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|vsync                      = always on
 
|vsync                      = always on
 
|vsync notes                = Locked to 64 FPS. Use the [https://marbleblast.com/index.php/forum/mb-mods-misc/7696-marble-blast-frame-rate-unlocker Marble Blast Frame Rate Unlocker mod] to unlock the frame rate.
 
|vsync notes                = Locked to 64 FPS. Use the [https://marbleblast.com/index.php/forum/mb-mods-misc/7696-marble-blast-frame-rate-unlocker Marble Blast Frame Rate Unlocker mod] to unlock the frame rate.
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 18 December 2023

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Marble Blast Gold
Marble Blast Gold cover
Developers
GarageGames
Publishers
Monster Studios
InterActiveCorp
Engines
Torque Game Engine[1]
Release dates
Windows May 9, 2003
macOS (OS X) June 2003
Linux June 2003
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Rolling ball
Series Marble Blast
Marble Blast Gold on Wikipedia
Marble Blast
Marble Blast 2002
Marble Blast Gold 2003
Marble Blast Ultra 2015

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Marble Blast Gold is a singleplayer third-person rolling ball game in the Marble Blast series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\marble\client[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\marble\client\prefs.cs[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use the MBG Horizontal Widescreen support mod.

Alternatively, open the console using the tilde key (~), and type the command setResolution(1600, 1200, 32);, replacing the first two numbers with the resolution you want to use.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Limited to 800x600. See Widescreen resolution to use a higher resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Locked to 64 FPS. Use the Marble Blast Frame Rate Unlocker mod to unlock the frame rate.
60 FPS
Locked to 64 FPS.
120+ FPS
Use the Marble Blast Frame Rate Unlocker mod to unlock the frame rate.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum[2] Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 400
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) OpenGL or DirectX-compatible 3D graphics accelerator
Sound (audio device) DirectX-compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum[3]
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel only (any)
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Any dedicated
Linux
Minimum[2]
Operating system (OS) Lindows 3.0, Redhat 7.1, SuSE 7.1, Mandrake 8.x, Debian 3.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 400
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia TNT2, ATI Radeon 8500
Other Kernel 2.4

glibc 2.2

XFree86 4.0 (if using hardware accelerated OpenGL drivers)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. MobyGames - Marble Blast Gold - last accessed on 2022-05-19
    "Game Engine: Torque"
  2. 2.0 2.1 GarageGames - Products - Marble Blast Gold Edition - last accessed on 2023-12-18
  3. MacGameStore - Marble Blast Gold - last accessed on 2023-12-18