MARBLE MADNESS NES!

This game is incredibly awesome, but unfortunately it is incredibly short with only 6 levels. This is a game that seriously needs to be re-made for the Wii or put up as a virtual console download. At least 100 levels would suitably do this title justice! But this game is a lot of fun for the original Nintendo. Basically all you do is roll a marble through a maze and you have to get to the finish time within to amount of time given. If you finish with time to spare, that time gets rolled over on the timer for the next level. You will have hazards and things to watch out for as you roll through the mazes, so there is a little more to it than just keeping your balance and not falling over the edge which that in itself will cost you considerable time, so don't do it very often. The graphics in this game are amazing, very good for this system at that time, especially being that it was a 3D world. The music is pretty good too, the quality, but also how it had kind of a futuristic sound to it, which a lot of NES games didn't have so it's unique. I can still hear the songs in my head (they are pretty catchy). I don't know if this makes up for the game being so brutaly short, but if anything does, it's the two player co-op mode. That's what it's designed to be, though you don't have to cooperate if you don't want to. Back in the day when I played I'd always knock my opponent off the sides, or at least try. Be careful though because if you miss you'll fall off the side yourself. If you are going much faster than your opponent you basically run them off the screen but then the game just moves your opponent closer to where you are. In 1 player mode there is also another hazard, the black marble. It'll just try to mess with you and knock you off the sides as well. The 1st level starts off ridiculously easy, and they get harder as you but, but with a little bit of practice once you get good at the game, you'll have no problem getting through the first 5 levels. The 6th level is very very hard though. I don't think I've ever actually beaten that level, thus beating the game. I'll have to give it another shot now. But yeah, basically the only bad thing I have to say about this game is that it's too short. They seriously need to re-make this game on an updated system with updated graphics and sound. It'd be pretty amazing if you ask me.Read full review