Bro that is legitimately the feeling I get from this series, I feel like Ive been watching for a couple years now, and I grew up in the 90s so i had an snes but theres something very familiar about this and i could never figure out what it was until i just read your comment, its the same feeling as waking up saturday morning
Probably one of the best arcade ports the NES did. I had no idea there was an arcade sequel, and happy to know the ROM is out there, so definitely need to check it out!
I was at work today and thought to myself "I haven't played Marble Madness in a long time... ah but it's too hard though, even with save states.. oh wait, i bet that U Can Beat Video Games channel has a video on it, i'll search for it when I get home" ... so surreal to see it was posted today, at nearly the exact time I was thinking about it!
9:13 - "you'll notice that if you hold down the A button, you'll go faster" . I've had this NES cartridge since I got the game as our video-game Christmas present for 1990. I litterally never knew I could press A to go faster. I am looking forward to playing this game again soon; with this new knowledge, I'll be unstoppable!!! Until that Clown-Upside-Down level, at least. :D
Yesssss, let's go! Every since the Cobra Triangle walkthrough, I knew this would be the right channel for this type of game; famous, infamous, straightforward but packed with enough secrets you want someone to walk you through. Thanks for the vid!
I used to play the gameboy version as a kid. That one only had five levels i can't remember if it even kept score or not and no special ending at the end it just kicked you back to level 2 and looped over and over. It was still fun to play i just used to see how many loops i can go through before game over lol:) now that i watched this i may have to pick this one up now:)
I love the channel. I just get lost in the "games I never played" because I was poor and didn't play much. I love when you drop one on one of the games I owned. That was amazing sir!
Oh man, my cousin and I played the heck out of this game when we were kids. We never beat it; we only managed to beat Silly Race a handful of times, and never got past Ultimate Race's moving platforms the few times we got that far.
Marble Madness was one of those games that to be honest, I never got into, never really saw the appeal of, and sorta just slept on as a kid. So it's interesting to see just what I missed. Thanks for making this.
Great concept for a retro game channel! Marble Madness is one of the earliest NES games I recall seeing as a kid, and it's held a special place in my memory ever since. I've always been terrible at the game, so this is very cool! Nice video.
This game has always had mysterious mechanics and a weird air of mysticism. Nobody expects to do well at it. If you do get good at it, well none of that changed. Cerny sure made a game for the ages here, hell of a start to a hell of a career.
Mark Cerny did the special stages in sonic 2. the psuedo-3D perspective in that game is super cool, as is this one. Marble Madness is also one of the earliest games to use a FM Chip for the sound. The combination between it and the POKEY sound of atari is really cool.
Never tried this version but I have played a few others. Knowing that Rare developed this one makes sense to then they releasing Snake rattle n’ roll, which is a criminally underrated game.
This game had a huge influence on me for some reason. I used to have these dreams of being the marble in this game. I would go through the course and it would be so real. I love this game and the memories it gives me when thinking about it. Thank you for doing these games.
I remember renting this back in the day. Game was so frustrating but felt so good when i beat it lol. I did not leave the house till i finished this game and it was a nice summers outside smh
Re: Pounding Hammers. It helps to observe. The PHs' area only covers two tiles in width. They only spawn on the leftmost tiles; none appear on the right ones. Move your marble to the right of the two tiles, then rush forward. It doesn't matter when you do it; you won't even get scratched.
One of my all time favorites. I've had this game since 1989 and I've only finished it 2 times. I usually die at the last stage at the vanishing bridge.
I was finally able to beat this game after playing many hours as a kid learning the controls...that black marble would always give me trouble. My brother and I would always race each other...the last level is a little tricky though
Dude - you literally have the best retro collection! Every single game my CU play. It’s like all the best games from my childhood… Next, I’m gonna see you playing qbert
I've never played this game brother but I'm so old that I've seen it in the arcade with the trackball system. Excellent review my friend from CT to where you can beat video games is at 👍
The ice crater on level one is clearly a love song to their physics idea that had to be scrapped due to code/physics. What would you have done, Sorny? How would have the wormholes changed the game? I wish I could know.
15:30 I've always taken the "alternative path" at this point. I could never figure out those pistons and it always cost me too much time trying to go that route.
It´s almost infuriating I didn´t had chance to experience large Arcades. True, the closest I got were pub arcades which we played with my friends (Magic Sword, 3 wonders,...) and then with my cousin in Italy. Ah yes, during the day it was way too hot to go to town. And during the night - I ´ve never thought I will have such great memories of night life! There was Arcade also, mostly we played Silent Scope and while we couldn´t get over one part for three nights, few of the local guys offered help. So we gave them one coin as freeby and they carried us after that damn part! They were very decent, too, as soon they crossed the part, they imidiately returned the gun to me. Funny thing - there was wooden walkway (you know, something like on the piers is part by the sea, then wooden platform, stairs and another wooden platform). For some reason I connected this with the pier in Vampire - the masquerade :D It looks very similiar and when I play from time to time Vampire, this part makes me smile, becuse it triggers the memories :)
When I was a young lad I always fought and defeated Steely. I had a headcanon that Steely trapped us in this world and he was trying to keep us from leaving. Silly race best race.
OMG YOU DID MARBLE MADNESS!!!! ❤ Please please please do Super Mario RPG! It will be a long one, but I love your content so that would be perfect for me!
I'm really disappointed you didn't take advantage of the hammers before the end of the Aerial Race to say, "It's Hammer Time!" MC Hammer probably feels the same way.
Short and sweet and I hate you. You know how long it takes me to do the first course? I still cant beat this game. It's always been there, though. Just taunting me. You ever see that kid beat it on two player, by himself, holding both controllers? Mind blown. I consider myself an above average casual gamer. This game is on a level my brain just isn't capable of yet. After 30 years. Nice work, bro.
Nice one. That final stage in the game is tough. Once you get used to the game its mainly about that final stage and having enough time left over. Luckily runs of the game are quick once your familiar with the stages, so you can get in multiple attempts on the final section pretty quickly.
On the title screen of the NES version, it says "1984 Tengen," but that's because the Atari Games credit could not have been used due to an agreement between Atari Games and Atari Corporation. At the time that "Marble Madness" was published by Milton Bradley on the NES, Atari was two separate companies; Atari Games as the subsidiary of Warner Communications making arcade games, and Atari Corporation, which was owned by the Tramiel Family and made home computers as well as home video game systems and software. Atari Games could not use their own trademark on computer games and home video games as that would have been in conflict with Atari Corporation's brand presence in that market, which was why Tengen came into existence; it was a way for Atari Games to publish their own home video games and computer games without using Atari trademarks. The Tengen name was used for denoting the 1984 copyright claim on the title screen of the NES game, which is technically true as "Marble Madness" was the property of Atari Games, a.k.a. Tengen. Of course, the NES port was developed by Rare and published by Milton Bradley instead of Tengen.
