Blast from the Past: "Marble Madness"

Manufacturer: Atari Games
Year: 1984
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color
19-inch Electrohome G07
Conversion Class: Atari System I
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Either
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:
Trackball: Optical
Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)

Game Play
Steer your marble to the end of the course in the minimum amount of time. Watch out for other inhabitants that try to slow you down or bump you off - the marble munchers, the steelie, the vacuum, etc. You have an infinite number of lives, but getting killed loses you valuable time. On the "silly level" almost all of the rules are reversed. Some levels have alternate paths to the goal. If you run out of time before you complete a course, the game ends - but sometimes you will be "charmed" with extra time. Each level has its own stereo audio score.

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Apr 11th 2005

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I use to love this game. I first played it at my cousin JR's house, aaah those where the days. I still own this game, and when my game system decides to work, I still find myself popping this in and giving the marble a roll about. It was a fun challenge, with great effects that made you want to laugh at your failure!