Marble Madness 2 - Unreleased OR Unobtainable
35Possibly the most in-demand ROM of an arcade prototype yet, Marble Madness 2 (on arcade) was finally leaked in 2022. Originally called Marble Madness II: Marble Man, the development history is almost as interesting as the story about the ROM being leaked.
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Sources:
https://www.safestuff.com/mmstory.htm
https://www.safestuff.com/marbleman.htm
http://www.safestuff.com/mystuff.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20110914080110/http://www.atarigames.com/page5/files/page5_3.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20110914075932/http://www.atarigames.com/page5/files/page5_4.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20080724094017/http://www.atarigames.com/page5/files/page5_5.pdf
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https://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/marble-madness-ii-prototype.html
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/05/after-30-years-the-world-can-now-play-the-lost-marble-madness-ii/
https://web.archive.org/web/20080724094017/http://www.atarigames.com/page5/files/page5_5.pdf
https://archive.org/details/mm2_20220521
https://lostmediawiki.com/Marble_Man:_Marble_Madness_II_(found_build_of_unreleased_sequel_of_Atari_arcade_game;_1991)
https://cancelled-games.fandom.com/wiki/Marble_Man:_Marble_Madness_II
https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/Arcade/index.htm#MarbleMadnessII
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https://forums.atariage.com/topic/246846-marble-madness-2-marble-man/
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/55936-can-marble-man-ever-be-released/
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8619
https://thekingofgrabs.com/2023/08/16/marble-madness-2-arcade/
https://www.classicarcadegaming.com/forums/index.php?topic=7600.0
https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=753
https://www.vgmaps.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=61n77386pgrh2e6scfnmgo8ent&topic=2109.0
Video Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeM8QkAgWS4&ab_channel=MarbleMan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN31UqW-GHU&ab_channel=MylstarElectronics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHh5O-ijTw&ab_channel=MylstarElectronics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbhbuCfk80&ab_channel=retrosutra
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Marble Madness Statistics For Retro Game On
At present, Retro Game On has 1,502 views spread across 2 videos for Marble Madness, with his channel publishing less than an hour of Marble Madness content. This is less than 0.43% of the total video content that Retro Game On has uploaded to YouTube.