Q*bert
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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…
Kit's verdict · 7.9/10
Charming, weird and much harder than it looks.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Unique isometric board
- Funny personality
- Puzzle-like strategy
Not so much
- Diagonal controls are awkward
- Easy to hop off the edge by mistake
Play it if players who like quirky puzzle-action games.
Skip it if anyone who hates fiddly controls.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Q*bert doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Lure Coily the snake toward a spinning disk, then ride it off so Coily jumps off the pyramid after you.
- Grab the green ball to freeze all enemies for a few seconds.
- Catch Sam and Slick, the green guys, because they undo your cube colors.
- Ugg and Wrongway move sideways along the pyramid face, so watch the side edges.
- On later rounds cubes change back when you hop again, so plan your route carefully.
- Leftover disks at the end of a round give bonus points.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
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Trivia
- Warren Davis programmed it and Jeff Lee did the art.
- Gottlieb was mainly a pinball company, which explains the knocker.
- Q*bert starred in segments of the Saturday Supercade cartoon.
- He made cameo appearances in the films Wreck-It Ralph and Pixels.
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