Marble Madness: Gaming Breakthroughs and Unfulfilled Ambition

Did you know that Marble Madness has an unreleased sequel, starring a superhero marble player? Or that the original design called for a motorized track ball that would have responded to the movements of the player?

Marble Madness was a great game, one that was unique, broke ground, and could have set the standard for simultaneous gameplay – had the technology been available to make it work. Unfortunately, the full dream of the game went unfulfilled, but that didn’t stop it from being pretty damn cool.
Here’s the story of Marble Madness, from conception to 16 different ports.

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