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{{Infobox Game
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| Title           = Marble Madness
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| Title     = Marble Madness
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| BoxArt         = Marble Madness - ARC - USA.jpg
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| BoxArt   = Marble Madness - ARC - USA.jpg
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| PlatformName    = Arcade
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| Platform  = {{Platform|Arcade}}
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| PlatformPage    = Arcade
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| Year     = 1984
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| Year           = 1984
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| Developer = {{Developer|Atari|Atari Games Corporation}}
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| DeveloperName  = Atari Games Corporation
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| DeveloperPage  = Atari
 
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Ever wonder what it would be like to take one of those simple marble labyrinths and turn it into a huge world where you get to control the marble and send it through all sorts of crazy mazes and obstacles? That's what the designer of Marble Madness had in mind. You control your marble and send it over jumps, ice, conveyor belts, and past acid puddles, steelies, and marble munchers to try and make it to the finish line. However, you also have to worry about sheer cliff edges, vacuums, and hammers that will block your way.
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:''For other games in the series, see [[Marble Madness]].''
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Ever wonder what it would be like to take one of those simple marble labyrinths and turn it into a huge world where you get to control the marble and send it through all sorts of crazy mazes and obstacles? That's what the designer of '''''Marble Madness''''' had in mind. You control your marble and send it over jumps, ice, conveyor belts, and past acid puddles, steelies, and marble munchers to try and make it to the finish line. However, you also have to worry about sheer cliff edges, vacuums, and hammers that will block your way.
  
 
The game is fun, but only for awhile. Each of the six levels has unique obstacles to over come, but they're identical every time you play the game, so once you master them, the challenge is over. The arcade used a rollball controller which allowed you to easily control the direction and speed of your marble, something that was lost on the various ports.
 
The game is fun, but only for awhile. Each of the six levels has unique obstacles to over come, but they're identical every time you play the game, so once you master them, the challenge is over. The arcade used a rollball controller which allowed you to easily control the direction and speed of your marble, something that was lost on the various ports.
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==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==
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| TitleScreen = Marble Madness - ARC - Title.png
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{{Screenshot
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| Screen01    = Marble Madness - ARC - Game.png
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| Image      = Marble Madness - ARC - Title.png
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| Screen02    = Marble Madness - ARC - Beginner Race.png
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| Description = The high score displays on the title screen.}}
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| Screen03    = Marble Madness - ARC - Intermediate Race.png
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{{Screenshot
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| Caption01  = Level 1, the practice race.
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| Image      = Marble Madness - ARC - Game.png
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| Caption02  = Level 2, the beginner race.
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| Description = Level 1, the practice race.}}
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| Caption03  = Level 3, the intermediate race.
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{{Screenshot
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}}
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| Image      = Marble Madness - ARC - Beginner Race.png
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| Description = Level 2, the beginner race.}}
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{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Marble Madness - ARC - Intermediate Race.png
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| Description = Level 3, the intermediate race.}}
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|}
  
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{{Issue Screenshots}}
  
 
==Music==
 
==Music==
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The audio team of Marble Madness consists of [[Brad Fuller]], and [[Hal Canon]]. Like most of Atari's arcade games, if you wait long enough through many of the games demos, you will eventually get a credits screen. The music sounds great for 1984. Each tune escalates in complexity and tempo starting from the light happy tune of the Practice Race and becoming more foreboding and complex as the game becomes more difficult.
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The audio team of Marble Madness consists of [[Brad Fuller]], and [[Hal Canon]]. Like most of Atari's arcade games, if you wait long enough through many of the games demos, you will eventually get a credits screen. The music sounds great for 1984. Each tune escalates in complexity and tempo starting from the light happy tune of the Practice Race and becoming more foreboding and complex as the game becomes more difficult.  
  
 
Marble Madness is also one of the earliest games with dynamic music. The percussion in the Intermediate Race changes through every other loop and, even more clever, the Silly Race music keeps getting faster and faster in order to give a feeling of intensity to the player.
 
Marble Madness is also one of the earliest games with dynamic music. The percussion in the Intermediate Race changes through every other loop and, even more clever, the Silly Race music keeps getting faster and faster in order to give a feeling of intensity to the player.
  
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According to Brad, him and Hal composed the music and sound together.
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According to Brad, he and Hal composed the music and sound together using the program [[RPM]]. It is not known who did what, and it may never be known, due to Brad's death in 2016 and Hal vanishing from the gaming industry.
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===Recording===
 
===Recording===
 
{{Issue Timing}}
 
{{Issue Timing}}
  
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| Caption01 = #
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| Caption02 = Title
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| Track      = 1
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| Caption03 = Composer
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| Title      = Practice Race
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| Caption04 = Arranger
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| Caption05 = Length
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| DurationMin = 1
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| Caption06 = Size
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| DurationSec = 50
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| Caption07 = Listen
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| Platform    = ARC
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 2
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| Title      = Beginner Race
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 54
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| Platform    = ARC
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 3
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| Title       = Intermediate Race
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 30
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| Platform    = ARC
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 4
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| Title      = Aerial Race
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| Composer   = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 14
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| Platform    = ARC
 
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| 01
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Practice Race]]
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| Track      = 5
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Title      = Silly Race
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| 1:50
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| DurationMin = 1
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| 1.3 MB
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| DurationSec = 48
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| {{Song-List|01 - Marble Madness - ARC - Practice Race.ogg}}
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| Platform    = ARC
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| 02
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}}
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| [[Beginner Race]]
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Track      = 6
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Title      = Ultimate Race
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| 1:54
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| 1.5 MB
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| DurationMin = 1
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| {{Song-List|02 - Marble Madness - ARC - Beginner Race.ogg}}
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| DurationSec = 29
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| 03
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| Platform    = ARC
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| [[Intermediate Race]]
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}}
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Track      = 7
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| 1:30
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| Title      = Congratulations
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| 1.4 MB
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| {{Song-List|03 - Marble Madness - ARC - Intermediate Race.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 32
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| 04
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| [[Aerial Race]]
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| Platform    = ARC
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Recording  = 07 - Marble Madness - ARC - High Score Screen.ogg
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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}}
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| 1:14
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{{TrackListEntry
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| 1.1 MB
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| Track      = 8
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| {{Song-List|04 - Marble Madness - ARC - Aerial Race.ogg}}
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| Title      = Game Over
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| 05
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Silly Race]]
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| DurationSec = 5
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Platform    = ARC
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| 1:48
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}}
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| 1.3 MB
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{{TrackListEntry
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| {{Song-List|05 - Marble Madness - ARC - Silly Race.ogg}}
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| Track      = 9
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| Title      = Unknown
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Brad Fuller}}, {{TrackListComposer|Earl Vickers}}, {{TrackListComposer|Hal Canon}}
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| [[Ultimate Race]]
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| DurationSec = 38
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
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| Game        = Marble Madness
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| 1:29
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| Platform    = ARC
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| 1.6 MB
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}}
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| {{Song-List|06 - Marble Madness - ARC - Ultimate Race.ogg}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
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| 07
 
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| [[Congratulations - Marble Madness|Congratulations]]
 
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
 
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
 
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| 0:32
 
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| 511 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|07 - Marble Madness - ARC - High Score Screen.ogg}}
 
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| 08
 
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| [[Game Over - Marble Madness|Game Over]]
 
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
 
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
 
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| 0:05
 
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| 57 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|08 - Marble Madness - ARC - Game Over.ogg}}
 
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| 09
 
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| [[Unknown - Marble Madness (ARC)|Unknown]]
 
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
 
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| [[Brad Fuller]], [[Hal Canon]]
 
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| 0:38
 
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| 521 KB
 
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| {{Song-List|09 - Marble Madness - ARC - Unknown.ogg}}
 
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===Credits===
 
===Credits===
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* '''Ripper:''' N/A
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* '''Ripper:''' VGMrips
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''Game Credits:'''
 
* '''Game Credits:'''
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** '''Sound Design:''' {{Credits|Brad Fuller|Brad Fuller}}
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** ''Sound Design:'' {{Credits|Brad Fuller|Brad Fuller}}
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** '''Sound Design:''' {{Credits|Hal Canon|Hal Canon}}
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** ''Sound Design:'' {{Credits|Hal Canon|Hal Canon}}
  
 
([[:File:Marble Madness - ARC - Credits.png|Source]])
 
([[:File:Marble Madness - ARC - Credits.png|Source]])
  
 
===Game Rip===
 
===Game Rip===
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{{Issue Rip}}
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{{Rips
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| Formats = {{Format|VGM}}
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| File    = Marble Madness (ARC).zip
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The recording was taken from the Midway Arcade Treasures release for Windows.
  
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===Game Rip===
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===Audio Devices===
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''Marble Madness'' uses three audio chips. A [[YM2151]] (clocked at 3.579545 MHz) was used for music and the most of sound effects, a [[C012294]] (clocked at 1.789772 MHz) -  only for some simple sound effects (like clicks), and a [[TMS5220C]] clocked at (650.826 kHz) used for digital sound effects.
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This soundtrack has not been ripped. The recording was taken from the Midway Arcade Treasures release for Windows.
 
  
 
==Releases==
 
==Releases==
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| Title         = Marble Madness
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| Title     = Marble Madness
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| BoxArt       = Marble Madness - ARC - USA.jpg
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| BoxArt   = Marble Madness - ARC - USA.jpg
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| PlatformName = Arcade
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| Platform = {{Platform|Arcade}}
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| PlatformPage  = Arcade
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| Released = 1984-12-??
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| Released     = 1984/??/??
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| Publisher = {{Publisher|Atari|Atari Games Corporation}}
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| PublisherName = Atari Games Corporation
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| Country   = USA
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| PublisherPage = Atari
 
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| Country       = USA
 
 
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==Links==
 
==Links==
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* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/marble-madness mobygames.com/game/arcade/marble-madness] - MobyGames.
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* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/563996-marble-madness gamefaqs.com/arcade/563996-marble-madness] - GameFAQs.
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness] - Wikipedia.
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness] - Wikipedia.
  
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{{Series - Marble Madness}}
  
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Revision as of 14:42, 16 January 2018

Marble Madness
Marble Madness - ARC - USA.jpg
Platform: Arcade
Year: 1984
Developer: Atari Games Corporation
For other games in the series, see Marble Madness.

Ever wonder what it would be like to take one of those simple marble labyrinths and turn it into a huge world where you get to control the marble and send it through all sorts of crazy mazes and obstacles? That's what the designer of Marble Madness had in mind. You control your marble and send it over jumps, ice, conveyor belts, and past acid puddles, steelies, and marble munchers to try and make it to the finish line. However, you also have to worry about sheer cliff edges, vacuums, and hammers that will block your way.

The game is fun, but only for awhile. Each of the six levels has unique obstacles to over come, but they're identical every time you play the game, so once you master them, the challenge is over. The arcade used a rollball controller which allowed you to easily control the direction and speed of your marble, something that was lost on the various ports.

Screenshots

Marble Madness - ARC - Title.png

The high score displays on the title screen.

Marble Madness - ARC - Game.png

Level 1, the practice race.

Marble Madness - ARC - Beginner Race.png

Level 2, the beginner race.

Marble Madness - ARC - Intermediate Race.png

Level 3, the intermediate race.


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Music

The audio team of Marble Madness consists of Brad Fuller, and Hal Canon. Like most of Atari's arcade games, if you wait long enough through many of the games demos, you will eventually get a credits screen. The music sounds great for 1984. Each tune escalates in complexity and tempo starting from the light happy tune of the Practice Race and becoming more foreboding and complex as the game becomes more difficult.

Marble Madness is also one of the earliest games with dynamic music. The percussion in the Intermediate Race changes through every other loop and, even more clever, the Silly Race music keeps getting faster and faster in order to give a feeling of intensity to the player.

According to Brad, he and Hal composed the music and sound together using the program RPM. It is not known who did what, and it may never be known, due to Brad's death in 2016 and Hal vanishing from the gaming industry.

Recording

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There are issues with the timing of this recording.

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# Title Composer Length Listen Download
01 Practice Race Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 1:50
Download
02 Beginner Race Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 1:54
Download
03 Intermediate Race Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 1:30
Download
04 Aerial Race Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 1:14
Download
05 Silly Race Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 1:48
Download
06 Ultimate Race Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 1:29
Download
07 Congratulations Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 0:32
Download
08 Game Over Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 0:05
Download
09 Unknown Brad Fuller, Earl Vickers, Hal Canon 0:38
Download

Credits

(Source)

Game Rip

Format

Download

VGM.png

Download

(Info)


The recording was taken from the Midway Arcade Treasures release for Windows.

Audio Devices

Marble Madness uses three audio chips. A YM2151 (clocked at 3.579545 MHz) was used for music and the most of sound effects, a C012294 (clocked at 1.789772 MHz) - only for some simple sound effects (like clicks), and a TMS5220C clocked at (650.826 kHz) used for digital sound effects.

Releases

  USA.svg   USA
Marble Madness - ARC - USA.jpg
Title: Marble Madness
Platform: Arcade
Released: 1984-12-??
Publisher: Atari Games Corporation

Links


Marble Madness
Marble Madness Platform - ARC.png • Platform - A2.png • Platform - AMI.png • Platform - AST.png • Platform - C64.png • Platform - PCB.png • Platform - A2GS.png • Platform - NES.png • Platform - X68.png • Platform - PC98.png • Platform - GB.png • Platform - FMT.png • Platform - GEN.png • Platform - GG.png • Platform - SMS.png • Platform - GBC.png • Platform - GBA.png • Platform - BB.png
Marble Madness Construction Set Platform - CPC.png • Platform - ZXS.png
Marble Madness: Deluxe Edition Platform - CPC.png • Platform - ZXS.png
Notable Songs
Notable Personnel Brad Fuller • Hal Canon
Notable Companies Atari • Electronic Arts
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