Marble Blast
Marble Blast is a 2002 3D platform game. It was pre-installed on some Apple Inc. computers like the iMac, iBook, and Mac mini. It is also available for Windows operating systems as well as various Linux distributions.
| Marble Blast | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | GarageGames |
| Publisher(s) | Monster Studios |
| Engine | Torque |
| Platform(s) | Xbox Windows Mac OS X Linux |
| Release | December 13, 2002 (Marble Blast) May 2, 2002 (Marble Blaster) May 9, 2003 (Marble Blast Gold) |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle-platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game was originally released in December 2002 as Marble Blast and then updated in May 2003, being renamed Marble Blast Gold. At some point during 2003, it was also licensed to eGames to be resold under the name Marble Blaster.
The sequel, Marble Blast Ultra, was released a few years later for the Xbox 360 platform with new features and improved graphics. A spiritual successor to Gold and Ultra, Marble It Up, was released for the Nintendo Switch in September 2018, later being ported to Windows and Apple Arcade later that year. Marble Blast XP, a version for the Net Jet online game system, has updated graphics and a marble selector. Marble Blast Gold was also ported over to the Microsoft Xbox through the Xbox Live Arcade service the following year with enhanced graphics.
Modifications of the game have also been created by the Marble Blast community, most notably Marble Blast Platinum, PlatinumQuest, Marble Blast Powered Up, and Marble Blast Emerald.