Your first easter egg and level under par time are easily achieveable on level one. The achievements are pretty straight forward, the first few are simple. The game is a laidback game so you could chat with your party or something instead of listening to the in-game music anyway. I'm still sane though, even after having played the game ocassionally for four years the music still don't bother me. There's only one song/beat and it's on repeat. The background music on the other hand, is repetitive. So this is one of the many positive sides of the game. You'll see the huge improvements in graphics they made. If you try the first game, Marble Blast Gold. It's not flawless, but when you sit there playing the game the graphics won't be a problem at all. It beats alot of other arcade games, even some that are released now. The game's graphics is pretty good for a 2006 arcade game. The Shock Absorber and the Super Bounce, but they aren't missed in any way. Two from the original Marble Blast Gold didn't make it into Marble Blast Ultra. This is a power-up that has more of an effect in Multiplayer as it will send any fellow marble blaster adjacent to you, flying.Ī perfect combination of power-ups. The Gravity Modifier changes the gravitation, and you can suddenly roll on the walls and in the roof of the level.The Ultra Blast will help you even more than just a standard blast and as soon as you pick it up your blast will be fully recharged. Gravity Modifiers, by many not looked at as a power-up along with the Time Travel. With this you can cross big gaps or fly to tricky locations on a level that can only be reached with a Gyrocopter. The Gyrocopter is your own little helicopter cap. The Time Travel, is a hourglass power-up that stops time for five seconds, the time travel effect works with other time travels aswell, so if you pick up two it's not only five seconds starting when you pick up the last time travel, but the time bonus adds up. It can also provide a little extra jumping power. With this power up you can avoid falling down small gaps. You have a Mega Marble that turn you into a giant marble. You have the Super Jump and Super Speed, which makes you either jump super high or send you at a high speed in whichever direction you want to. Blast helps you jump higher and you can make some tough jumps that you wouldn't be able to make without it.Īlong the way you'll also find numerous power-ups that will help your Marble on it's journey from the starting point to the finish. You also start out with the blast ability, which is an ability that you constantly recharge, you'll be able to use it quite often but you'll have to wait some time for it to be at maximum power. On every level there are a number of obstacles that will hinder you from getting much further, but there are always power-ups there to help you out, you could also combine a couple of skillshots to get past them quicker. If you have an okay run, without too many mistakes you'll easily pull off the par time. To avoid frustrated gamers starting from the beginning over and over the developers has put in a fair amount of checkpoints that you can also go back to after being there the first time to save your progress once again.Įach level has it's own par time which can be slightly challenging on the harder levels if you're just starting out.Usually on your first playthrough you'll get stuck on a couple of levels, mostly on Advanced but likely also on a couple of the Intermediate levels, but you'll be able to skip them and come back later, only to realize how much you have improved. While other levels has a set amount of gems that you have to locate before you can finish the level. Some of the levels are straight forward, all you have to do, is to simply reach the finish as fast as you possibly can. Each of the sets has 20 levels, and a color to represent them. The levels are split into three sets of difficulties. Marble Blast Ultra features 60 well designed levels, some of them were also in it's predecessor Marble Blast Gold, but most of them are brand new. The game includes two new power-ups, a multiplayer mode, the blast ability, 20 easter eggs and 60 splendid levels. However, on December 5th 2007, it's price was lowered to 400 Microsoft Points. Marble Blast Ultra hit the Xbox Live Marketplace in January 2006, with a price of 800 Microsoft Points.
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Marble Blast Ultra is a new and improved version of the PC title Marble Blast Gold, that was released in 2003.