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Marble Blast Ultra flicked onto 360s

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Jan 25, 2006 6:33 pm PT

Rolling spheres now bashing each other on 360s; Xbox Live Arcade game costs 800 Marketplace points, demo gratis. Annapolis trailer also flying high.

Steady-handed gamers with a penchant for physics got a treat today, as Marble Blast Ultra finally rolled onto the Xbox Live Marketplace. The game, from developer GarageGames, can now be downloaded onto Xbox 360s for 800 Marketplace points ($10), or its demo can be given a test run for free.

In the game, players control a near-friction-free sphere as it rolls through out-of-this-world levels, carefully navigating catwalks or clearing chasms. Multiplayer mode sees gamers competing against each other, using their own marbles as wrecking balls in attempts to knock opponents off platforms and into a deadly freefall.

Also swooping down on Xbox Live is the trailer for Annapolis, says Xbox Live's director of programming, Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson. The military movie stars James Franco (Freaks and Geeks, Spider-Man) and Tyrese Gibson (MTV Jams, 2 Fast 2 Furious) as recruits at the famous Naval academy. Not everyone will get the chance to see the drama unfold, however. On his blog, the major warns that the trailer may not be available in all regions.

41 Comments

  • Rossdaboss777

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 1:10 pm PT

    Full Auto is out to now!!

  • Khimarhi

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 12:48 pm PT

    finally get to try this game out. . . . sweeet

  • Shtinky

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 12:27 pm PT

    I found it rather boring, monkey bal is more fun.

  • LunarDuality

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 12:26 pm PT

    Anyone else love the fact that the most difficult level (Level 60) is titled "Schadenfreude"?!?

  • 619Style

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 12:08 pm PT

    THis is so much fun i bought the full game already

  • HarpuaScorpio

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 12:06 pm PT

    Downloaded it last night, stayed up WAY too long playing it. It's the ultimate mixture of Super Monkey Ball and Marble Madness, in other words completely awesome!

  • StreetPreacher1

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 11:49 am PT

    Marble Madness on NES? I remember playing it in 16 colour (EGA) on my old IBM 386! Nice to see people still enjoy this game

  • LordOfMidnight

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 11:38 am PT

    Reminds me of the old C64 game "Marble Madness" from the 80's!

  • sydbolton

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 11:06 am PT

    Everybody keeps talking about Marble Madness on the NES--- Marble Madness originated as an arcade game from Atari...the true home version that was a gem was the Amiga version released by Electronic Arts--it was almost a perfect port! The NES version (although fun) was pretty poor compared to some of the others. Did you know that there was a sequel that was never released?

  • Redstorm

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 10:23 am PT

    I downloaded the demo and played the single player levels and played online for about 30 minutes. I've got to say this game is a lot of fun, both single player and online. I got the hang of the online mode within a few minutes and got second play. Will probably end up buying the full game.

  • Atarii

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 9:23 am PT

    Free downloads are sweet.... but I'll try the demo and see if I like it before I buy it (obviously).

  • daveg1

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 8:34 am PT

    that marble blast is great!!

  • terrabreak13

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 8:27 am PT

    chrisdojo said "market place points? how dumb is that. why don't they just say it costs $10????". If they showed us things with Dollar $$$ signs we wouldn't purchase even if it's $2. It's actually a brilliant idea. It pretty much gives us the illusion that we are not spending money. Who is going to pull out their calculator and convert everything? I'm really waiting for Poker and SFII turbo but I will try the demo.

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 6:35 am PT

    market place points? how dumb is that. why don't they just say it costs $10????

  • Frozone6

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 6:23 am PT

    'm telling you guys this is the future. In the future you won't have to buy game in the store, wou will just download it on xboxlive arcade( That is if they bring a BIG enough hard disk in the future) Very good strategi move of MS to bring out XBLA

  • Drachman

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 5:59 am PT

    YAY! I love this game!

  • Donkeljohn

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 5:50 am PT

    XBOX Live is really turning into a dynomite showcase for games and other media.

  • Kud-Dukan

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 4:22 am PT

    Poker is going to be a free download for everyone, so looks like, even then, you wouldn't have bought one lol!

  • fatam

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 3:10 am PT

    I'll buy an arcade game when poker comes out for it.

  • mikekare79

    Posted Jan 26, 2006 2:19 am PT

    I love it, games on demand. This is the future people.

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