Marble Madness

"Marble Madness is a must have!"

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Marble Madness is one of the funnest games out there. The goal of the game is to move your marble through a maze filled with obstacles, traps, and other enemy's to stop you from reaching your goal. This game is more fun than playing Pac-Man!

Entertainment: 9/10
The object of the game is to reach the goal by rolling your marble to the finish. Marble Madness may become frustrating because there's no save feature and the later levels are very hard. However, even with no save, Marble Madness is still a fun and challenging game.

Difficulty: 9/10
The levels are fun, but very hard. Enemy's will try to knock you of ledges, and if an enemy doesn't succeed in knocking you off a cliff, you'll take damage from the blow. If you fall too far and land you will take damage, a big fall will kill you in one hit. Some areas are like maze's and can become confusing and frustrating, plus there is no save feature.

Level lay-out: 9/10
Marble Madness has a great level lay-out. They are multi leveled maze's that are both, fun, and challenging to navigate your way thru. The levels are also a good size and are very well put together.

Replay Value: 5/10
This game's replay value is ok. Once you clear the game you may never want to play again. However, before beating the game this game can be addictive, but still, this game has a medium-low replay value.

Graphics: 7/10
Your view of your marble is from the top and a little to the side (like Sonic 3D Blast). Marble Madness almost never skips or slows down during game play. The graphics are clear and crisp. However most of the levels area's floor's are painted like different colored checker boards (mostly red, blue and green).

Sound: 7/10
The sound in this game is kinda fuzzy. some of the music is annoying, but some of it is fitting and fun to listen. The game has good sound effects and makes a good rolling sound, plus there is great crashing noise when you fall from a far hight, basically this game has "ok" sound but nothing really great.

GENERAL: 9/10
Marble Madness has great game play, is super fun, and has challenging levels. The sound is lacking and the graphics aren't great but this game should of been a famous classic like Pac-Man and Space Invaders. Final conclusion: Marble Madness is a wonderful game that everyone should try.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 09/19/04