By: Martin Venegas
What is Q*bert?
• Qbert it a half-way to 3D arcade game that
was released in 1982. It was a very popular
game at the time, and gamer’s would go head
to head for the highest score in some arcade
conventions and tournaments.
The start of Q*bert
• Qbert started as a basic game where the
objective was to just turn all cubes into the
color that it was being shown, Gotllieb was
going to name it “Cubes”. But of course, they
found a way to make it better and eventually
made it into what it is today.
Game progress and earnings.
• Gotllieb sold Q*bert for 2600$ per arcade
unit, eventually selling over 250,000 arcade
units, and because it became popular quick, it
made a legacy in the arcade field. Critics were
calling Q*bert “A rare arcade success.” After
some time, Qbert made over 65,000,000$ in
US Revenue.
The arcade unit
The arcade unit was okay. Just the basic design of the
character and game, nothing really fancy.
Controls and buttons
The player doesn’t need much. There 2
buttons which decide to either play as 1
player or 2. The joystick is to move qbert
around and that’s about it.
Gameplay
• Well you basically have to jump on all the cubes that are
shown on the pyramid and turn them into the color shown.
There are enemy mobs that fall on a specific pattern and then
theres this irritating snake that chases you around nonstop.
The way to get rid of it is to jump on a rainbow disc when he is
near to make him fall off. Its basically just to see how far you
go, and how many points you get, theres no ending.
High freaking scores
• On November 28 1983 this beast mode guy named Rob
Gerhardt made a score of 33,273,520 points in a qbert
marathon. But then this guy named George Leutz beat him
with 37,163,080 by playing 84 hours and 48 minutes... So
yeah, OP Scores…