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Q*bert

  • First released on 31 December, 1982 for Arcade, Philips Videopac G7000

    • Q*bert is primarily a puzzle game where the title character must alter the colour of each cube in a pyramid by jumping on it, while avoiding the various monsters that seek to get in his way. No significant story was developed for the game, partly due to the original inception as an arcade game.

    Q*bert is primarily a puzzle game where the title character must alter the colour of each cube in a pyramid by jumping on it, while avoiding the various monsters that seek to get in his way. No significant story was developed for the game, partly due to the original inception as an arcade game.

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    Q*bert was a popular arcade game that was released on a large number of consoles in the early 1980s. It was developed and published by Gottlieb, and became their most successful game. The concept serves as a precursor to the isometric platformer genre, where the title character must work to turn all cubes to a certain colour in a psuedo-3D world, made 3D through isometric graphics in the same way that the Penrose Stairs was made. The game was widely successful and has become a highly recognizable brand of the 1980s gaming era.

    Platforms

    Philips Videopac G7000, Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 5200, Commodore VIC-20, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Atari 2600, Commodore C64/128, Texas Instruments TI-99, PC DOS, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, PlayStation 3

    Modes

    Single-player, Multi-player

    Player perspectives

    Bird view / Isometric, Side view

    Engines

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    Atari, SA

    Atari SA (Société Anonyme) is a French international holding company, and current owner of the Atari brand name. It was formerly known as Infogrames Entertainment. Its subsidiaries include Atari Interactive and Atari Inc. (not to be confused with the original Atari Inc. founded in 1972).

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    Konami
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    Jaleco
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    Parker Brothers

    Primarily known for publishing popular family board games, Parker also released quite a few computer games between the early 1980s and early 1990s.

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    Philips Interactive Media

    Philips Interactive Media Inc. is a sub-divison of the Philips group, specializing in Multimedia games, primarily for the CD-i system.

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