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Marble Madness Series

Marble Madness

Puzzle Arcade Action
68
User Score
73 ratings
December 15, 1984
Released 15107 days ago
Arcade PC-9800 Series Sharp X68000 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis FM Towns

About

Marble Madness is an isometric platform game in which the player manipulates an onscreen marble from a third-person perspective. The player controls the marble's movements with a trackball, though most home versions use game controllers with directional pads. The aim of the game is for the player to complete six maze-like, isometric race courses before a set amount of time expires. When a player completes a race, the remaining time is added to the next race's allotted time. The game also allows two players to compete against each other.

Courses are populated with various objects and enemies designed to obstruct the player. As the game progresses, the courses become increasingly difficult and introduce more enemies and obstacles. Each course has a distinct visual theme. For example, the first race, titled "Practice", is a simple course that is much shorter than the others, while the fifth race, named "Silly", features polka-dot patterns and is oriented in a direction opposite from the other courses

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Release Dates by Platform

Arcade Worldwide
Dec 15, 1984
Sharp X68000 Worldwide
Mar 15, 1991
PC-9800 Series Worldwide
Mar 30, 1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Worldwide
Aug 1, 1991
FM Towns Worldwide
Dec 31, 1991

Game Info

Developer
Atari Games
Publisher
Atari Games, Home Data, Electronic Arts
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Puzzle Arcade
Themes
Action

Multiplayer

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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