Marble Madness: The Construction Set
Aliases  Marble Madness
Marble Madness Construction Kit
Marble Madness Construction Set
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Action
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £8.95
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  14.95
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Graphical Views  Isometric 3D Graphics
Controls  Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys
Tie-in Licences  Marble Madness (Arcade coin-op) from Atari Games Ltd (USA)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, NES, Sega Master System
Average mag. score  83.67% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  74.7% (21 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Dro Soft (Spain)(1988)

Authors/Contributors
     John F. Cain (UK) - Code, In-game Graphics
     Consult Computer Systems (UK) - Music
     Ricardo Machuca - Inlay/Poster Art
     Bill Scolding - Inlay/Poster Art

Review Awards
     "Your Sinclair Megagame"at Your Sinclairissue #12 - 1986/Decpage 47
     "ZX Computing Globella"at ZX Computingissue #34 - 1987/Febpage 48

Series "MarbleMadness"
     1. Marble Madness: The Construction Set(1986)by Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
     2. Marble Madness - The Game(1987)by Melbourne House (Australia/UK)

Titles Authored/Executed With This Tool
     Funky Testicle(1991)by Leigh Loveday (UK)
     Gyroscope II(1987)by Color Magic

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
MarbleMadness.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
MarbleMadness.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
MarbleMadness(DroSoft).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     MarbleMadness.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     MarbleMadness.gif4,866OriginalRunning screen
     MarbleMadness.jpg392,085OriginalInlay - Front
     MarbleMadness.zip8,423OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     MarbleMadness-TheConstructionSet(EN).pdf159,571OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     MarbleMadness.jpg210,419OriginalAdvertisement
     Marble Madness (1986)(Melbourne House).pok129OriginalPOK pokes file
     MarbleMadness(DroSoft).jpg67,866#1Inlay - Front

Magazine Reviews
     Computer Gamerissue #22-1987/Janpage 50- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87"page 186- Review: 61%
     Sinclair Userissue #59-1987/Febpage 30- Review: 5/5
     Your Sinclairissue #12-1986/Decpage 47- Review: 9/10
     ZX Computingissue #34-1987/Febpage 48- Review: Great

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #62-1986/Decpage 10- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #64-1987/Febpage 80- CompoEntry
     Crashissue v.1 #34-1986/Novpage 160- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #39-1987/Aprpage 69- Hack/Poke
     Crashissue v.1 #59-1988/Decpage 60- Hack/Poke
     YS Smash Tipsissue 1988/Augpage 29- Hack/Poke
     ZX Computingissue #33-1987/Janpage 17- CompoEntry
     ZX Computingissue #38-1987/Junpage 4- CompoResult

Magazine Advertisements
     Crashissue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87"page 165- Full-page ad

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