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In 1991, seven years after the hit release of Marble Madness, Atari Games set out to create a sequel that included "more of everything," as designer Bob Flanagan put it in a 2020 interview with Antstream. A tale of two sequelsįirst, a bit of background. That changed this week, though, with the unexpected and unexplained leak of a full Marble Madness II ROM that can now be played by the world at large.Īfter confirming the ROM's authenticity by comparing its gameplay to extant footage, we looked into the how and why of getting this game running via emulation-and talked to community experts about Marble Madness II's unique mix of exciting arcade history and disappointing gameplay. This has limited gameplay access to a handful of rare cabinet collectors and convention goers. Further Reading Unemulated: Eleven classic arcade games you can’t play at homeFor decades, Atari's scrapped prototype arcade sequel Marble Madness II has been one of the un-emulated "holy grails" for popular multi-platform emulator MAME.