Marble Madness (Arcade) Gameplay

[steveparok00]

Haha i remember playing this game at Chuck E cheese when I was 6. I hated this game because my tiny hands would get pinched on those trackballs and it hurt so much! >.<

[TheRealDutchOwner]

Is that where they got the graphic design in Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2 from?

[dazzlebown]

I first played this on an arcade machine at Manchester Airport in what must have been about 1984 or 5. I was very young but the experience stuck with me - I was too young to appreciate the gameplay but kept playing for the rich atmosphere, especially of the music on level 2. It was a long, long way ahead of its time.

[boneerooo]

Ahh, I had this confused with Crystal Castle...

[SpreadingtheMuse]

Problem is with this game, it would take you 35 sec just to get off the opening platform. It had no mercy

[KevinCasey7]

wow arcade version added more black balls to raise difficulty

[rjamlegend]

Trackball controls...difficult indeed, but you played on Easy. On Expert, you'd only have 30 seconds to beat Practice Race.

[Alaska1925]

If you're wondering, yeah, mercury comes from here :)

[kiuhy8]

insane soundtrack

[MrGrevy]

An autistotard's nightmare.

[psynema]

am I the only one thinking this is the coolest NES Soundtrack ever? Mega Man 2 being very close

[laney50w]

God, this game was hard as hell! But, way ahead of it's time.

[rphinks]

hated this fucking game.

[jblev2]

I cant believe i watched that fail

[NadrianATRS]

I got'chor marbles right here biotch

[belask]

I could never beat this game on mame.

[RandomUTuber819]

Intermediate race has the best music. Kind of choppy in this vid though.

[wario356]

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG!

[HardWiredGaming]

@wario356 Black is white, up is down, and short is long.

[brotherjames10]

@HardWiredGaming and everything you thought was so important doesnt matter

[4a8p9x]

@HardWiredGaming

And the politicians actually care about you.

[Satchel334]

This game would have been a lot easier with a joystick. That stupid rollerball on the arcade game made it next to impossible to control.

[zarrow50]

Get control of the marble.

I could never find the secret level.

[desconocidos27]

i used to play this arcade back in the day. it wasn't too common to find

[seankentc]

wow

[hobiehippo]

what an aggravating game this was, its gettin on my nerves just watching you play it

[guyinfl99]

@hobiehippo I totally agree. This game was so frustrating trying to control that damned marble.

[orangefunk]

Man... I used to love the music on this but its painful to listen to the later sections... those FM chips I suppose!

[alengard77]

Wow I remember playing this at Six Flags, ages ago. The arcade had a ball-interface to roll the ball. That was awesome back in those days. 100/100

[Evatar7]

this is like ancient hamsterball.

[Octamed]

@Evatar7 guess what hamsterball is based on :)

[flyingerasehead]

Oh Marble Madness, You're Jammin' Me (TM).

[devonjames10]

This reminds me of a 3D game on PC called HamsterBall. This is very simular.

[HardWiredGaming]

devonjames10: "simular"?

[devonjames10]

Well, you could say a 3D clone...

[xxpandamidknightxx]

No, this game developed overhead like game such as Sonic the Hedgehog Arcade and Sonic 3D Blast. Plus a few that are in that cloth.

[SlurpeeTigger]

that last level was a PAIN when I first got there.

[ClassicTVMan81]

When the vacuums appear to get your marble during the Aerial Race, additional ominous riffs show up.

[ClassicTVMan81]

I love how some of the music in this game has those jazzy synthesized flourishes. Some other tunes, however, sound rather creepy (esp. the Intermediate Race tune).

[rahree]

Tha music was off tha hook!

[RICKOBEAR]

haha!!! ;) i used to love this game!!! music kinda reminds me of PeeWee's Playhouse. lol!!!

[xxaltered7xx]

what a game.and..sound!!

[CoreyD1086]

game still gives me fits.

[DGromet]

Poor marble, when it falls off, it almost sounds like a human.

[MisterOhma]

This takes me back.

GOOOOD times.