- Puzzle, Arcade, Action
Marble Madness is an isometric platform game in which the player manipulates an onscreen marble from a third-person perspective. The player controls the marble's movements with a trackball, though most home versions use game controllers with directional pads.
PuzzleArcadeActionabstracthigh score8-bitcountdown timernon-humanoid protagonistabstract art stylerube goldberg puzzlermarblestrackballArcade, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, FM Towns
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Plot-driven, spare, cool and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, FM Towns
- Developer
- Atari Games
- Publisher
- Atari Games, Home Data, Electronic Arts
- Released
- December 15, 1984
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 6.8/10 from 73 ratings.
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