roadrunner Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) The current game of the Atariage NES high score club is the arcade classic Marble MadnessTitle: Marble MadnessDeveloper: RarePublisher: Milton BradleyReleased: March 1989 (US)Settings -Default Level 1 Deadline to post scores is January 2nd 2018 at 12PM ESTLink to manual -http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/manual/Formated/Marble_Madness_-_1989_-_Milton_Bradley.pdfAny corrections please post Edited December 13, 2017 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) 176,280 Best I've done without getting any wands. Beat the ultimate race with 78 seconds left, which is extremely hard to do. I think I'm done. Edited December 15, 2017 by mbd30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Marble Madness - 31,420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F34R Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Ugh, this is something I think I'll lose at lol. I'm going to fire this up on my NEW (literally) KV-27FV310!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Wow! Thought I'd dig out my NES and play on real hardware as I have the Marble Madness cart. I thought I would do better than my 31,420 emulation score above, but I couldn't even score half that. Guess I'm out of practice...back at it tomorrow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Wow! Thought I'd dig out my NES and play on real hardware as I have the Marble Madness cart. For me, real hardware with original NES controller is the only way to play this. I suck big time when I try to play on PC using an emulator and PC gamepad or keyboard. This is probably my favorite game on the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I love Marble Madness, but for me, it seems, I play better on emulation than real hardware. That's not true of all games. Some I play much better on real hardware than emulation. I used to play MM in the arcade all the time. For me, real hardware with original NES controller is the only way to play this. I suck big time when I try to play on PC using an emulator and PC gamepad or keyboard. This is probably my favorite game on the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I love Marble Madness, but for me, it seems, I play better on emulation than real hardware. That's not true of all games. Some I play much better on real hardware than emulation. I used to play MM in the arcade all the time. I wonder why that would be. Have you played it more in emulation? It may depend on what you're used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I think it's a matter of what kind of movement is involved in the game and what kind of controller I'm using. For example, Super Cobra on the ColecoVision...I absolutely suck playing it on emulation whether I'm using the keyboard for movement or a joystick...but playing on real hardware with a CV joystick I can whiz right through the game. Marble Madness on the NES just seems to play really sloppy for me using a NES joystick. But playing with a different joystick on my PC I seem to have better control. But then some other NES game might be totally opposite of that. Of course I probably play more CV on real hardware than emulation...and emulation for everything else because my CV and ADAM are set up all the time and I'm too lazy to drag the other systems out for individual games and just wind up playing via emulation. I wonder why that would be. Have you played it more in emulation? It may depend on what you're used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I think it's a matter of what kind of movement is involved in the game and what kind of controller I'm using. For example, Super Cobra on the ColecoVision...I absolutely suck playing it on emulation whether I'm using the keyboard for movement or a joystick...but playing on real hardware with a CV joystick I can whiz right through the game. Marble Madness on the NES just seems to play really sloppy for me using a NES joystick. But playing with a different joystick on my PC I seem to have better control. But then some other NES game might be totally opposite of that. Of course I probably play more CV on real hardware than emulation...and emulation for everything else because my CV and ADAM are set up all the time and I'm too lazy to drag the other systems out for individual games and just wind up playing via emulation. I really like how the original NES pad feels with MM. My thumb can easily slide around and hit those diagonals with the small directional buttons on the NES pad. But it's all subjective. NES pads also wildly vary in quality depending on how much they've been abused. MM is one of those games that needs a good condition controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Slight improvement... Marble Madness - 32,420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empsolo Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 20,860 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 21,230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 18,530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 A few days left, Happy Holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Any more NES coming up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Hey, I forget about this, sorryThis round is over, congrats to mbd30 I hope everyone had fun! classicgamer, your score is late but i'll count it.Final High Scores -mbd30 176,280jblenkle 32,420classicgamer_27330 22,350S.BAZ 21,230empsolo 20,860roadrunner 18,530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I won! It was close, guys. But I did it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 New freeplay score of 179,930. This is 700 points higher than the "world record." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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