the marble blast ultra demo is also on the Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged disc. This is basically the only official way to play the game on Xbox 360 if you had not previously downloaded the demo or purchased the game.
You can also access Ultra through Platinum Quest, the most recent version of Marble Blast Platinum, which is a modded version of Gold available for download on the Marble Blast site. From experience, it's very close to the initial Marble Blast Ultra, and I definitely felt the nostalgia playing through. The only thing is that the background and layout are different, as well as item appearance, the voice, the glass texture in Beginner levels, and the backgrounds. Otherwise, it's a solid alternative to the PC version.
The game's been updated since then to make the MBU levels much more similar to their original appearances, and there's also been sound packs added for MBU, MBXP, and MBP
A few things to say for people watching this in 2022: * Marble Blast Gold and Ultra are both available on PC for free. Gold is abandonware, and Ultra was unofficially ported. * Marvle Blast Online was another game in the series, it was browser based, but also shutdown in 2011. * Marble Blast Platinum / PlatinumQuest is a large fanmade mod that acts as a sequel to Marble Blast Gold and is available for free. It's been out for years and years now and still has an active community and multiplayer. There is also Marble Blast Fubar but it isn't as good as MBP from what I remember. * Marble It Up is now on Steam, for those who don't have a Switch.
I knew I was wrong about it being official. I remember somebody saying months ago that is was ported unofficially, but also other sources (well, Wikipedia) said that it was. Thanks for letting me know. Also where's the best place to download it?
Wow thanks for this video. Marble Blast Ultra is one of my favorite arcade games ever. I always had thought the developers just shut down and disappeared. Now I'm gonna go buy it on the Switch!
Great video! Learnt some new things about the series I didn't know! I'm not enjoying Marble it Up as much as Marble Blast, maybe i'll give it another try in the future
Try out marble blast platinum quest. Its kinda of a fan made remaster, because there are ALL of the levels from gold and ultra + about 200 platinum and platinum quest fan made levels. It also adds online multiplayer. It is technically a modification, but its so big its considered a separate game. You can downliad it at marbleblast.com if you want to have the fun youve had on xbox get in your pc. Hope i helped you
I would always play marble blast gold at my aunties house both me and my cousins would play upon hours trying to beat the game, then my cousin bought an xbox 360 and got marble blast ultra and we had loads of fun playing that. However by the time I bought my 360 the game was delisted from the store. After 8 years of searching I finally found someone who let me download the game off their profile onto my 360 and now I can play it whenever I want. I'm always grateful for the person who allowed me to gain access to the game :)
Unfortunate that there was no mention of PlatinumQuest for PC, which has all of Gold, Ultra, and a bunch of other levels, but still a good video regardless
If only you could play this game with an actual trackball that would be really cool because then it would be like you're touching the top of the ball and moving around
@@cobyssd as long as it has mouse support for movement you can get a trackball online. If you're specifically trying to play video games I'd probably recommend the one with the ball in the center but it's perfectly up to you if you want it under your thumb
CobySSD You posted that comment AS I WAS playing the new one on Switch. Two questions: 1: Am I the only one who just calls the new one Marble Blast and not Marble It Up? 2: *How did you know...?*
Yep. I know the game Marble Blast Ultra. Fun game with different difficult levels. I still have it but it's only playable online on the Xbox 360. I do also have the "Marble It Up!" DLC. I am missing one of the DLC but overall, it's an enjoyable game to play. The new Marble It Up! does look fun on the Nintendo Switch. I remember hearing of it, never picked it up myself though. Good series that isn't much heard of.
I had more world records on the XBLA than anybody else. It was my life while it existed. I was the main pioneer of Marble Blast Ultra. I was the person that discovered the modded controller for it. After that I would go on to pioneer all the other games on XBLA. Nothing will ever compare to Marble Blast Ultra though. Best game ever made.
@@jpminetos I was one of the best players at the game in it's early days. Top 3 in all of them. I discovered many of the fastest routes and could execute them perfectly. But then many other people came along and was pushed back. I think I was top ten on every lvl though. I didn't record any videos of me playing it at the time as I had no capture card till alot later. Here is the video of my World Record in the Sphere game from Trials Evolution though, which is kind of similar to Marble Blast. Many might say it's the best demonstration of video game skill ever recorded.. ruclips.net/video/TMdvQql4tyY/видео.html. What was your gamertag back then? Maybe I remember it.
I remember playing the Trial/Demo version of it all the time on my 360! I loved Marbles at the time, so I thought it was awesome. But I was never able to get the full version (I don't think I had Xbox Live Arcade), so I played the same levels over and over. Btw I love the music you used.
I first played Marble Blast Ultra on the xbox360 when my mom and her husband had it downloaded on it. After they split up, we didn't have the game anymore, since it was on his xbox. I would think about the game off and on in the following years, until I found out there was a PC port for the game. Now, I just try the craziest shit that I can think to try on there.
There's one more way you can play Marble Blast ultra on 360 that he didn't mention. There was this weird game disc that Microsoft released once called Arcade Unplugged, it was basically a collection of arcade games all stored onto a game disc. Marble Blast was one of those games. You should be able to play if you own that disc
In 2014, when I was younger, MBU was the game that caught my eyes and dragged me in, like Peggle did. I think when we transfered games from the old xbox360 we had went into our xbox 1 we might still have the original downloaded MBU in there. I really wish I could play the newest of that series which is under a new name but.. to me it just feels so wrong not playing with a classic xbox controller not saying it is wrong but just weird to me.
Hell, half of what you're saying has your mouth merging into another dimension. Also you missed MBO. MIU! also released on PC (further development has pushed it on iOS too as MIU Mayhem).
Right now I play the unofficial PC port cause I never bought the game as a kid (just played the demo a million times) but I might mod my 360 and install the game that way later down the line.
Anyone remember this marble blast where it was like a trilogy or something? You could play the levels from marble blast gold too, and i remember a ball that was made of wood and had chains on it
I've never played either of the games that I'm about to compare marble blast Ultra to but from the gameplay I have seen I've always thought marble blast Ultra was a mix between Marble Madness that old NES and arcade game and then also a game where a monkey is inside a hamster wheel for some reason called Monkey Ball For some reason some people make Super Monkey Ball sound like a Mario Party rip off so I could be completely wrong
Heck yeah! Awesome video man! There should definitely be more videos like this on this game! I think most people just don't really remember it but jeez, I've always thought about it and only today actually remembered the name, looked it up found this, then found out there's an unofficial PC port, went to download that and now in the very same day I'm about to fucking play it. This game lost to time for so long now... And I'm about to play it... Needless to say I'm excited as HELL. Wish me luck guys, and happy rolling! P.S. Also this video told me about Marble It Up on the Switch so just freakin' thank you man, and good smooth editing! This is some solid work right here! Keep it up!
Nice video :), do you know something about Marble Skies? Belongs to the original franchise? It has the same sounds as the previous games of Marble Games (Marble Blast Gold and Marble Blast Ultra)
There was one problem my older siblings and I couldn't do on Marble Blast Ultra. We can't play the rest of the levels because they're locked, making us only play 8 levels, 4 on Beginner and 2 on Intermediate and Advanced.
This was one of my favourite games. Wish they would release it again
It’s on pc if u want to get it it’s free
@@akaphoenixxx3559 what about mac?
@@constablewigglesworth1513 they have a new one on Apple Arcade
Pirate bay
@@akaphoenixxx3559 where do you get it?
Good thing OpenMBU exists.
If you don't know, it's a community-made open-source rebuild of Marble Blast Ultra, natively playable on PC
I miss the 360
Bro same, It was better than xbox one
@@alanosmarceballosfranco7205 It really was. The Xbox 360 is the greatest console of all time, IMO.
I still use mine
The 360 live arcade was heaven
And the original Blades GUI was bliss
Actually really interesting, it's crazy how big the year differences are for the games releases, especially the mobile one to the switch one.
Right!? This video is just severely underrated. Complete quality.
omg I had no idea they made one for switch I need to check it out
This makes my eyes water and my heart hurt. Such a simple game. Yet so addictive. I really miss it. 😢
It’s back out, Marble it Up Ultra I think it’s called
Wish the Marble it up had a better leaderboard system, MBU speedrun community was huge! miss those days.
great vid man surprised this is one of the only marble game retrospectives i can find but excellent work
0:02 oh my god.... I feel absolutely old. I miss that old original menu for the 360
the marble blast ultra demo is also on the Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged disc. This is basically the only official way to play the game on Xbox 360 if you had not previously downloaded the demo or purchased the game.
You can also access Ultra through Platinum Quest, the most recent version of Marble Blast Platinum, which is a modded version of Gold available for download on the Marble Blast site. From experience, it's very close to the initial Marble Blast Ultra, and I definitely felt the nostalgia playing through. The only thing is that the background and layout are different, as well as item appearance, the voice, the glass texture in Beginner levels, and the backgrounds. Otherwise, it's a solid alternative to the PC version.
The game's been updated since then to make the MBU levels much more similar to their original appearances, and there's also been sound packs added for MBU, MBXP, and MBP
Dude that beginning xbox menu brought back memories
A few things to say for people watching this in 2022:
* Marble Blast Gold and Ultra are both available on PC for free. Gold is abandonware, and Ultra was unofficially ported.
* Marvle Blast Online was another game in the series, it was browser based, but also shutdown in 2011.
* Marble Blast Platinum / PlatinumQuest is a large fanmade mod that acts as a sequel to Marble Blast Gold and is available for free. It's been out for years and years now and still has an active community and multiplayer. There is also Marble Blast Fubar but it isn't as good as MBP from what I remember.
* Marble It Up is now on Steam, for those who don't have a Switch.
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Gotta thank us for the PC port of ultra
I knew I was wrong about it being official. I remember somebody saying months ago that is was ported unofficially, but also other sources (well, Wikipedia) said that it was. Thanks for letting me know. Also where's the best place to download it?
@@cobyssd old.marblevortex.com
Thank you.
When is the new update coming?
@@Xtra2831 We are working on a fully open source remake of Marble Blast Ultra, it is currently in beta on github.com/MBU-Team/OpenMBU
Wow thanks for this video. Marble Blast Ultra is one of my favorite arcade games ever. I always had thought the developers just shut down and disappeared. Now I'm gonna go buy it on the Switch!
Marble it Up is also on PC, so if you'd prefer to play it that way then go ahead
Haven't got the switch version yet.
I'm gonna call the new one marble blast ultra switch
Great video! Learnt some new things about the series I didn't know! I'm not enjoying Marble it Up as much as Marble Blast, maybe i'll give it another try in the future
Try out marble blast platinum quest. Its kinda of a fan made remaster, because there are ALL of the levels from gold and ultra + about 200 platinum and platinum quest fan made levels. It also adds online multiplayer. It is technically a modification, but its so big its considered a separate game. You can downliad it at marbleblast.com if you want to have the fun youve had on xbox get in your pc. Hope i helped you
love this channel for bringing back memories
So, how do you feel about Marble It Up getting the Ultra treatment for multiple platforms?
I loved the demo of this game! Too bad I don’t have the full version of Marble Blast Ultra
Piratebay
I would always play marble blast gold at my aunties house both me and my cousins would play upon hours trying to beat the game, then my cousin bought an xbox 360 and got marble blast ultra and we had loads of fun playing that. However by the time I bought my 360 the game was delisted from the store. After 8 years of searching I finally found someone who let me download the game off their profile onto my 360 and now I can play it whenever I want. I'm always grateful for the person who allowed me to gain access to the game :)
peak gaming
I miss this
This video is so relatable I loved feeding frenzy too. One of the most relatable videos ever.
You have too little subs for the amount of effort you put in these videos. Keep it up!!
Marble blast ultra graphics was ahead of its time
Unfortunate that there was no mention of PlatinumQuest for PC, which has all of Gold, Ultra, and a bunch of other levels, but still a good video regardless
I’ve never played marble blast ultra, but I still continue to play marble blast gold on a old IMac which It was preinstalled on.
Even though I prefer Ultra, Gold's still a super solid game
If only you could play this game with an actual trackball that would be really cool because then it would be like you're touching the top of the ball and moving around
Damn now I kinda wanna try that
@@cobyssd as long as it has mouse support for movement you can get a trackball online. If you're specifically trying to play video games I'd probably recommend the one with the ball in the center but it's perfectly up to you if you want it under your thumb
@@cobyssdapparently there's a super monkey Ball game that does this in the arcades and I've played it before. Very fun
This is crazy, I used to play tf out of these Xbox Arcade games, especially surfs up and Marble Blast Ultra, Feeding Frenzy
I was so happy to see that Marble Blast was returning on Nintendo Switch. I got it the day it was released and I have yet to put it down.
The new game is really fun
CobySSD You posted that comment AS I WAS playing the new one on Switch. Two questions:
1: Am I the only one who just calls the new one Marble Blast and not Marble It Up?
2: *How did you know...?*
@@Jac-Man
1. Probably not
2. Shhhhhh
Great video, I've been wondering where it went for some years now
This was my childhood, I can't believe I didn't get the full version, I'm too late
Yep. I know the game Marble Blast Ultra. Fun game with different difficult levels. I still have it but it's only playable online on the Xbox 360. I do also have the "Marble It Up!" DLC. I am missing one of the DLC but overall, it's an enjoyable game to play.
The new Marble It Up! does look fun on the Nintendo Switch. I remember hearing of it, never picked it up myself though.
Good series that isn't much heard of.
Marble Blast Ultra was the shit
And to top it of, another nostalgic tune at the end from Spongebob BFBB
I had more world records on the XBLA than anybody else. It was my life while it existed. I was the main pioneer of Marble Blast Ultra. I was the person that discovered the modded controller for it. After that I would go on to pioneer all the other games on XBLA. Nothing will ever compare to Marble Blast Ultra though. Best game ever made.
What was your highest SMBU ranking on XBL? I had mutliple high tier rankings.
@@jpminetos I was one of the best players at the game in it's early days. Top 3 in all of them. I discovered many of the fastest routes and could execute them perfectly. But then many other people came along and was pushed back. I think I was top ten on every lvl though. I didn't record any videos of me playing it at the time as I had no capture card till alot later. Here is the video of my World Record in the Sphere game from Trials Evolution though, which is kind of similar to Marble Blast. Many might say it's the best demonstration of video game skill ever recorded.. ruclips.net/video/TMdvQql4tyY/видео.html. What was your gamertag back then? Maybe I remember it.
Born in 2009 and I have parents who gave my brother (born in 2003) an Xbox 360 and I grew up with original Xbox games
I played Marble Blast Ultra on the Xbox 360 when I was little.
Same here lol
However my favorite game for the Xbox 360 was the sims 3
I remember playing the Trial/Demo version of it all the time on my 360! I loved Marbles at the time, so I thought it was awesome. But I was never able to get the full version (I don't think I had Xbox Live Arcade), so I played the same levels over and over.
Btw I love the music you used.
This is underrated.
7:20 bruh you can use xenia
They brought back the Scott pilgrim game so I think they should bring back marble blast ultra
There’s a spiritual successor called marble it up
XBL Arcade was too good. Small Arms, Marble Blast Ultra, Heavy Weapon, etc.
Omgggggg small arms
Very interesting and well put together video.
i want to see this game re-vamped and re-released.
I remember playing marble blast ultra all the time
i loved the Sonic CD music that surprised me XD
i want to fly
but i have yoshi
i want to fly
but i have yoshi
I want to fly
But I have Yoshi
freaking love this game
good video! thanks Coby
This is an amazing video about a videogame from my childhood :3
God I’ really remember thinking man This games a hit so addictive and thought there would be multiple releases and yet nothing came out.
I first played Marble Blast Ultra on the xbox360 when my mom and her husband had it downloaded on it. After they split up, we didn't have the game anymore, since it was on his xbox. I would think about the game off and on in the following years, until I found out there was a PC port for the game. Now, I just try the craziest shit that I can think to try on there.
im actually playing in right now as i watch this video on xbox
There's one more way you can play Marble Blast ultra on 360 that he didn't mention. There was this weird game disc that Microsoft released once called Arcade Unplugged, it was basically a collection of arcade games all stored onto a game disc. Marble Blast was one of those games. You should be able to play if you own that disc
That version of MBU was only the Demo unfortunately
In 2014, when I was younger, MBU was the game that caught my eyes and dragged me in, like Peggle did. I think when we transfered games from the old xbox360 we had went into our xbox 1 we might still have the original downloaded MBU in there. I really wish I could play the newest of that series which is under a new name but.. to me it just feels so wrong not playing with a classic xbox controller not saying it is wrong but just weird to me.
I remember playing as a kid in the school computers. And you were consider godly of u beat the advanced mode
Marble It Up was a very disappointing follow up. Hopefully one day we get MBU back in its original glory
wow this felt like a video with like 100k views i cant believe the view count is so low
Marble Blast Ultra just isnt that popular.
great job, man!
My Xbox came with the game. The disc included another disc, Sega superstars.
The best game ever made.
Hell, half of what you're saying has your mouth merging into another dimension.
Also you missed MBO. MIU! also released on PC (further development has pushed it on iOS too as MIU Mayhem).
We all know gold is the one we grew up with
I remember this game along with Xbox live arcade and I miss it
My first marble blast game (and pc game for that matter) was marble blast for the netjet.
And he tells me I can't play it anymore. I really wanted to see that version for nostalgia sake.
Nothing happened to it, I still play it hours every day
Right now I play the unofficial PC port cause I never bought the game as a kid (just played the demo a million times) but I might mod my 360 and install the game that way later down the line.
No mention of Marble Blast Platinum or PlatinumQuest?
Love the sonic CD music 😂
I remember when I had mbu full. Accident with microsoft or something made it turn into a demo.
Sad that there isn't a physical copy
Anyone remember this marble blast where it was like a trilogy or something? You could play the levels from marble blast gold too, and i remember a ball that was made of wood and had chains on it
Was it Marble Blast Platinum? That was a trilogy in the sense it had all the levels from Gold, Ultra plus its own. That skin sounds familiar.
@@Holloway-1984 I can't find footage of the menu so Idk
Fucking loved this game.
I've never played either of the games that I'm about to compare marble blast Ultra to but from the gameplay I have seen I've always thought marble blast Ultra was a mix between Marble Madness that old NES and arcade game and then also a game where a monkey is inside a hamster wheel for some reason called Monkey Ball
For some reason some people make Super Monkey Ball sound like a Mario Party rip off so I could be completely wrong
epic ristar music
BRO WTF ARE THE BACKGROUND CLIPS LMAO
you can play it in Xenia emulator now, perfectly
Damn.. I miss this game
Fuck man... this was such a better time
awesome vid
6:33 my 8th birthday...
nice
I loved this game trial on my friends 360 anybody have the link to the pc download atleast?
U can play this game now on series s and x by using xenia xbox 360 emulator (no hacke needed)
im not bragging but i was a pro at marble blast ultra on the 360 xD man i was hooked !
Heck yeah! Awesome video man! There should definitely be more videos like this on this game! I think most people just don't really remember it but jeez, I've always thought about it and only today actually remembered the name, looked it up found this, then found out there's an unofficial PC port, went to download that and now in the very same day I'm about to fucking play it. This game lost to time for so long now... And I'm about to play it... Needless to say I'm excited as HELL. Wish me luck guys, and happy rolling!
P.S. Also this video told me about Marble It Up on the Switch so just freakin' thank you man, and good smooth editing! This is some solid work right here! Keep it up!
UPDATE: I played it for several hours last night until 6AM lol, what the hell is wrong with me lol.
It was so dang fun man.
You forgot to talk about marble skies
FUCKIN FUCK MAN... This game brings me nostalgia for my first 360 with arcade and shit..... how DARE they not have a PC version on steam
I am lucky to have purchased the full game back in the day. I still am able to recover it from my download history and play it today.
where is marble blast platinum or platinmquest?
i have an install file for marble blast gold and i know some secrets in them
Bruh I looking hours in the Xbox store for this game 😢
I’ll make that effort
Nice video :), do you know something about Marble Skies? Belongs to the original franchise? It has the same sounds as the previous games of Marble Games (Marble Blast Gold and Marble Blast Ultra)
Nah Marble Skies was just inspired by Marble Blast
Marble Skies sucks
It also isn't official at all, I don't know where you got that from
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I have a suloution to get marbel blast ultra get freestyle 3
Super Monkey Ball
¿Where can I download It for PC?
here marbleblast.com
@@husemat Thanks
I have a disk of marble blast ultra
Is it the xbox Live Arcade unplugged?
There was one problem my older siblings and I couldn't do on Marble Blast Ultra. We can't play the rest of the levels because they're locked, making us only play 8 levels, 4 on Beginner and 2 on Intermediate and Advanced.
I played this
Sheeesh 😭
Happened *
please speak well