About Marble Madness
Midway's Arcade Classics : Volume 3 : Marble Madness

Marble Madness was released in 1984 by Atari - This isn't your average game of marbles...you're the marble and you have to escape dangers to exit each level.

These buttons are available on the game screen :

PLAY to begin or continue a game

OPTIONS to customize the game settings, controls, etc.

GALLERY for pictures related to the games.

HELP to access help files on the selected game.

CHANGE GAME to return to the game selection screen.

EXIT to exit Arcade Classics 3 and return to your desktop.

These functions are only available on the menu bar :

Save Game...

Load Game...

Reset Emulator

Marble Madness(R) (c)1984.

Marble Madness is a trademark of Atari Games Corporation.

Midway and the Midway Logo are trademarks of Midway Games Inc.

Atari® trademark for home video games used under license by Hasbro Interactive, Inc.


Play Button
The Play Button

Press P or click on the Play button to start the Marble Madness Emulator.

The first time you do this after choosing a new game, you will start out in attract mode.  This is the mode the arcade game is in when it is waiting for a new player.

If you have already started the emulator it will resume where you left off.

To pause the game, press either the P or PAUSE key.

The Esc key will return you to the game's main title window.

For more information on the object of the game, see How to Play.

For more information on the controls used to play this game, see Game Controls.


Options Button
The Options Button

The Options button on the game's title window allows you to customize the game in a variety of ways.

You can:

•	vary the difficulty and game play options (see Game Settings)

•	change the keys used to control the game (see Keyboard Controls)

•	select and customize joysticks to be used to control the games (see Joystick Controls)

•	customize the mouse to control the games (see Mouse Controls) and more.


Gallery Button
The Gallery Button

Click on the Gallery button to enter a slide show of art work associated with the games in Arcade Classics 3.


Help Button
The Help Button

This button brings up help screens where you can find help on topics related to Arcade Classics 3.


Change Game Button
The Change Game Button

The Change Game button will exit any current game that you are playing and bring you back to the main Game Selection Screen.


Exit Button
The Exit Button

The Exit button will completely exit Arcade Classics 3.

To exit your current game in order to choose a new game to play, click on the Change Game button instead.


Joystick Controls

The joystick options page lets you change the joystick button assignments used to control the game.

First, select one of the installed joystick devices that are attached to your computer.

Then you can define what each part of the joystick will do in the game.

Note:  If the list of available devices is empty, then no joystick is currently detected by Windows.  Go to the Control Panel to check on the status of your joystick hardware, or to calibrate it if it's not functioning correctly. More Info

To define a joystick function select the Control and change its assignment in the Assign Buttons section (in the Game Operation box).  You may also select the Control with the right mouse button and select the assignment for the button from the list of options given.

Restore Defaults

The Restore Defaults button will reset all these options back to the game's original settings.


Keyboard Controls

The Keyboard page lists all the controls used by the game, and the current keys assigned to each.  To assign a new key to a control, click on the entry area, remove the current key selection using delete or backspace, and enter the desired key to perform the defined action.

Some additional keys, including tab and Enter are available by right-clicking within a key entry area.

Restore Defaults

The Restore Defaults button will reset all these options back to the game's original settings.


Game Settings

This page offers you control over operator settings: settings that the arcade owner could change in order to affect how hard the game was.

Difficulty

A general difficulty setting which modifies the behavior of the enemies.

Two Player Continue

When this box is marked both players are allowed to continue.

Free Play

Whether quarters are required at all.

NOTE : if you change this option you will have to "Insert Coins" by pressing Q before you can play.

Clear High Scores

This button will reset the high score table - look for the initials of the original programmers on the "cleared" High Score tables.

Restore Settings

This will change the settings back to their defaults: the way the machine would have been set at the factory.


Mouse Controls

This page lets you change the mouse button assignments used to control the game.

Each of your mouse buttons (left, right and middle if you have one) can be set to a different action.

To assign a new key to a mouse button, click on the arrow next to the button assignment and select a new assignment from the list.

Mouse Sensitivity

This options lets you adjust how sensitive the marble is to the movement of the mouse.

Restore Defaults

Restore Defaults will reset all these options back to their original settings.


Sound
Sound Options

Sound Enabled

This option allows the user to turn the sound effects and music of the game on or off.  (The sound is on when the box is checked.)

Volume

This option allows you to adjust the volume of the game, both sounds and music.  This is done by dragging the slider between Lion (the loudest setting) and mouse (the quietest setting).

During the game the sound can be manipulated by using:

ALT+NUMPAD PLUS:	Increased Volume

ALT+NUMPAD MINUS:	Decreases Volume


How to Play
How to Play Marble Madness

Controls:

Move through the world to the finish line, avoiding monsters and cliffs.

Game Play:

Marble Madness has a simple goal.  You, the marble, move from the starting point to the finish line of each level before the timer runs out.  There is a catch:  Many challenges await you on the way to the finish line...cliffs, dangerous objects, and enemies will attempt to keep you from your goal.


Troubleshooting

Joystick input not being recognized:  Go to Options button, Joystick tab.  Click on the Control Panel button.  Select Game Controllers.  Make sure that your joystick appears on this list.  If it does not then you should add it.


About this Game

Marble Madness(R) (c) 1984. Atari Games Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

Marble Madness is a trademark of Atari Games Corporation.

Midway and the Midway Logo are trademarks of Midway Games Inc.

Atari(R) trademark for home video games used under license by Hasbro Interactive, Inc.