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Play Marble Madness (Europe edition · English) Online

Marble Madness

Play Marble Madness online. Guide your marble through six NES courses, master turbo and the direction settings, or challenge a second player in a simultaneous race.

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Marble Madness

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls

Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.

Console buttonKeyboard
↑ / ↓ / ← / →↑ / ↓ / ← / →
A / BZ / X
START / SELECTEnter / V

Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.

How to Play Marble Madness

Quick start

Use SELECT to choose one or two players, then press START. Enter your name with the D-pad and A, select END, then choose a direction setting with Up/Down and A. Start with Horizontal (90°) for screen-aligned movement. In the Practice Race, aim for the marked goal and learn the slopes before using long turbo bursts. Ease off near edges; recovering from a fall spends valuable seconds.

Controls

D-pad: steer the marble and move menu/name-entry selections. A: turbo acceleration during play; confirm a letter or direction setting. SELECT: choose one or two players. START: begin, pause and resume. Horizontal (90°) follows screen directions; Diagonal (45°) rotates the directional mapping.

Marble Madness — About this game

Marble Madness asks for speed without losing control. Each of its six courses sends a marble along slopes, narrow ledges and branching paths toward a goal line, with a timer deciding when the run is over. Black marbles and other hazards can knock you off course, while a steep drop can shatter the ball. Replacements are unlimited, but waiting for one costs time. The Practice Race gives you room to learn the movement before the later courses demand much tighter lines. Shortcuts reward familiarity: on the Beginner Race, the easier detour takes longer than the narrow route reached through a chute. Two players can race simultaneously with blue and red marbles. Both share the same hazardous space, making a clean approach to the finish as important as raw acceleration.

Cheats

No cheats have been added for this edition.

Player verification and sources

Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.

Browser test and catalogue publication date
Browsers and devices
PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
Player engine and core
EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
Tested by
rwEmulator

Sources and editorial basis

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