Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade

Drive to survive and blast away anything in your path with Atari Games’ 1987 combat racer, RoadBlasters!

You’re a nameless road warrior piloting a futuristic vehicle, competing in a life-or-death race across the vast reaches of the post-apocalypse. Put your foot to the floor and your finger on the trigger, because your opponents don’t just want to cross the finish line – they want to finish you, too!

The terrain proves deadly, too; with roadside turrets, land mines, and pools of acid littering your path. Collect fuel globes (and destroy enemies to reveal bonus fuel) and don’t let your tank empty – as long as you’ve got gas, you can keep cruising to your goal. Upgrade ships fly over and drop attachments for your vehicle, so you can use sub-weapons like the Uzi or Cruise Missile (which you’ll need to blow up the purple Command Cars) and special items like speed-boosting Nitro or the Electro Shield that lets you drive through any enemy or obstacle for a short while. If you crash and burn, don’t worry: You’ll quickly respawn, but with a little less fuel – so step on it!

RoadBlasters was the last game released on the Atari System I platform. To push players to try and complete the game, it originally advertised a free t-shirt contest for anyone that managed to beat all 50 levels and get a personalized secret code. The marketing didn’t end there: A full toy line was produced by Matchbox, complete with playsets and tracks! One of the first pseudo-3D arcade racing games to emphasize car combat, RoadBlasters preceded the hugely successful Twisted Metal series and the cult classic Carmageddon. RoadBlasters even made an appearance in the 2012 animated film “Wreck-It Ralph”, as a game in Litwak’s Arcade!

Can you steer your way to victory in the ultimate race, or will you end up in the rear view mirror? Cruise down to Ground Kontrol and find out!

Race your marble through maddening mazes and avoid deadly obstacles! Will you roll over the finish line just in time, or spin out of control?

Marble Madness challenges the player with a fast-paced spin on platforming gameplay that’s all about quick thinking and even quicker reflexes. You control a marble tasked with navigating a pseudo-3D course from an isometric perspective, giving you a birds’ eye view of the action. What starts off simple with a roll and a hop soon becomes a hectic hustle to reach each level’s goal in time, as each second counts towards your score and your game time – when you’re out of time, it’s Game Over! Even if you can avoid obstacles like acid pools, hammers, giant vacuums or the Needle Bird, watch out: Marble Munchers and your arch-nemesis Steelie have got your sphere in their sights! Spinning your marble is easy and responsive with the trackball controls, and 2 players can compete at once for an added level of lunacy.

Marble Madness features clean, colorful graphics that were unprecedented at the time and still look fantastic to this day, matched by one of the best game soundtracks of all time. As the first Atari System I game, it debuted true stereo sound with a dynamic score – the game’s music changes with the on-screen action, thanks to a Yamaha FM sound chip introduced with this game. These days, having a game soundtrack that changes to match the action is not unusual – back then, it was an amazing achievement! With gameplay that is simple to pick up but tough to master, Marble Madness became an instant hit with its release and has held on as a timeless classic, ranking 79 in the Top 100 Arcade Games as selected by Guinness World Records. Marble Madness was ported to several systems and helped influence the Super Monkey Ball series, but nothing beats the original – so roll in and play it today!