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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Officially-licensed Marble Madness games

Merchant	Title
	Marble Madness
	Marble Madness
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User Reviews

A Challenge To Gamers Everywhere.	NES	Jon Ralston (115)
The PC version doesn't hold a candle to the Amiga classic.	PC Booter	Tomer Gabel (4480)
The lack of a proper control system mars this otherwise perfect conversion.	PC Booter	Trixter (8873)
Madness? It's only marbles.	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)
One of the best coin-op conversions of its era	Amiga	Randy Delucchi (30)
PC Version Disappointed	PC Booter	AstroNerdBoy (40)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	NES	Jun 08, 2003	A	100
The Games Machine (UK)	PC Booter	Oct, 1987	79 out of 100	79
Power Play	NES	Nov, 1991	76 out of 100	76
Defunct Games	Game Gear	Feb 25, 2007	70 out of 100	70
Power Play	Genesis	Mar, 1992	67 out of 100	67
Nintendo Power Magazine	Game Boy	Sep, 1991	3.1 out of 5	62
NES Archives	NES	Jan 06, 2002	C+	58
Gamers (Germany)	SEGA Master System	Aug, 1992	7 out of 15	47
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jul 14, 2008	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

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.

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