Publisher: Tengen
Released: 1993
Marble Madness is a ball rolling game that was released exclusively in Japan and differs from the Sega Genesis version (1991).
+ Some neat ideas to advance the gameplay such as catapults and tilting ramps, and the two-player option is intact.
+ More faithful to the 1984 Arcade original than the Genesis port in terms of colours, ball physics and challenge.
- Game is extraordinarily light on content and once you've beaten the measly six courses there's nothing else to do.
- Difficulty spike in Level 4 is sharp and nothing prepares you for the extreme precision that's required.
- The main incentive is to gain a high score, but unfortunately there's no battery backup available to save them.
- Music is less grating than the tunes found in its Sega Genesis counterpart, but overall the soundtrack is very ill-fitting.
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