Marble Madness

Atari developed the DOS action game Marble Madness in 1987. Marble Madness is currently abandonware, runs on DOS and can be played in single player, multiplayer (same or split screen) modes. Marble Madness is a conversion from an arcade coin-op machine. It's available for download.

Rating: 3.75

(8 votes)

abandonware

Genre:

action / action arcade

system:

DOS

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publisher:

developer:

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keywords:

coin-op conversion, isometric

Downloads for Marble Madness

Download Marble Madness Manual

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Screenshots

Screenshots were taken by Abandonware DOS.

Additional info

Facts, trivia and collector's notes are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. These texts use material from this Wikipedia article.

Cerny drew inspiration from miniature golf, racing games, and artwork by M. C. Escher. He applied a minimalist approach in designing the appearance of the game's courses and enemies.

Marble Madness inspired other games that feature similar gameplay based on navigating a ball through progressively more difficult courses; such games are often described in terms that relate them to Marble Madness. Melbourne House's Gyroscope and Electric Dreams Software's Spindizzy were the first such games; both met with a good reception.

players: single player, multiplayer (same or split screen)

input: keyboard, joystick

distribution: 3,5 floppy disk, 5,25 floppy disk

graphics: CGA

sound: PC speaker, Tandy

Abandonware DOS popularity: very low

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