Marble Madness is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny, and released by Atari Games in 1984. In this classic title, players guide a marble through six obstacle-filled courses, racing against time to reach the finish line. This game is known for its challenging gameplay and unique physics-based mechanics. Upon its release, it quickly gained popularity for its innovative use of a trackball in the arcade version, which translated into various controls in the console ports. The Sega Genesis version maintained the game's distinctive difficulty and added new features to take advantage of the console's capabilities.