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BeaglePuss

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I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« on: July 10, 2012, 12:31:49 PM »
Hi everyone!

I've been a member of the forum for years, but haven't had a good enough reason to post until now lol. 

I purchased a massive lot of prototype materials from Tengen/Atari, one of which is a Turbografx-16 copy of the unreleased title "Marble Madness."  I bought the lot untested, and in many instances unlabeled (as was the case with the MM prototype).  I knew the game was a TG-16/PC Engine prototype from Tengen though, so I was willing to take a shot.  I figured I'd end up with a prototype copy of KLAX at the very least.  The lot got in today, and immediately fired up the card to find it to be Marble Madness.

I've heard stories of other copies existing, but through all my searching I haven't been able to find concrete evidence to prove it.  Was there a copy for sale on Yahoo Japan?  Does anyone know any collectors that own a copy?  The title screen on mine is slightly different than that of the scans that are floating around, so I'm sure there were other proto cards out there at one point.  The game is fully playable to the end, but I don't know how complete it is exactly.

I will be updating with pics and screen shots shortly.  If you have an idea of who I am, you can trust that this is not some lame hoax.  For the time being though, I'm just trying to find as much info as possible on the game.

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2012, 12:36:03 PM »
Very cool.  As long as this doesnt turn into a Bonk: BOE thread, this is awesome news.

I havent seen anyone else post regarding this prototype before, so if there are others out there, it is quite rare.  The Military Madness prototype from maybe a year ago was the only one I have seen to date.

This game still gets a lot of NES play in my house, great two player mode.  I am excited for the pictures!

Just outta curiosity, are you keeping or selling?  If selling, just remember I asked first!

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 12:41:46 PM »
Very cool.  As long as this doesnt turn into a Bonk: BOE thread, this is awesome news.

I havent seen anyone else post regarding this prototype before, so if there are others out there, it is quite rare.  The Military Madness prototype from maybe a year ago was the only one I have seen to date.

This game still gets a lot of NES play in my house, great two player mode.  I am excited for the pictures!

Just outta curiosity, are you keeping or selling?  If selling, just remember I asked first!
I much rather have a dump of the Rom for it as there are only so few copies of this game known to exist.

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2012, 12:43:04 PM »
Awesome find!  Congratulations.

Has a rom for this prototype been released yet?  (not that I'm asking for it, mind you)  Is there a way one can be made with this prototype?

BigusSchmuck

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 12:44:30 PM »
Awesome find!  Congratulations.

Has a rom for this prototype been released yet?  (not that I'm asking for it, mind you)  Is there a way one can be made with this prototype?
I can't see how asking for a rom of this being illegal as it was never released for the turbo/pce, but then again I'm not a lawyer.

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2012, 01:03:17 PM »
Very cool.  As long as this doesnt turn into a Bonk: BOE thread, this is awesome news.

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 01:23:35 PM »
I'm looking forward to see some screenshots. That will be great to have a dump. Nice find!
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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 01:48:43 PM »
Awesome. Irt would be interesting just to see the Hu Card itself. I don't think I have ever seen a commercial Proto for anything Turbografx/PC Engine.
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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 01:58:38 PM »
Thibaut will take it for approx. 10000 bucks :)

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 02:33:09 PM »
Thibaut will take it for approx. 10000 bucks :)

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2012, 04:40:23 PM »
That is pretty badass dude.  I love Marble Madness on the NES, but I especially love it with a trackball in the arcades.

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2012, 05:00:53 PM »
That is pretty badass dude.  I love Marble Madness on the NES, but I especially love it with a trackball in the arcades.

Who doesn't like the arcade version?
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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2012, 05:04:50 PM »
Awesome find!! I'd love to have a ROM of this so I could throw it on a flash cart at some point!

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2012, 05:16:39 PM »
I don't think any game by Tengen ever made it to the TG16, aside from Klax.  This game would be one of the first.  I'd love to see some pics of the card itself, and some screen shots.

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Re: I got myself a Marble Madness prototype!
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2012, 05:25:39 PM »
Heh, I was just talking to Joe Red about finding a prototype to MM the other day, now lo and behold here it is! If you don't mind letting a few of us borrow it (we are trustworthy) we would love to share it with the community. Of course, you can say, "No!" :)
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