1986 Melbourne House (UK)
by John F. Cain
'Gyroscope' was the unofficial Spectrum release of 'Marble Madness', and it was so popular within the critics (2nd place as game of the year 1985) that a year later Melbourne House got the arcade rights and released the 'Marble Madness' conversion.
Both games are very good, highly playable, highly addictive. 'Gyroscope' in my opinion is prettier although a bit messy sometimes, but lacks levels (only 5), and 'Marble Madness' has the construction set which is a great addiction to this sort of games ('Gyroscope II' was made using the 'Marble Madness Construction Set').
Also 'Marble Madness' is less rough around the edges, has more variety and our marble speed is slightly better controlled.
Two brilliant engineered games both inspired by the same excellent arcade original.
Review by YOR on 08 Jun 2013 (Rating: 3)
It's not bad but it's not great. Perhaps I am missing something but I didn't get into this, I found it quite slow and tedious and I felt a better job could have been done to this. Maybe I'm just being mean but my experience with this was not a pleasant one sadly.
