Marley's Quest
Release type: Freeware
Release date: June 7, 1996
Levels: 35
Author: Matthew Saul
Website: Abysmal Failure
Related games: N/A
Story
Now you must understand that life was pretty good for Marley in Sputterville. Summers were long, winters were really short and it was sunny 283 days of the year.
One day, Marley was out on a little jaunt when he came across a hill. This wasn't just any ordinary plain hill, the hill was rising and falling at 5 second intervals.
Being the bored and curious fellow Marley was, he jumped on the hill...
Then the hill fell... and fell until he finally ended up in a cave with an opening.
Being the bored and curious fellow hewas, he came out the opening and onto a hill much like the one he had fell through. This was kind of a strange place. A river flowed nearby, and there seemed to be a building to the south.
"Hmmm...." he said.
"I wonder what this place is all about?"
Instructions
On numerical keypad:
- 7 - Jump left
- 8 - Jump up
- 9 - Jump right
- 4 - Walk left
- 6 - Walk right
- 2 - Duck/Down (Only in UFO)
- 1/3 - Shield
- . - Super Jump
- / - Throw
- ;/, - Special power
Objectives
Just make your way through all the mazes without getting killed.
You sometimes will need to find keys to unlock doors.
There are quite a few secret areas.
Hints
There are many bonus areas strewn about the game. To find one, you usually hove to go to areas that look deserted. It's mostly a luck factor. The rings you get will help you stay alive.
If your screen displays this game very poorly, try typing config at the dos prompt and changing the graphics chip. If none of the settings work, then we're sorry. Game-Maker doesn't support the video cards of all PCs very well.
Credits
Thanks for playing!
This game was written by:
This game is freeware so give it to your friends or tell them about my website
Background
Matthew Saul:
- Welcome to Marley's Quest! This game has 256-color graphics and SoundBlaster sound as well as tons of 8-way scrolling levels. ...and the best part about the game is it's fun and it's free!
- Marley's Quest is a platform game I made up awhile ago. You have to dodge enemies and throw hammers at them. There are also special powers hidden within the levels. Lots of enemy types and even a casino zone to blow off your cash. This game is a great buy. Actually, it's free!
- The game consists of lots of little worlds (and a couple of big ones). It has more than 40 levels in all. There is no way to really beat the game but you will have enough fun trying to find all of the levels. Once you beat a set of levels, you go back to the map, where you can find more levels.
- For those of you who have played the game! Note that there are quite a few levels you can go to in the map room. Here they are...
- The Block World - Enter the bottom-right building
- The Desert/Underground World - Walk on the hill
- The Water Mini-World - Swim around the bottom of the river
- Castle-Mania - Cross the bridge and keep going left
- Brick Mini-World - Cross the river and go up and to the right
- Casino Zone - It's on an island in the river
- The best world to start out in is the Desert/Underground world... look out for the special bonus items... pick up extra keys because they open the door to cool stuff...
- Also, for a quick shield, visit Block World. You'll have to watch out for lots of lava and spikes though!
- When you have gotten lots of rings, head on to the casino zone and spend the money on extra lives and other goodies.
- Invisibility won't protect you from everything.
- Note: Since there is no way to beat this game, the winner is the person who's number one on the top-10 score list.
