopher's Quest, by Peter D. Killworth and Jonathan Mestel
1 vote
"Tough As Old Boots Puzzlefest " [+]...

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Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box, by Arthur DiBianca
1 vote
"The whole game is one big mechanical puzzle" [+]...

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