Marble Madness
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Electronic Arts (US/EU) Tengen (JP) Virgin Games (JP) Tengen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Electronic Arts (US/EU) Tengen (JP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Domark (EU) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Sega Mouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Puzzle[1], Action[2], Arcade[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marble Madness (マーブルマッドネス) is an arcade game developed by Atari Games and released in 1984. Its popularity saw numerous ports to home platforms, including the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.
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Gameplay
The object of the game is to move a marble down an isometric field from one point to another, making sure not to fall of ledges or be damaged in other ways. The original arcade release relied heavily on a trackball controller, but the console ports rely on directional pad, meaning the control is less accurate. On the Mega Drive, the D-pad moves the ball in the on-screen direction of the button press. For example, will move the marble vertically up on the screen, with the respective effect in the arena.
History
The rights to the game were passed across a multitude of developers and publishers. In 1991 Electronic Arts had publishing rights, and produced a copy of the game for the Mega Drive in North America and Europe. While this version is complete, music porting and text drawing is somewhat sloppy, some of the graphics were recreated, colors were changed (most notably, the marble is now red), and the marble's motion restrictions were somewhat relaxed (allowing for jumps and drops not possible in other versions of the game).
Atari Games' home console division Tengen produced their own Mega Drive copy for the Japanese market in 1993, which is different to the Electronic Arts version. This is similar to the situation regarding the Mega Drive port of Klax, in which Namco produced their own copy for Japan. This Japanese version, which appears to have been produced internally by Tengen of Japan, is much more faithful to the original game (but whether or not it is a direct port is unknown), and features trackball support through the Sega Mouse.
Virgin Games published a Master System version the following year.
Tengen would also publish the Game Gear version. Both the Master System and Game Gear ports were created by Steve Lamb.
Production credits
Mega Drive version (US/EU)
- Genesis version By: Michael Schwartz
- Music and Sound By: Steve Hayes
- ©1991 Atari Games Corporation and Electronic Arts
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises Ltd.
Mega Drive version (JP)
As with Gauntlet IV, there are two screens of credits. The first screen, the original arcade version's credits, shows after three demo loops.
- Designer/Graphics Programmer: Mark Cerny
- Game Programmer: Bob Flanagan
- Animator: Sam Comstock
- Sound Design: Hal Canon, Brad Fuller
- Hardware Design: S Ly, J Margolin, D Paauw, D Snyder
- System Support: C Downend, M Hoff, J Ritter
- Software Support: M Albaugh, M Mahar, R Moore
- Hardware Support: J Castillo, E Durfey, P McCarthy, N Minh
The second screen, the porting credits, comes 12 loops later; just sit back.
- Project Leader/Programmer: Jun Amanai
- Programmer: Takayuki Muraoka
- Graphics Conversion: Ken-ichi Nemoto
- Audio Conversion: Kenji Yokoyama
- Customer Service: Naomi Takahashi, Mizuho Yoshioka
- Special Thanks: Bill Hindorff
Master System version
- TM Atari Games Corporation.
- Licensed to Tengen.
- ©1992 Tengen All Rights Reserved
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises.
- Programmed By: Steve Lamb
Game Gear version
- TM Atari Games Corporation.
- Licensed to Tengen.
- ©1992 Tengen All Rights Reserved.
- Code By: Steve Lamb.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Marble Madness/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Marble Madness/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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74 | |
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Based on 35 reviews |
Mega Drive, AU |
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Master System version
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72 | |
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Based on 14 reviews |
Game Gear version
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79 | |
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Based on 13 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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512kB | 1992-02 | Cartridge (US/EU) | ||||||||||
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256kB | Cartridge (EU) | |||||||||||
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256kB | Cartridge (US/EU) |
References
- ↑ File:MarbleMadness GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:MarbleMadness SMS EU Box.jpg
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 146
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 ', "" (; ), page 9
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 67
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 ', "" (; ), page 39
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 ', "" (; ), page 11
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- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 90
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 ', "" (; ), page 63
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 19 (21)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
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- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 14
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 10
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 123
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- ↑ FX (UK) (+0:00)
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- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
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- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 90
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 93
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 1
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 36
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 68
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
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- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 108
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- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 38 (38/39)
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 68 (66)
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 132
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 143
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- ↑ 69.0 69.1 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 135
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- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 71
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