Arcade Longplay [519] Marble Madness

[@jim.....]

This game mystified me as a kid. Very beautiful game.

[@fireboltaz]

This guy beat the game in 3 minutes. This took me weeks to master!

[@DJDanceClassic]

The earliest arcade machine to feature true stereo sound was Marble Madness. The game also featured a specially commissioned movie-style soundtrack, which took full advantage of the arcade machine's stereo capabilities.

[@dtvjho]

Would be interesting if someone extracted the full-length tracks from the game.

[@hikari_no_yume]

@@dtvjho Fun fact, as far as I understand it, there aren't “full-length tracks” you can actually extract, they loop and get faster and faster forever, and past a certain point they don't sound like music any more.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

this is also the first game to use fm synth correct?

[@DJDanceClassic]

Exactly

[@DaveGX]

Also the only Arcade I recall/can think of to use a track ball to control the marble. I only ever tried it once, maybe slightly easier than NES…..

[@gasparyangahijo]

0:28 Never get tired of that theme song.

[@pelufaz8435]

same

[@faby6515]

Also never really completed the level

[@5434345]

Considering it shares motifs with Marble Zone theme from Sonic 1.

[@ukmikey846]

The arcade machine used a brief burst of this level 1 music during the attract mode. It certainly worked on me as a kid.

[@josephkissel6062]

It unlocked a memory for me ...

[@alexanderteuman7273]

I'am 54 and I'am a nerd; Somebody know this feeling i heard the first sounds from Marble Madness. Goose bumps. I never got this, but in my Arcarde Hall was some freak, he did it. Icredible, this stereo sound & the grafic.

[@PropaneWP]

I remember playing the arcade version of this game with the trackball. The ball had some momentum because of its weight and sometimes the skin of my hand would get trapped in the gap between the ball and the cabinet. It was pretty painful when you kept getting the same spot snagged over and over. The game is amazing though. I love it.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

What happened to the angel dove formation from the morning so one dove could go free?

[@Tasarran]

One has to make sacrifices to get good...

[@linoxsama]

Who could imagine that the creator of this game will be the PS4/PS5 lead architect. Thank you Mark Cerny.

[@aceman0000099]

It's not too crazy if you think about it, someone with a passion for making innovative games, 30 years experience, got in the game when hardware architecture was relatively simple and he could've picked it up easily, being smart enough to make a game like this.

[@linoxsama]

​@@aceman0000099 Yeah I think you're right. I guess it was kind of predictable.

[@aceman0000099]

@@linoxsama hardly predictable at all, but imaginable, yes.

[@SportsPlug-cp1eq]

I can now that you informed of me of this because I was enthralled by this game as a kid, it's amazing.

[@linoxsama]

@@SportsPlug-cp1eq I'm pleased to read this mate 😉. It was crazy for this time.

[@XX-sp3tt]

"Why am I here? Why do I exist?" Asks the Marble.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

The falling marble sound effect was very cool. "Ohhhhhh...." I think I've memorized every video game death sound from every major '80s game

[@ioannishussein8038]

That velocity is amazing. It’s amazing to see a deathless run. You played phenomenal.

[@shauntbarry]

Hardest game ever.. Loved the music in level 2 though. Nice to see what life was like after level 3 as I could never get past it!

[@Arsenico971]

I loved the surreal atmosphere of this game.

[@chrisf1600]

Ahh, so good to see this completed after 30 years. Closure at last :) I got to 'everything you know is wrong' a couple of times, but that was it. Not sure if it was easier with different-sized trackballs, but I remember tiring my arm out with all that spinning. Happy memories !

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Umm.. sorry but closure would be beating the game yourself. Not watching someone else do it.. wtf. 🙄

[@chrisf1600]

​@@Gameboy-Unboxings Watching on YT is good enough for me, now I can die knowing that my life is complete and I have achieved all my earthly goals :)

[@Yubby498]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings That's an opinion, for him it's closure.

[@MrRezRising]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings Jakel gold! 🙌

[@brokentrumpet8633]

The Arcade version definitely sounds like it used the same sound hardware used in Sega Genesis games.

[@doge-pal]

Considering the game was made back in 1984, it sounded very new at time when just about every other game had NES-style sounds and music.

[@christophers.8553]

BrokenTrumpet: No, but it does use an FM Yamaha chip which is similar to what the Genesis used; there is a certain FM sound in a lot of games from about this time until the mid-1990s. The Atari System 1 used a Yamaha YM2141 for music, two Atari 800 POKEY chips (CO12294B) for music and effects, and a TI TMS5220 for speech. The Genesis used a Yamaha YM2612 for music and a TI SN76489 (same as the TI 99/4A) for effects.

[@carlopepi]

@@christophers.8553 You mean ym2151

[@deleteable.]

fm audio was really popular with mid 80s to late 80s arcade games

[@Techno-Universal]

@@deleteable. But that actually changed in the early 90s with the release of the SNES that had a more advanced sound system that was massively reliable on PCM samples stored in the game data for the music and sound effects in the games however the Commodore Amiga computers technically did that first in 1986! :)

[@grendelum]

the sound of this game was so good at the time...

[@FMDad-dm5qo]

Sound design is absolutely exquisite.

[@maddog187killa]

I think that is the shortest Arcade game Ive ever see.

[@Banzo_]

Probably didn't think someone could actually beat it. It's pretty hard

[@darylnez5635]

The best soundtrack in video game history

[@spazkong]

It could almost have been John Chowning making the soundtrack. A true musical work of art

[@gunweizard6125]

God i miss this game so much even though it was the most frustrating thing in the world!!!! I used to have an arcade in my house and we would play on it NON STOP.

[@JackTheGamer3]

This game’s unreleased sequel is now in Mame if anyone wants to try it out!!! ^^

[@ericb3157]

0:41-0:42 it took me a LONG time to realize that area is covered with ICE, making it almost impossible to steer while you're on it.

[@RedSiegfried]

I bow to your Marble Madness skills, Master!

[@reddungeoneer2187]

Lovely soundtrack, even got a Sega game collector card of marble madness!

[@salamathesusatbiyernesulit2161]

I remember playing this game and loving the bgms.

[@KidFresh71]

wow, that was quite the speed run! Only beat the "ultimate race" a handful of times in my life, and probably my favorite arcade game of all time. The gameplay, music and sound effects still hold up today!

[@buddygrimfield7954]

I had never seen anyone actually finish this game before now. Well done!

[@RichardX1]

Imagine how much more awesome they could have made this if Last Week Tonight had been around to sponsor it back then...

[@waynecuff3140]

One of my favourite arcade games ever, luckily now i have atgames ultimate cab. Trackball built in. Coinopsx with marble madness, plays just like I remember:)

[@miftahulrahman3099]

This Is certified hamsterball classic

[@VahanNisanian]

1:40 There's a Weird Al Yankovic song called "Everything You Know is Wrong", and was used by The Nostalgia Critic for his Nostalgia Fuck-Ups videos.

[@milkcarton6654]

Lomgplay indeed, i had to watch a bit of it everyday over a whole week to make it through.

[@linclogames]

Great game. A classic for sure.

[@kzbxvz]

Finishing an arcade game in under 3 minutes isn't usually a good thing, but this game was the first with true stereo sound and a very original style in 1984.

[@PrimitiveBaroque]

GDC conference gave me a newfound appreciation for this game.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

You can always tell it's an Atari game by the music alone during this period!

[@ncant]

Sometimes it’s the most memorable thing about Atari games from this era. You just put a coin in and hear the bell sound go off.

[@Biscuit1973]

Cool Game 2 Play Because I’ve played this game over 30 years ago when it was in service back in the arcade centers .

[@thepackratters3369]

This game just popped into my head today and I always wondered how it ended. KZbin to the rescue! Loved playing it in the arcades because of its relaxing nature, even though I never got past 4th board. Crystal Castles was way easier.

[@douglasharley2440]

you _earned_ that members only jacket with the van halen pin on the collar!

[@wanghotangho5803]

Had a hard time getting into this one when Dragons Lair, Joust, Moon Patrol, Dig Dug, Discs Of Tron, Tron, Spy Hunter, and Chiller were at the same arcade

[@josephtaylor1752]

The original hampster ball

[@1yaz]

"longplay" Playing marble madness... xD

[@thygrrr]

The game where "Longplay" and "Speedrun" are less than 1 minute apart.

[@timothyware7510]

I wonder if Peg From Peg + Cat Is Playing this game since she has a Marble in her hat

[@AngelicDirt]

And now I have to wonder if this is some kind of WR. :/

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Angelic Dirt That'll be interesting if someone looks it up.

[@Sputryk]

This run, if it was verifiable for official recognition, would be only 3rd on the Twin Galaxies website - the hosting site of all gaming world records. 1st place scores 187,880; and dates back to 1985! One must wonder just how fast that run was!

[@TravelsChases]

Wow the player rocked it !!!!! I couldn't get past the second round as a kid lol

[@Philnemba]

Never could get past the aerial race level for the life of me :(

[@Omegajunior2658]

I remember playing this on Sony PS2 as Midway Arcade Treasure when I was a teenager. I thought it was kinda fun. This compilation video game is also for Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube (unfortunately the GameCube version was apparently only released in North America such as the USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦) and Microsoft Windows.

[@SKIADK]

This game drove me nuts!

[@thepumpkingking8339]

Pixel Perfect RUN..

[@soudoida45]

Nice run! I reminds me how perfect the Amiga version was

[@DJDanceClassic]

Yes , the only perfect arcade version ever made on the amiga 1000

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

0:04 - clock strike chime!

[@boombaby1769]

Awesome! Took me a while to play it like this, but this is exactly how to play it. What a great game.

[@MiguelRodriguez-nt5eq]

This game was far ahead of its time..

[@ImStillMarz]

Man I raged so much when I played this on my GameCube

[@stepan1968]

I still remember the "smell" of this machine.. ♥️

[@Chris_Russell]

Hey! You bumped me out of first place! ;)

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

The Advantage does an excellent cover of that first song.

[@stevena3244]

The second level has better music than any pop song in the period 2000-2022. Prove me wrong.

[@DJDanceClassic]

You are right! The only song that comes close is the weeknd with “blinding light” which is a 80s pop song ripoff

[@Aerialistreloaded]

Whoever played this was a fucking Rembrandt. My high score in the arcade was 185,000 but it’s because i used the second player as a patsy and dragged him along all the boards

[@CraftyArts]

Nice ti see someone able to complete this the arcade machine near impossible

[@Jesusdelagarza]

Superlative 💪👑🖤🧡💜💗🟧🟪🈳️🟠🟣♀️👹😈🇺🇲🇯🇵 1:21

[@GavinZientek]

1:53 the music stopped and- wait a second ARE THOSE BIRDS???

[@prestonwardcondra]

Only 6 stages in this game?

[@Gamebits]

Whoa - were you playing this with a trackball??

[@Flashlight237]

To think, Guiness Book of World records called a run that's 3:13 a world record, yet a longplay did it in 2:42. Wow.

[@hakureicirno6059]

Not sure what are the rules for actual speedrun. If crushing all those tiny enemies in "silly race" is not required, it would save quite some time.

[@malekkd]

First song sounds like Ecco for some reason.

[@pajamasaverforpewdiepie4668]

In June 2019: Thumbnail Changed

[@guest21984]

How does the ball roll so quickly? On the first stage the fastest I can get im left with 47 seconds on the clock. This is holding the button (only button?) does to make the marble roll faster

[@chowmein0941]

You make this look so easy!!! I can't even beat stage 2/beginner race!!!

[@lampoilropebombs0640]

Isn’t this the predecessor of the hamster ballgame?

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

The sound track is fire

[@ilyhiryu]

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[@byi2p]

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[@voila999]

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[@Ziad_Agamy]

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[@100percentSNAFU]

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[@iestyndavies7287]

Wow, you’ve played that a few times haven’t you!

[@critivin7608]

i've downloaded a big load of random games on MAME and recently found this. So beautifully addicting. Sadly I'm stuck with a SNES controller and a D-Pad which is kinda sad (and painful)

[@terryc6855]

You can enable mouse support, which makes the game much better to play.

[@martyrobson4958]

Ok; something wrong here; either this is on hyper mode? Or my arcade machine has been smoking weed?

[@ThatWeirdCat]

why some of the levels looks like from hamsterball game

[@HosheaManein]

Because hamsterball was probably inspired by marble madness

[@VahanNisanian]

Perfect playing of this classic game! Was this played on a trackball, SCHLAUCHI? That might explain the flawlessness.

[@iamironclaw]

***** Probably on a keyboard or gamepad. I did it on a keyboard when I did the Amiga version (didn't play as fast (wasn't in a hurry)) as SCHLAUCHI kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJfEY5iqf51nlZo

[@danielpowers5891]

A great game should never be beatable in under 30 minutes, never mind 3 minutes.

[@beeman2075]

I always felt like Marble Madness should have been the arcade game in the Disney movie Midnight Madness, instead of the Starfire game.

[@cruisetheautisticboy994]

Since when did Atari start making SEGA Genesis style music and sounds?

[@fuzzywzhe]

How funny, I could get to the last level, but I could never finish it. Just today, I've seen the ending of the game.

[@rolldeep23]

My favourite game for the nes!! This and lunar pool lol first game I played on it lol

[@thndercat1]

Great game, up there with Space Harriers

[@DJDanceClassic]

Outrun and shinobi !

[@NotLegato]

never been able to get the first jump in the ultimate level. damn.

[@brianhutton2581]

YOU ARE THE MASTER.

[@zandorvorkov7257]

What the heck? Why did it seem like this game was endless and impossibly hard when I was a kid? lol

[@JKKino]

I hope this game gets into the Atari 50 collection

[@PMitchell1011Real]

it wont because it belongs to midway (WB)

[@illuminatioracle]

what's with the spooky splatterhouse arcade music in some of these stages?

[@Noizedas]

You know things were serious in video game land when the colors became black and red

[@batlin]

The timbres in the music remind me of the Mega Drive. Is it the same sound chip?

[@R4dm1n]

The sound chip in the arcade machine is not the YM2612.

[@batlin]

SilverGenerations Studios You're right, apparently the arcade machine uses the Yamaha 2151. But it seems the two chips were very similar - the 2612 has 2 fewer channels and misses some synthesis effects, but the 2151 is FM synthesis only while the 2612 also offers PSG/DAC samples. Otherwise they seem to share many characteristics.

[@R4dm1n]

batlin What you exactly said could mean that the Genesis is better.

[@batlin]

SilverGenerations Studios Indeed, I think it probably is.

[@R4dm1n]

A little reminder here: The PSG sound chip on Genesis games is only capable of doing 3 voices instead of 4, even though it is the chip from the SMS. That chip and the Z80 Processor is what gives the Genesis backwards compatibility with the Sega Master System.

[@GavinZientek]

why do they even trigger in Silly Race?

[@proteusduxbury]

Great music. Impossible game !!!

[@michelmoroni9865]

I’ve watched this video since 2014.

[@BETMARKonTube]

Longest game ever!

[@GavinZientek]

wow you never died! not even a single time!

[@ShiroCh_ID]

so this is grand father to Hamster ball that inside game house collection

[@laustcawz2089]

Best video game EVER!!

[@thomaswretman7615]

Insane run.. :)

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

3:48 is 'longplay'?

[@thesaltwatershow]

is it just me or is the game looks like over its time???

[@aaronberns8485]

This game is like the arcade equivalent of gymnastics, especially with the trackball. It is a very difficult game requiring years of mental strength, tons of physical exercise, and even a dose of perfectionism to master each level. That is what I love about this game, and I think it’s one of the few games that helps me build those mental skill sets and me great physical exercise along with it

[@ZX3000GT1]

You're too dramatic. This is nothing compared to something like DDR/PIU where you actually have to physically move your body around and deal with timing.