Microsoft Manic Marbles PC Demo/Trial 1996

Post by **Wally** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:20 am

hah.. I knew it. WALLY MUST DO ALL THE WORK

Lucky I have a Working Win 3.11 install in Dosbox so I can try to get the game for you

Post by **Wally** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:05 am

Yeah it's not on this CD sadly. Thanks again though Tien.

I did a little bit of google and found that Manic Marbles (by the same guy incidentally) is on iOS

Perhaps you can petition the original dev for the PC version http://www.nothinglabs.com/app-portfolio/

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:18 am

Cheezits and Rice!hehe

Wally wrote:Yeah it's not on this CD sadly. Thanks again though Tien.

I did a little bit of google and found that Manic Marbles (by the same guy incidentally) is on iOS

Perhaps you can petition the original dev for the PC version http://www.nothinglabs.com/app-portfolio/

Anytime, Wally. Thank you to you too!

patryckpo · Post by **patryckpo** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:35 am

tienkhoanguyen wrote:I love tacos!hehe

Wally wrote:Yeah it's not on this CD sadly. Thanks again though Tien.

I did a little bit of google and found that Manic Marbles (by the same guy incidentally) is on iOS

Perhaps you can petition the original dev for the PC version
Anytime, Wally. Thank you to you too!

In fact, there was a version around 300MB on some torrent site, so our best bet is looking for other people who could have the Sidewinder discs to check it out about it. It's not lost, just hidden by what it looks...
Now about not being on this disc,

, I have seen on another place that someone upped the image and it had around the same size. I asked him too and he said that is the original disc, so we're on the right track, but looking on the wrong release. Anyways thank you for upping the image of the disc.

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:01 am

Cheezits and Rice!hehe

patryckpo wrote:
tienkhoanguyen wrote:I love tacos!hehe

Wally wrote:Yeah it's not on this CD sadly. Thanks again though Tien.

I did a little bit of google and found that Manic Marbles (by the same guy incidentally) is on iOS

Perhaps you can petition the original dev for the PC version
Anytime, Wally. Thank you to you too!
In fact, there was a version around 300MB on some torrent site, so our best bet is looking for other people who could have the Sidewinder discs to check it out about it. It's not lost, just hidden by what it looks...
Now about not being on this disc, , I have seen on another place that someone upped the image and it had around the same size. I asked him too and he said that is the original disc, so we're on the right track, but looking on the wrong release. Anyways thank you for upping the image of the disc.

Hey patryckpo,

I know being a developertn that I release many versions. Of my program probably some twenty four versions later it is a major refinement. hehe

patryckpo · Post by **patryckpo** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:55 pm

tienkhoanguyen wrote:I love tacos!hehe

Hey patryckpo,

I know being a developertn that I release many versions. Of my program probably some twenty four versions later it is a major refinement. hehe

In fact, we know the game was packaged with SideWinder Gamepad software, now we know it is not the 2.0 one, so we're talking about 3 or 4 releases probably, all we can do is wait for someone out there to share this game. Don't lose your hopes qmonkey, but it will take a lot of time to get what you want, considering how unknown it is.

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:16 pm

Cheezits and Rice!hehe

patryckpo wrote:
tienkhoanguyen wrote:I love tacos!hehe

Hey patryckpo,

I know being a developertn that I release many versions. Of my program probably some twenty four versions later it is a major refinement. hehe
In fact, we know the game was packaged with SideWinder Gamepad software, now we know it is not the 2.0 one, so we're talking about 3 or 4 releases probably, all we can do is wait for someone out there to share this game. Don't lose your hopes qmonkey, but it will take a lot of time to get what you want, considering how unknown it is.

Being unknown is only a testing phase. If you think you are good enough you would stick it out. When I was out in California I tried to break into the modeling and acting. However I never made much success probably because I am not pretty like Jennifer Love Hewitt. Maybe it is because I am not handsome like Robert Dinero.

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:19 pm

Thank you God for Jesus giving me enough friendly people on here to give me a break.

Remember it takes an ordinary piano player 30000 hours before becoming a professional concert pianist.

So I know I have a long ways to be Sir Bill Gates hehe

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:21 pm

You know by now that my two loving parents are behind me.

They love me so much that they let me shine and stay hidden in the private secret government area51 hehe

Post by **Wally** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:31 pm

Well the guy behind the iOS Version replied.. Even though the textures look the same it's not the same game.. or perhaps he suffers from memory loss hah!

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:44 pm

Cheezits and Rice!hehe

Wally wrote:Well the guy behind the iOS Version replied.. Even though the textures look the same it's not the same game.. or perhaps he suffers from memory loss hah!

Well, if only we can get the right guy's permission to use the marbles' images right "Dave"? hehe Well, I was thinking of doing a DEMO using the marbles' images hehe However I dont' want to be breekin any laws. So I know I want credits for anyone who uses my work. So at the very least I would like to give credits for the marbles' perfect renditions as I like to call it. hehe

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 2:01 am

Cheezits and Rice!hehe

Well, I just released on June 24 2015 Wednesday at about 2am Microsoft Manic Marbles - a DEMO "remake".

You might be able to find it in the programming section.

There are a few glitches so I'm sorry about that.

Bless Jesus then my real mom Huong Thi Vu

Honour to my real dad Nguyen Binh Thuy

Honour to my real mom Huong Thi Vu

Chilly Willy · Post by **Chilly Willy** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 2:33 am

Was it anything like this game?
http://www.old-games.com/download/3698/ ... ur-marbles

This was available on Windows Plus! 98.

qmonkey · Post by **qmonkey** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:13 am

Hey everyone!

I'm very glad to know that I'm not alone in finding this game!

I'll try to give you more details about the game. As I said before, it only came out as a demo in 96 along the Sidewinder Gamepad, so we are probably looking for version 1.0 of the cd. The cd came with the marbles demo and the gex demo (Gex was fully released and is still available today on GOG). One thing that i remember is that the demos had their own icons and their setups/autoruns were separated from the SWGamepad setup. That's why I tought tien's cd image was strange, because I didn't see the games icons anywhere. If I remember correctly the Marbles icon was a red and blue marble with two blue M's in front and the Gex icon was the lizard :p.

The game we're looking for is NOT this "Manic Marbles" (h[url]ttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manic-marble/id304071484?mt=8[/url]) or "Lose Your Marbles", posted by Chilly Willy. I wish I had some images to show you.

The game was a really good 2-to-4 local multiplayer. You saw the whole arena and the marbles from up, like in Windows chess perspective (the camera stayed static). You had to push the other marbles into traps or out of the arena limits using your jumps, charges and special attacks. In the demo you could play as one of 4 selectable characters (Bertha Burp, Farmer Pete and Bessie, Wiggly Squiggly & The Schreckster) on 3 arenas (I remember correctly one of these had a Sidewinder Gamepad image on the ground with the logos). The controls were very responsive and swift.

Note: while searching I also found many trademarks sites that listed the "Microsoft Manic Marbles" tm registered in 96 but dropped around 97-98.

Let's find this

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:17 am

Cheezits and Rice!hehe

qmonkey wrote:Hey everyone!

I'm very glad to know that I'm not alone in finding this game!

I'll try to give you more details about the game. As I said before, it only came out as a demo in 96 along the Sidewinder Gamepad, so we are probably looking for version 1.0 of the cd. The cd came with the marbles demo and the gex demo (Gex was fully released and is still available today on GOG). One thing that i remember is that the demos had their own icons and their setups/autoruns were separated from the SWGamepad setup. That's why I tought tien's cd image was strange, because I didn't see the games icons anywhere. If I remember correctly the Marbles icon was a red and blue marble with two blue M's in front and the Gex icon was the lizard :p.

The game we're looking for is NOT this "Manic Marbles" (h[url]ttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/manic-marble/id304071484?mt=8[/url]) or "Lose Your Marbles", posted by Chilly Willy. I wish I had some images to show you.

The game was a really good 2-to-4 local multiplayer. You saw the whole arena and the marbles from up, like in Windows chess perspective (the camera stayed static). You had to push the other marbles into traps or out of the arena limits using your jumps, charges and special attacks. In the demo you could play as one of 4 selectable characters (Bertha Burp, Farmer Pete and Bessie, Wiggly Squiggly & The Schreckster) on 3 arenas (I remember correctly one of these had a Sidewinder Gamepad image on the ground with the logos). The controls were very responsive and swift.

Note: while searching I also found many trademarks sites that listed the "Microsoft Manic Marbles" tm registered in 96 but dropped around 97-98.

Let's find this

Hey qmonkey,

Worst case scenario I could try doing a similar game with a twist so it is different enough to NOT take away from the original producer. Right now the TINY remake is only a start. I just wanted to BEGIN the image importing.

patryckpo · Post by **patryckpo** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:51 am

tienkhoanguyen wrote:I love tacos!hehe

Worst case scenario I could try doing a similar game with a twist so it is different enough to NOT take away from the original producer. Right now the TINY remake is only a start. I just wanted to BEGIN the image importing.

Wow, that's a nice thing, hope you can do it, I can't even think on it (I tried once creating a game, but I don't have the time for it, so I help people look for such unknown gems).
I saw what you did so far, maybe knowing which graphic do what could help on compiling those images.
Anyways good work so far!

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:08 pm

patryckpo wrote:
tienkhoanguyen wrote:I love tacos!hehe

Worst case scenario I could try doing a similar game with a twist so it is different enough to NOT take away from the original producer. Right now the TINY remake is only a start. I just wanted to BEGIN the image importing.
Wow, that's a nice thing, hope you can do it, I can't even think on it (I tried once creating a game, but I don't have the time for it, so I help people look for such unknown gems).
I saw what you did so far, maybe knowing which graphic do what could help on compiling those images.
Anyways good work so far!

Thank you for your feedback. It is really rough so far. The images has to be converted individually so it is tough behind the scenes. It is more tedious than it is hard. I might have to do a couple of computer tricks to get it to hold all the images adequately. However the next step is trying to put a twist on the game so I do not offend the copyright holder. So the game still uses the basic images, and I still give credits for that to them.

However, the game play might have to be changed a bit.

By the way, programming is not hard. You just need time. The most important thing is time. With enough time you can do anything. So just cut out television haha I know that is a hard one.

But remember, to spend quality time with your family and friends! After all, that is what it is all about.

fcc-92 · Post by **fcc-92** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:59 pm

Hey fellas! I can't freaking belive that I'm not the only one looking after the game! I've been searching everywhere since months and I almost lost all hope:(
I've owned this game back in the '96 when my father bought me the Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad 1.0, and if my memory don't fail the cd was silver (or not printed) and it said "with demos" or something like that. The barney colored cd is the 2.0 version that didn't came with demos as far as I know...
I think that the game was inside of the cd in a folder that said "MARBLES", and also there were two more folders with the "Time Commando" and "Gex" demo....
I also remember seeing one gamepad with the silver cd on ebay for 5 bucks, but I'm from Argentina so I can't buy that kind of things without a lot of risk (our country customs are a pain in the ass that steals things :/), and in my local 2nd hand market (Mercadolibre.com.ar) I found around 2 people that sell the gamepad but the 2.0 version, so there's no Manic Marbles demo on them....
And by the way, the wikipedia draft: http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Dr ... ic_Marbles was written by me

But I didn't have much time to correct and finish it, so if anybody wants to give a hand so it becomes an official wikipedia's article it would be awesome so we can spray the word. thanks!
Regards! And sorry if my english is not the best (like Carlos Tevez said: "Very difficult" jajaja)

Fernando

Chilly Willy · Post by **Chilly Willy** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:24 am

Someone uploaded it on a forum but it looks like a mod removed the download link. Maybe if you sign up on that forum and PM the guy, he might still have it. Looks like it was a few years ago. Worth a shot though.

http://portableapps.com/node/29693

patryckpo · Post by **patryckpo** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:06 am

Chilly Willy wrote:Someone uploaded it on a forum but it looks like a mod removed the download link. Maybe if you sign up on that forum and PM the guy, he might still have it. Looks like it was a few years ago. Worth a shot though.

I tried, but there's no way to PM.

Only if we could try to post...

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Microsoft Manic Marbles PC Demo/Trial 1996

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