Comments on: E3: 'Marble Madness' Coming Soon to iPhone

By: Twitchfactor

Twitchfactor — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:14:47 +0000

This is one of the things that saddens me every day that I've spent developing games over the past 25 years. People just don't seem to have any respect for the past, when it comes to games. They don't do go back, they think "old" == "crappy" and they don't even have any idea where all the ideas for the "new" games come from.

Marble Madness is a CLASSIC! It's one of the best games ever made and has yet to be surpassed in a toe-to-toe fight. Super Monkey Ball (and its myriad of clones) are clearly *influenced* by Marble Madness, but they aren't the same. The mere fact that the view doesn't change in Marble Madness makes it play different than SMB.

I wanted this one so much for my iPhone, that I was going to just make a *real Marble Madness clone*, myself! Now, I can buy this one. Awesome!

By: Bodobear

Bodobear — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:31:50 +0000

Very strange we don´t hear anything new about the Marble Madness iphone project.
I really hope it´s not cancelled for any reason….

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:11:56 +0000

Marble Madness is one of my favorite Arcade Games ever, first played it like a maniac on Atari Arcade, later on Amiga. Amazing game from the 80's.

I think this kind of game will be awesome with the iphone's accelerometer. just like the analogue trackballs on the original arcade game 1984 i think. I'm looking forward to this game.

Is there a release date set yet ?

–Old School Gamer

By: Blueness

Blueness — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:14:35 +0000

Any new word on this app?

By: rasterico

rasterico — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:49:30 +0000

After reading all the comments on here it prompted me to have a go on it on MAME…

Wow i'd forgotten how good the game is… the soundtrack has to be one of the best in a video game of all time (in a wierd quirky kind of way)

This game really would benefit from some sort of swipe control mechanic though as after playing through 3 levels thisafternoon via mouse it's obvious this was the way the game was intended to be played (yes I know the original had 2 trackballs but in the abscence of one of those on my pc the mouse makes a good alternative)

I would definately buy it for my iphone if it is a faithful representation of the original and had the option of swipe controls, using the accelorometer just wouldnt convey the panic acurately enough for me as you franticly try to stop your marble rolling off the edge, into the evil black marble, through a pool of acid etc etc…

By: heyday72

heyday72 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:59:41 +0000

like have already said, i hope they consider te release marble man(marble madness 2) i ve been waiting for this such a long time, but hey, i'm already happy with this, it's my first and all time classic game were i felt i love with, thank you fot bringing this out on de iphone

By: InexorableTash

InexorableTash — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:17:06 +0000

+1 to swipe controls.

The MM port to the PocketPC released several years ago was stellar, and used swipes of the stylus as a virtual trackball. It worked very well, especially for breaking and direction changes. Given the precision needed for most parts of MM, in contrast to the rather forgiving copycat games, I'm skeptical of accelerometer control.

By: TKO

TKO — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:50:27 +0000

Good that this game will have more levels. I liked the original, but was never that good at it, so I only ever saw maybe 3 or 4 levels. With the overinflated prices these retro conversions seem to get that wouldn't be a buy for me.

Yeah, tilt controls probably would be the intuitive option to go for, but swipe (as was implemented on the brilliant "Edge") IMHO could make a great alternative for those who remember the arcade, and those who just don't like tilt. I sure hope the frame rate has improved over the original too.

By: Bumble

Bumble — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:06:22 +0000

I wonder how well it will compare to something like Super Marble Roll, or Marble Blast Mobile?

By: Free Games

Free Games — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:26:08 +0000

This was a great game back in the day! This may push me over the edge to buy an iPhone now! Marble Madness rocks! I wonder if they make it so the game is controlled by tilting the iphone rather than a key pad!