Marble Madness

A classic frustrating release from Atari Games Corporation, ‘Marble Madness’ involves guiding a heavy glass marble across a raised course of obstacles and adversaries against the clock. The game is based on an isometric grid, viewing the events diagonally, a format later used by RPGs in the vein of ‘Diablo,’ and games boasting to be three-dimensional, such as the terrible ‘Sonic 3D’ which basically replaced the marble sprite with a hedgehog. Numerous tricky obstacles and enemies with varying degrees of intelligence and randomness attempt to impede your red marble’s innocent progress through the race, which can also be taken head-to-head with a second blue player, but the ...

This game was made by Milton Bradley and came out in 1991 for the Nes and other consoles. It does not really have a specific role and is a one or two player 2 Simultaneous game. The idea of the game is simply get to the finish line before the time runs out. Or beat your opponent in two player mode. Easier said than done. The game has six different rounds in the Nes version. Whilst other console versions such as the Game Gear version, had more levels. The first four rounds you have to get to the bottom of the round. However in the fifth race you have to get to the top. Since that is the silly round and everything is backwards. The las round which is ...