169 · Marble Madness
Steer your marble through each course as fast as you can without losing control!
SHOW NOTES
Marble Madness Longplay
Marble Madness Arcade
Marble Madness Gameboy
Marble Man: Marble Madness 2
Marble Madness Arcade OST
Marble Madness GDC Convo
Mark Cerny
Super Monkey Ball
Knack
Show notes
- Roll to the goal in a race against time
- Introductions
- Overview
- A platform game in which the player must guide a marble through courses, populated with obstacles and enemies, within a time limit.
- Gameplay
- Movement
- Layout
- Obstacles and Enemies
- What if no time limit?
- More tricks?
- Development
- Mark Cerny
- The list of credits is underappreciated.
- Mark Cerny
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- Arcade Version first
- Trackball
- Tons of Ports
- An arcade sequel titled Marble Man: Marble Madness II was planned for release in 1991, though Cerny was uninvolved in the development
- Up to three players
- Pinball Minigame
- Power Ups
- It didn’t perform well enough for a full release
- Marble Madness has a few spiritual successors though right? Super Monkey Ball?
- Arcade Version first
- EGL
- Next week - Marble Madness