Marble (toy) Martin Frederick Christensen—also of Akron, Ohio—made the first machine-made glass marbles on his patented machine. His company, The M. F. Christensen & Son Co., manufactured millions of toy and industrial glass marbles until they ceased operations in 1917. The next US company to enter the glass marble market was Akro Agate. This company was started by Akronites in 1911, but located in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Today, there are only two American-based toy marble manufacturers: Jabo Vitro in Reno, Ohio, and Marble King, in Paden City, West Virginia. In Australia, games were played with marbles of different sizes. The smallest and
Lose Your Marbles actually would issue refunds for unsatisfied players. "Lose Your Marbles" was a runner-up for "Computer Gaming World"s 1997 "Puzzle Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to "Smart Games Challenge 2". The editors called "Lose Your Marbles" "the best "Tetris" clone we've seen since last year's winner, "Baku Baku"." Lose Your Marbles Lose Your Marbles is a puzzle game developed and published by Segasoft and released for the PC on August 31, 1997. A version of the game was included in Microsoft Plus! 98. In Lose Your Marbles the player moves each color of marbles to create matches on