Case study

Marble Love: a differential TypeScript port of Marble Madness

Marble Love ports Marble Madness arcade routines from 68010 disassembly into a TypeScript engine and browser frontend. MAME traces and focused Musashi execution provide comparison data for gameplay, rendering and audio behavior; the project also documents a Slapstic prefetch finding.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-08-31
Language: TypeScript
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Node.js 22 or newer, npm and legally obtained Marble Madness MAME ROM ZIPs are required for ROM-backed gameplay.
Limits: The browser port remains under development; complete audio PCM parity and some sounds remain unfinished.
License: MIT licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{marble-love-case,
  title = {{Marble Love: a differential TypeScript port of Marble Madness}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/magno73/marble-love}},
  url = {https://github.com/magno73/marble-love},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/marble-love-case/}}
}

Plain text

Marble Love: a differential TypeScript port of Marble Madness. https://github.com/magno73/marble-love (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/marble-love-case/

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README.md GitHub · magno73/marble-love · Revision 113cf5d
docs/STATUS.md GitHub · magno73/marble-love · Revision 113cf5d