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[vdub_bobby]

Being a dinosaur is fun, but have you ever been a marble? That's right, it's time for Marble Madness!

Post a score and let's get this thing rolling!

Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point. No continues - only games played from the beginning count!

And if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it.

This week's competition ends next Tuesday (March 11) at approximately noon PST.


This week's scores:

41,280 Roloking (+10 pts)
41,240 gdement (+8 pts)
26,410 Atari5200 (+6 pts)
18,190 vdub_bobby (+4 pts)


Twin Galaxies High Scores

177,570 Scott Kessler
177,270 Travis C Reisch
165,310 Nick Santaniello
158,260 Michael B Borel
155,510 Jeffrey D. Lowe, Jr.
147,110 Jason Turka
20,630 Brien King
20,430 Ron Corcoran
19,960 Heather Corcoran


Overall standings:

1. PressureCooker2600 (115 pts)
2. LarcenTyler (108 pts)
3. vdub_bobby (106 pts)
4. gdement (78 pts)
5. theKLT (34 pts)
6. Blackjack (28 pts)
7. Roloking (26 pts)
8. Artlover (24 pts)
9. rjchamp3 (18 pts)
10. atari2600land (15 pts)
11. shadow460 (10 pts)
12. RJ (6 pts)
13. Ryanw (4 pts)
14. potatohead (1 pts)


Game Info

Original coin-op released by Atari Games in 1984, ported to the NES by Atari in 1989.

Other platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, PC Booter, Sega Master System

Sequels/spinoffs: Marble Madness 2: Marble Man (unreleased coin-op prototype - 1991), Marble Madness Construction Set (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum - 1986), Marble Madness Deluxe Edition (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum - 1987), Klax / Marble Madness (Game Boy Advance - 2005)


Tips

Roloking:

Quote

I played through the whole game a few times before realizing you can push a button to roll faster.

Edited by vdub_bobby, Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:59 PM.

[Roloking]

I love marble madness! I played through the whole game a few times before realizing you can push a button to roll faster. :s

Edited by Roloking, Sat Mar 8, 2008 1:11 AM.

[vdub_bobby]

18,190

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[Atari5200]

first try 12,150

2nd try 14,240, I can't get passed the 3rd level, I can't get through the acid area.

EDIT: ok 26,410 and i'm done , not enjoying this game.

Edited by Atari5200, Fri Mar 7, 2008 10:33 AM.

[gdement]

I find this game quite frustrating. Somehow I did better this time vs what's normal for me. I usually die on level 3 or 4.
The tip about pushing a button to go faster certainly helped.
Barely got to the last level, but accomplished nothing in the last one. I just kept falling off that first platform until my time ran out.


41,240


... unbelievable - I just noticed I'm behind roloking by 40 points.

Edited by gdement, Sat Mar 8, 2008 3:15 AM.

[Jibbajaba]

Dangit. I missed one of my favorite games.

Chris

[vdub_bobby]

Okay, we're done. Hope you all had fun with this old classic.