Marble Madness (GB)

Marble Madness

Platform: Game Boy Year: 1991 Developer: Unknown

The Game Boy port of Marble Madness is pretty similar to the original arcade game. One or two players move their marble through the courses and around the obstacles, while avoiding the steelies, acid puddles, and various other obstacles to reach the finish line. As with many Game Boy original games, it was programmed in black and white.

It is unknown who developed the game, but it is most likely Eastridge Technology.

Screenshots

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The title screen.

Music

As with the NES original, the original arcade music of Marble Madness was composed by Brad Fuller and Hal Canon. The audio was arranged, completely by ear, for the NES by David Wise using an audio driver developed by Chris Stamper. The arrangement is well-made and the sound and tempo of the original music is left pretty much intact, Wise explained that he altered some portions which he felt were too ambient by making them a bit more melodic.

Recording

This recording is incomplete.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Practice Race	Brad Fuller, Hal Canon	David Wise	0:50		Download
02	Beginner Race	Brad Fuller, Hal Canon	David Wise	1:02		Download
03	Intermediate Race	Brad Fuller, Hal Canon	David Wise	1:27		Download
04	Aerial Race	Brad Fuller, Hal Canon	David Wise	0:55		Download
05	Silly Race	Brad Fuller, Hal Canon	David Wise	0:43		Download
06	Game Over	Brad Fuller, Hal Canon	David Wise	0:26		Download

Credits

• Ripper: ?
• Recorder: Duc4Wikmedia
• Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Brad Fuller
  • Not Credited Composer: Hal Canon
  • Not Credited Arranger: David Wise
  • Not Credited Programmer: Chris Stamper

(Sources: Musical comparison, game lacks credits.)

As with the NES version, the game lacks credits. However, the game used Rare's GB sound driver. In addition, many of the game's tunes are in an identical style to the NES version.

Game Rip

This rip is missing songs.

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Audio Devices

The game uses the Game Boy's DMG-CPU-B.

Releases

USA Title: Marble Madness Platform: GB Released: 1991-05-?? Publisher: Mindscape, Inc.     EU Title: Marble Madness Platform: GB Released: 1992-05-21 Publisher: Mindscape, Inc.