NES

Marble Madness

An old favorite in the arcades, Marble Madness has made a very smooth transition onto the NES. Each stage challenges you to navigate a marble through a maze of platforms, ramps, bridges, tubes, and obstacles. It requires a great deal of finesse to traverse the narrow bridges, and a timer keeps the tension high. The psuedo-3D stages feature numerous interesting gadgets like catapults and vacuums that help or hinder your progress. The graphics are easy on the eyes, and your large marble is no problem to control. Thanks to its relatively short stages, Marble Madness has that "just one more time" quality that keeps you coming back for more. Also included is a terrific head-to-head two-player mode which adds a whole new dimension to the game. And be sure to turn up the volume, because the music is absolutely incredible.

More than just a trip down memory lane, Marble Madness is as fresh today as it's always been - just like those Hovis ads. Buy Marble Madness and enjoy some fine gameplay and a fair few nights burning the midnight oil in a wonderful, wacky world full of things which might just drive you round the twist...

Diese Spielidee ist Zeit-resistent: Dank der technisch gelungenen Umsetzung dürfen sich nun auch NES-Besitzer an Marble Madness in seiner vollen Pracht erfreuen. Die Musikbegleitung geriet erwartungsgemäß etwas düdlig, stört aber nicht weiter. Wichtig sind vor allem Steuerung und Grafik; die Entwickler-Crew von Rare hat hier zum Glück nicht gepatzt und selbst den hektisch-spaßigen Zwei-Spieler-Modus in die NES-Version gerettet. Den einzigen Haken des Vorbildes jedoch leider auch: Sechs Levels sind für einen Geschicklichkeitsfan nicht allzu viel. Dafür frustriert der Schwierigkeitsgrad der letzten Marble-Welt dann selbst den absoluten Kenner.

If you have another person to play with, then this game is swell, otherwise expect a game that you are going to get tired of relatively quickly.