syltefar.com: Marble Madness

log entries

2005-05-01
• 7630
  My wiki has a 2005 entry about MAME emulation of various games, among them Marble Madness. I created a scoreboard and described it as a 'cool puzzle'.
2005-06-18
• 7636
  Got the score 24650 in MAME. Score from my wiki.
2006-00-00
• 5022
  Around this time, I was playing a lot of games on MAME, and found the original version of this treasure from my childhood. I was pleased to find that this game could be controlled very effectively with the keyboard, by turning the 'Track X/Y Digital Speed' way up.
• 5023
  I don't think I ever got further than the Silly Race.
2015-01-25
• 5021
  Got the score 29060 in MAME. Almost completed the Arial Race. Damn hammers.
2015-01-27
• 5026
  Got the score 40370 in MAME.
Level 1-5
2015-02-02
• 5045
  Got the score 54530 in MAME. Getting closer... Reached the last level, fumbling around a bit before running out of time.
2015-06-28
• 5500
  Got the score 52560 in MAME. Reached the last level again.
2015-07-05
• 7706
  Uploaded Spilbar test footage from this game.
Spilbar test footage
2020-01-14
• 10299
  We bought a USB trackball for the company, and I immediately wanted to try it in MAME. I didn't get it to work well in Marble Madness, and I think I realized why: setting the sensitivity too high causes the values to 'roll over' in MAME, which gives you very stuttery input. Finding a sensitivity low enough where the fastest trackball movement doesn't roll over is crucial.