Qbert! (Atari 2600 - Parker Brothers)

[@SpiritOfBagheera]

Favorite arcade game. Possibly my favorite Atari 2600 game. LOVED this one as a kid! Still love it as an adult!

[@dennisaylen813]

In the book "Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games", Warren Davis says that he thought Q*Bert's 2600 graphics were pretty bad. For the arcade game he writes that it was suggested to him to use a standard cardinal up/down/left/right directions, but he was adamant and kept the diagonal setup instead. The kicker addon came as a suggestion from his coworkers at the Gottlieb pinball division. He thought the game was too easy and when he saw people able to play it practically forever, he sort of kicked himself for not following his gut (my impression not how it was said in the book). This was partly the motivation behind "Faster, More Challenging Q*Bert". Many years later (in the 90s) after leaving Gottlieb he met someone from Sony at a convention. Knowing Sony had bought many Gottlieb videogame IPs, he casually mentioned Q*Bert and the Sony guy admitted the company was not aware they had such gold mine in their hands. A year or two later Sony publishes Q*Bert for the PS1.

[@draketungsten74]

I had this back in the day. Played it a lot, one of my favorites.

[@benlin1526]

That opening commercial is a great example of 'oddvertising' Love it

[@krisbeckwith7105]

Nostalgic ✨ awesome game 🎮

[@flyingzeppo]

Good timing. Yesterday I got and started reading the book Creating Q*bert by its creator Warren Davis.