History Videogame / QBert

* AnimatedAdaptation

* TheEighties

In 2014, ''Q*bert Rebooted'' was released. It contains the original arcade game, and a new game with 3D graphics. The major change is that Q*bert walks in hexagonal shapes instead of cubes. The revival of the character was motivated by his appearance in ''Wreck-it Ralph''. Q*bert gained another prominent appearance in film in 2015's ''Film/{{Pixels}}''.

In 2014, ''Q*bert Rebooted'' was released. It contains the original arcade game, and a new game with 3D graphics. The major change is that Q*bert walks in hexagonal shapes instead of cubes. The revival of the character was motivated by his appearance in ''Wreck-it Ralph''.

In 2014, ''Q*bert Rebooted'' was released. It contains the original arcade game, and a new game with 3D graphics. The major change is that Q*bert walks in hexagonal shapes instead of cubes; the revival of the character was motivated by his appearance in ''Wreck-it Ralph''.

Of the many, ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qbert_crash.jpg many]]'' home ports of ''Q*bert'', the MSX and NES versions were developed by Creator/{{Konami}}. The MSX version, however, starred a different-looking Q*bert with a long tail instead of a long nose; its gameplay was based on ''Q*bert's Qubes'', but it was perhaps more valued for the [[OldSaveBonus bonuses it gave to other Konami games when the cartridge was plugged into the second slot]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Slick and Sam, undoing all your hard work. In ''FHMC Q*Bert'', they're even worse.

''Q*bert'' was one of the characters featured on ''SaturdaySupercade''. The game has a follow-up called ''Q*bert's Qubes'' and an unreleased sequel called ''Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert'', a case of InWhichATropeIsDescribed. A home sequel, ''Q*bert 3'', was later released for Super NES. In 2012, Creator/{{Disney}} released ''Film/WreckItRalph'' which gave Q*bert a prominent role in the film.

Of the many, ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qbert_crash.jpg many]]'' home ports of ''Q*bert'', the MSX and NES versions were developed by {{Konami}}. The MSX version, however, starred a different-looking Q*bert with a long tail instead of a long nose; its gameplay was based on ''Q*bert's Qubes'', but it was perhaps more valued for the [[OldSaveBonus bonuses it gave to other Konami games when the cartridge was plugged into the second slot]].

In 2014, ''Q*bert Rebooted'' was released, it contains the original arcade, and a new game with 3D graphics, the major change is that Q*bert walks in hexagonal shapes instead of cubes, the revival of the character was motivated by his appearance in ''Wreck-it Ralph''.

** The first four rounds progress through the complications of the first four levels in the original game. That is, the second stage of FHMC made you jump on each cube twice (like the second set of stages in the original), and so on. Level 1, Round 4 of FHMC Q*Bert was as difficult as Level 4, Round 1 (the thirteenth round) of the original.

** [[SmashTV Good luck! You'll need it!]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Slick and Sam, undoing all your hard work. In FHMC Q*Bert, they're even worse.

* PinballSpinoff: ''[[Pinball/QBertsQuest Q*Bert's Quest,]]'' also by Gottlieb, released in 1983.

* {{Jerkass}}: Slick and Sam, undoing all your hard work. In FHMD Q*Bert, they're even worse.

* NoPlotNoProblem

* PinballSpinoff: ''Q*Bert's Quest,'' also by Gottlieb, released in 1983.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: To an extent. Of the game's moving objects, anything green is safe to touch.

* [[HappyFunBall Happy Fun Red Balls]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Slick and Sam, undoing all your hard work.

* {{Determinator}} - Coily

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent - Coily

* SymbolSwearing - Whenever Q*bert gets hit by something.
* TheUnpronounceable - Some early versions of the game shipped with "@!#?@!" as the game's actual title. Needless to say, this was quickly changed for obvious reasons.

''Q*bert'' was one of the characters featured on ''SaturdaySupercade''. The game has a follow-up called ''Q*bert's Qubes'' and an unreleased sequel [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin called]] ''Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert''. A home sequel, ''Q*bert 3'', was later released for Super NES. In 2012, Creator/{{Disney}} released ''Film/WreckItRalph'' which gave Q*bert a prominent role in the film.

Dedicated upright cabinets for ''Q*bert'' contain a solenoid that creates a knocking sound inside the cabinet whenever a character falls off the pyramid, simulating the sound a character might make if it actually fell to the bottom of the cabinet. In some units, this sound is created by a bean bag inside the case rigged to fall. This resulted in more of a "thud" than the distinctive "pop" created by the solenoid equipped cabinets.

''Q*bert'' is a 1982 arcade game published by Gottlieb (later renamed Mylstar), created by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee. In ''Q*bert'', the player maneuvers the eponymous character around an isometric pyramid-like structure of tri-colored cubes. Q*bert's purpose is to hop around the tops of these cubes, changing every square to a specific color (e.g., from blue to yellow).

''Q*bert'''s use of sound was one of its most distinctive features. The game's sound board contained a Votrax speech synthesis chip, but according to David Thiel, who created the sounds for the game, the chip's output was so poor that some words were not understandable. In frustration, he programmed it to produce random phonemes, and discovered that the result sounded like an alien language. This randomized speech, played at different pitches, became the voices of Ugg, Wrongway, Slick, Sam, and Q*bert himself. Sometimes if you're lucky, you'll get a cuss word from random babble. The only actual word that remains is "Bye-bye" whenever you get a GameOver.

''Q*bert'' was one of the characters featured on ''SaturdaySupercade''. The game has a follow-up called ''Q*bert's Qubes'' and an unreleased sequel [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin called]] ''Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert''. A home sequel, ''Q*bert 3'', was later released for Super NES.

* {{Scatting}}

* TheDeterminator - Coily

* SpeakingSimlish