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25 of 27 found the following review helpful:
Too frustrating for younger childrenJan 09, 2000
I bought this as a gift for a 5-year old, who is quite accomplished through many levels at several other Game Boy games (Donkey Kong, Pac Man, etc.) He was far more frustrated with this than any other game. The Game Boy game direction control is not adequate. Ideally, a slower marble speed as a training or beginner level may help (although I recognize the game gives unlimited lives within the alotted time and real marbles have one speed on a given slope). It is a difficult game best suited for older, accomplished gamers.
25 of 27 found the following review helpful:
A great game for anyone who enjoys classics.Dec 24, 1999
Marble Madness, a classic puzzle/adventure type game is back for the GBC, and it is as good as the original NES version. The graphics are just as good, and the gameplay is fantastic. This is a must buy gameboy game. I thouroughly enjoyed it.
22 of 25 found the following review helpful:
not like the originalMar 28, 2000
The original marble madness is really good. it was ported to the gameboy and had great phisics and was exactly like the amiga and arcade versions, there was only one porblem, it was in black and white. Well my friends this new game was supposed to fix all that. Unfortunatly it failed. Hear me out and I'll tell you why. Instead of modifying the old engine of marble madness they oppted to make an entirly new one, Big mistake, although this looks exactly like the first one its very different in gameplay. First of all the phisics are all wrong, hills present little problem to get over and if you are going through a lot of twisty doo dads(for lake of a better name) you will fall off instead of skiming off the sides like in the original. Another problem is that it slows down in some areas, Slows down? why? Its not over the limits of what a gbc(gameboy color) can do, all I can attribute this to is the game company rushing it, and therefore forgeting to fix some major bugs and slowdown issues. Also, unlike the original, the muliplayer was pulled out of this version at the last second, so no playing head to head with your friend:( All in All this was a rushed game that should have had at least two more monthes of programing and bug fixing before it was released. On the plus side it has one more level than the old version, and its in color. P.S. I recomend the original gb version, it may not be in color, but at least you can play it with a friend, and it has great phisics.
18 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Difficult to playDec 01, 2000
By Helene Gelman
"heleneg"
For me, the bottom line is: this game is difficult to play on a gameboy. The original arcade game used a trackball and it was a very fun and exciting game. This does not translate well to how a gameboy is played. It is difficult to move the marble around 360 degrees. I do not recommend this game.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Perfect recreation of a Nintendo gameFeb 21, 2002
By Jeff Johnson
"Jeff Johnson"
This is an original "race" to the finish, because you play as a marble and go down a 3D course full of traps, hazards like puddles of acid, vacuums, enemy marbles, slinkies that eat your marble and several challenges. This is not a game for children or anyone who can get frustrated easily, because first of all the controls are not where you press down and your marble goes down, when you press down your marble goes diagonally down and left! Secondly, if you fall far enough, your marble will break and crumble, but fear not, because you have unlimited "marbles," however you are limited by time. Once your time runs out, that's it! There are only five courses in the game. This game is a perfect recreation of the original Nintendo game. There is a two player linked mode, so two players can race each other down the course.
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