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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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! :)
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 !
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.
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!
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.
Do you play this with a trackball? I have a kensington slimblade, which is a nice sized trackball and I like it! What sensitivity on MAME do you use(If you use a trackball)
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:)
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
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.
***** 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 ruclips.net/video/Nfa2etJ84_8/видео.html
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
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!
not understanding the music, especially the part with the birds. was it that they used a crummy sound chip? don't get me wrong, the genesis was even worse lol, the bird sounds totally drowned out the music. i'd say the NES music is superior in every way, especially the 2nd level.
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
I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that all longplays are done with the aid of tools. I'm not 100% sure but it would hold up with the players never, ever failing.
***** It originally came out in the mid-80's, back when arcade games with linear levels were really short. Also, while it looks easy, most people back then, or even today for that matter, wouldn't be able to beat the game in under 4 minutes.
DurradonXylles I certainly couldn't beat it when I was a kid, this game is pretty unforgiving, and I sucked royally at it. But I was impressed by the graphics and sound.
I love playing the equivalent to this, HamsterBall, but now when I run it on my computer I just get an invalid "read from" error. I have the Amiga Workbench version of this on an emulator, but sadly its quite hard to play Marble Madness with nothing but the arrow keys. P.S., I tried Mouse mode, its shit.
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.
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.
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This game mystified me as a kid. Very beautiful game.
This guy beat the game in 3 minutes. This took me weeks to master!
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.
Would be interesting if someone extracted the full-length tracks from the game.
@@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.
this is also the first game to use fm synth correct?
Exactly
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…..
Who could imagine that the creator of this game will be the PS4/PS5 lead architect. Thank you Mark Cerny.
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.
@@aceman0000099 Yeah I think you're right. I guess it was kind of predictable.
@@linoxsama hardly predictable at all, but imaginable, yes.
I can now that you informed of me of this because I was enthralled by this game as a kid, it's amazing.
@@SportsPlug-cp1eq I'm pleased to read this mate 😉. It was crazy for this time.
0:28 Never get tired of that theme song.
same
Also never really completed the level
Considering it shares motifs with Marble Zone theme from Sonic 1.
The arcade machine used a brief burst of this level 1 music during the attract mode. It certainly worked on me as a kid.
It unlocked a memory for me ...
"Why am I here? Why do I exist?" Asks the Marble.
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.
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.
What happened to the angel dove formation from the morning so one dove could go free?
One has to make sacrifices to get good...
The falling marble sound effect was very cool. "Ohhhhhh...."
I think I've memorized every video game death sound from every major '80s game
That velocity is amazing. It’s amazing to see a deathless run. You played phenomenal.
I loved the surreal atmosphere of this game.
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!
The Arcade version definitely sounds like it used the same sound hardware used in Sega Genesis games.
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.
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.
@@christophers.8553 You mean ym2151
fm audio was really popular with mid 80s to late 80s arcade games
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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! :)
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 !
Umm.. sorry but closure would be beating the game yourself. Not watching someone else do it.. wtf. 🙄
@@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 :)
@@Gameboy-Unboxings That's an opinion, for him it's closure.
@@Gameboy-Unboxings Jakel gold! 🙌
It could almost have been John Chowning making the soundtrack. A true musical work of art
Sound design is absolutely exquisite.
I think that is the shortest Arcade game Ive ever see.
Probably didn't think someone could actually beat it. It's pretty hard
Imagine how much more awesome they could have made this if Last Week Tonight had been around to sponsor it back then...
The best soundtrack in video game history
I bow to your Marble Madness skills, Master!
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.
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!
Only 6 stages in this game?
I had never seen anyone actually finish this game before now. Well done!
the sound of this game was so good at the time...
I remember playing this game and loving the bgms.
This Is certified hamsterball classic
"longplay"
Playing marble madness... xD
The game where "Longplay" and "Speedrun" are less than 1 minute apart.
Lomgplay indeed, i had to watch a bit of it everyday over a whole week to make it through.
Great game. A classic for sure.
You can always tell it's an Atari game by the music alone during this period!
GDC conference gave me a newfound appreciation for this game.
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.
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.
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.
you _earned_ that members only jacket with the van halen pin on the collar!
Lovely soundtrack, even got a Sega game collector card of marble madness!
Do you play this with a trackball? I have a kensington slimblade, which is a nice sized trackball and I like it! What sensitivity on MAME do you use(If you use a trackball)
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:)
Awesome! Took me a while to play it like this, but this is exactly how to play it. What a great game.
Nice run! I reminds me how perfect the Amiga version was
Yes , the only perfect arcade version ever made on the amiga 1000
Cool Game 2 Play Because I’ve played this game over 30 years ago when it was in service back in the arcade centers .
Whoa - were you playing this with a trackball??
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
The second level has better music than any pop song in the period 2000-2022. Prove me wrong.
You are right! The only song that comes close is the weeknd with “blinding light” which is a 80s pop song ripoff
Wow the player rocked it !!!!! I couldn't get past the second round as a kid lol
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.
This game’s unreleased sequel is now in Mame if anyone wants to try it out!!! ^^
Perfect playing of this classic game!
Was this played on a trackball, SCHLAUCHI? That might explain the flawlessness.
***** 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 ruclips.net/video/Nfa2etJ84_8/видео.html
I still remember the "smell" of this machine.. ♥️
This game was far ahead of its time..
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
The original hampster ball
Hey! You bumped me out of first place! ;)
Nice ti see someone able to complete this the arcade machine near impossible
Never could get past the aerial race level for the life of me :(
Man I raged so much when I played this on my GameCube
You make this look so easy!!! I can't even beat stage 2/beginner race!!!
Since when did Atari start making SEGA Genesis style music and sounds?
I wonder if Peg From Peg + Cat Is Playing this game since she has a Marble in her hat
And now I have to wonder if this is some kind of WR. :/
Angelic Dirt That'll be interesting if someone looks it up.
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!
Pixel Perfect RUN..
not understanding the music, especially the part with the birds. was it that they used a crummy sound chip? don't get me wrong, the genesis was even worse lol, the bird sounds totally drowned out the music. i'd say the NES music is superior in every way, especially the 2nd level.
The Advantage does an excellent cover of that first song.
The sound track is fire
Ok; something wrong here; either this is on hyper mode? Or my arcade machine has been smoking weed?
1:53 the music stopped and-
wait a second
ARE THOSE BIRDS???
YOU ARE THE MASTER.
I hope this game gets into the Atari 50 collection
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
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Best video game EVER!!
Back when a quarter bought you 65 seconds of fun.
why do they even trigger in Silly Race?
I’ve watched this video since 2014.
This isn't a TAS?
I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that all longplays are done with the aid of tools. I'm not 100% sure but it would hold up with the players never, ever failing.
XanthinZarda It is.
***** Well, my tipped hat to the longplayer then, impressive form anyway.
Loftus Some of them are edited, other keep the deaths and injuries in. Others are Mad Matty playing Jeopardy on the Sega CD.
Great music. Impossible game !!!
wow you never died!
not even a single time!
So the game called hamsterball (made by rapisoft) was copy this game.
Is The Sega Genesis Japan Version A Lot Like The Arcade Version?
Yes
Where can I play this?
Is it longplay or a speedrun?
8 bit graphics + 16 bit sound = Marble Madness
A great game should never be beatable in under 30 minutes, never mind 3 minutes.
Awfully short for an arcade game.
***** It originally came out in the mid-80's, back when arcade games with linear levels were really short. Also, while it looks easy, most people back then, or even today for that matter, wouldn't be able to beat the game in under 4 minutes.
DurradonXylles wouldn't* ?
DurradonXylles Took me plenty of time to finally beat the NES port.
DurradonXylles I certainly couldn't beat it when I was a kid, this game is pretty unforgiving, and I sucked royally at it. But I was impressed by the graphics and sound.
Short but fairly hard first try take a few goes to master
First song sounds like Ecco for some reason.
Making this seem so easy is an insult to the child me who suffered under the yoke of this cruel game. Do not mock my pain sir
I always felt like Marble Madness should have been the arcade game in the Disney movie Midnight Madness, instead of the Starfire game.
what's with the spooky splatterhouse arcade music in some of these stages?
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.
I love playing the equivalent to this, HamsterBall, but now when I run it on my computer I just get an invalid "read from" error. I have the Amiga Workbench version of this on an emulator, but sadly its quite hard to play Marble Madness with nothing but the arrow keys. P.S., I tried Mouse mode, its shit.
Damn that guy fucking owns marble madness.
Isn’t this the predecessor of the hamster ballgame?
Longest game ever!
Insane run.. :)
why some of the levels looks like from hamsterball game
Because hamsterball was probably inspired by marble madness
the shortest longplay ever.
this shouldn't be called a longplay
The timbres in the music remind me of the Mega Drive. Is it the same sound chip?
The sound chip in the arcade machine is not the YM2612.
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.
batlin
What you exactly said could mean that the Genesis is better.
SilverGenerations Studios Indeed, I think it probably is.
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.
This game is just so awesome.
Wow, you’ve played that a few times haven’t you!
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.
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.