A port of the arcade game. The idea is deceptively simple: Guide a marble down a path without hitting any obstacles or straying off the course. The game is viewed from an isometric perspective, which makes it harder to stay focused on the direction the ball is to follow. There are tight corridors to follow and enemies to avoid. There is a 2-player mode in which players must race to the finish; otherwise you're racing against the clock.

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Alternate Titles

"マーブルマッドネス" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Laser Cycles	PC Booter
	Marble Madness	Game Boy	$3.71
	Marble Madness	Game Boy Color	$0.20
	Star Wars C3PO and R2-D2 100 Piece Puzzle	NES
	Marble Madness	Genesis
	Laser Cycles	PC Booter
	Marble Madness
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User Reviews

A Challenge To Gamers Everywhere.	NES	powerstone05 (215)
The lack of a proper control system mars this otherwise perfect conversion.	PC Booter	Trixter (8728)
PC Version Disappointed	PC Booter	AstroNerdBoy (40)
The PC version doesn't hold a candle to the Amiga classic.	PC Booter	Tomer Gabel (4418)
Madness? It's only marbles.	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)
One of the best coin-op conversions of its era	Amiga	Randy Delucchi (27)

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The Press Says

Mean Machines	Genesis	Jan, 1992	88 out of 100	88
Player One	Genesis	Apr, 1992	75 out of 100	75
Power Play	Genesis	Mar, 1992	67 out of 100	67
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Feb, 1991	64 out of 100	64
NES Archives	NES	Jan 06, 2002	C+	58
1UP!	SEGA Master System	Apr 09, 2010	54 out of 100	54
All Game Guide	Game Boy Color	1999		40
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jul 14, 2008	4 out of 10	40
Player One	SEGA Master System	Jul, 1992	40 out of 100	40
Commodore Force	Commodore 64	Aug, 1993	31 out of 100	31

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Trivia

Graphics and Sound

A non-advertised fact about the PC version is that it supports 16-color graphics and 3-voice sound -- but only on a Tandy or PCjr computer. All other users automatically get 4-color CGA graphics and single-voice sound.

Secret level

In the PC version, there is a secret level accessible from the first level (involving being in the right place at the right time) which contained various difficult challenges (rivers, moving platforms and the like). This secret level does not exist in the original arcade game.