Let's Compare ( Q*bert )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- ( Remade this video to reduce the risk of a copyright strike. I think this one is better anyway. )
Video Locations:
1. Arcade 0:35
2. Odyssey 2 2:10
3. Atari 2600 3:23
4. Commodore Vic 20 4:28
5. BBC Micro 5:44
6. Apple 2 6:53
7. Intellivision 8:07
8. Colecovision 9:22
9. Atari 800 XE/XL 10:52
10. Atari 5200 12:31
11. Sega SG-1000 13:58
12. Atari 7800 ( Home Brew ) 15:32
13. Amiga ( Q*Bic ) 17:03
14. TI99 18:39
15. Commodore 64 19:53
16. Gameboy 21:27
17. Gameboy Color 23:01
18. Nintendo Entertainment System 24:36
19. DOS 26:10
20. Flash 27:45
21. Playstation 29:35
22. Dreamcast 32:09
23. ZX Spectrum ( Prototype ) 33:44
Description Source
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Q*bert /ˈkjuːbərt/ is an arcade video game developed and published by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a platform game that features two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The object is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid by making the on-screen character jump on top of the cube while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Players use a joystick to control the character.
The game was conceived by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee. Lee designed the titular character based on childhood influences and gave Q*bert a large nose that shoots projectiles. His original idea involved traversing a pyramid to shoot enemies, but Davis removed the shooting game mechanic to simplify gameplay. Q*bert was developed under the project name Cubes, but was briefly named Snots And Boogers and @!#?@! during development.
Q*bert was well received in arcades and by critics, who praised the graphics, gameplay and main character. The success resulted in sequels and use of the character's likeness in merchandising, such as appearances on lunch boxes, toys, and an animated television show. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms.
Developed during the period when Columbia Pictures owned Gottlieb, the rights to Q*bert stayed with Columbia even after they divested themselves of Gottlieb's assets in 1984 and therefore, is currently a property of Sony Pictures Entertainment who acquired Columbia in 1989. In 2012's Wreck-It Ralph, Q*bert's appearance is credited to "Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc."
Gameplay
Q*bert is an isometric platform game with puzzle elements where the player controls the titular protagonist from a third-person perspective. Q*bert starts each game at the top of an isometric pyramid of cubes, and moves by jumping diagonally from cube to cube. Landing on a cube causes it to change color, and changing every cube to the target color allows the player to progress to the next stage. In later stages, each cube must be hit multiple times to reach the target color. In addition, cubes will change color every time Q*bert lands on them, instead of remaining on the target color once they reach it. Jumping off the pyramid results in the character's death.
The player is impeded by several enemies:
Coily - A purple snake that chases after Q*bert.
Ugg and Wrong-Way - Two purple creatures that run along the sides of the cubes
Slick and Sam - Two green gremlins that revert the color changes that have occurred.
A collision with purple enemies is fatal to the character. Colored balls occasionally appear at the top of the pyramid and bounce downward; contact with a red ball is lethal to Q*bert, while contact with a green one will immobilize the on-screen enemies. Upon dying, Q*bert emits a sound likened to swearing. A multi-colored disc on either side of the pyramid serves as an escape device from danger, particularly Coily. The disc returns Q*bert to the top of the pyramid, tricking Coily to jump off the pyramid if the snake was in close pursuit. This would cause all enemies and balls on the screen to disappear when Coily died.
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Atari 2600 Q*bert: One of a handful of games that shows what someone who cared could do within the limitations of the system. A solid, nice looking and nice sounding home port for the time.
+ray kelley I was thrilled when I got it & an Atari 2600 for Christmas in 82. I still remember how anxious I was seeing the package under the tree. I was 10 years old & has no clue. lol
+Gaming History Source That's where it all began for you?
+ray kelley no.. Much earlier than that ... pong brother !! pong !!!
+Pac-Man Entertainment it's from the playstation version.. not sure the name.
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I always wondered what kinda snake coily from qbert was.
I did that to shorten the game play so that You could see Ugg & wrong way. They usually show up on the 3rd round.
I would recommend showing the PS1 version on non 3D version as it looks identical to its arcade counterpart.
My GOD that apple 2
I like how on the arcade version you could feel the "clunk" when the snake fell.
And when you fell too. It was because Gottlieb was a pinball company, so I guess they had some extra parts and put a pinball thumper in there.
maybe it fell into the prison cell
Yeah! His name is Coily!
Had a pinball knocker in the machine
Parker brothers were the absolute kings of arcade ports for the TI-99/4A, and their Q-bert was no exception. Limited cartridge size may have removed the cut scenes (and oddly for the TI, speech), but the gameplay is arcade perfect (and unlike so many other original ports, our hero has eyes!)
Popeye, Frogger, Q-bert (and the not-released-until-recently Tutankham), if it's a TI-99/4a Parker Brothers port, you're playing one of the finest home versions produced during the original era.
Sadly the catalogue was short.
I played the hell out of the 2600 Q*bert when I was a kid. Ah, memories.
given the limitations of the 2600, they did a pretty great job
I was surprised by the Atari 2600 version. It looks pretty good given the limitations of the system.
I was also surprised by the DOS version. It does a good job of approximating the arcade version.
The one that I disliked was the one for the Apple computer. I would have thought they would have done a better job.
The Apple computers didn't have sprites so everything had to be drawn pixel by pixel. Judging by the way it looks they also left out some steps needed to animate smoothly -> 1) copy the screen where q-bert is going to go 2) create a 'hole' in the background for q-bert to fit 3) copy image of q-bert into hole. The Apple version isn't creating a hole for the new q-bert image hence its all mixed up with the image of the blocks.
The Atari here uses sprites but they could have used the same technique as the Apple without leaving that one step out because the Atari's 6502 chip ran 80% than the Apple's.
1:28 "A sandwich"
beautiful
126 scratch It's hard for me not to laugh every time I hear that part. It really does sound like "A sandwich". I mean what is that robotic voice anyway? What is it doing there? Don't get me wrong, I like it, I just don't understand who, or what, or why it is. In any case, it's cute and the game sounds lonely without it. Call me crazy but I think all the versions that could process it should have it and give you the option to toggle it.
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1:34 Eigh-t
1:37 "Ayo-e urinal
Man, the NES one was the one I played when I was younger, never got to experience it in the arcades sadly but now I got it for my Gameboy Color with both original GB and the different GBC cart. Gotta mod my Gameboy Color soon so I can play it with light for On-The-Go-Q*Bertin'
Man, the C64 version is rocking. The Amiga version is probably a bit too fancy for its own good! ;)
I remember a site called skepticsannotatedbible.com. The author of that site made a reference to something in the book of Genesis about God saying the serpent would be forever doomed to crawl on his belly. He said "So how did he get around before? Hop on his tail?" So I wrote an email to him and said "Believe it or not, there was a snake who hopped on his tail. His name was Coily and he was found in the game Q*bert."
@@mastersproutgamer9327 it was just a prophecy of the mega qbert homebrew that was yet to come
The serpent had legs, genius.
29:36, I never knew Q*bert lived in Minecraft.
*INSERT Q*BERT CUBES EXIST COMMENT HERE*
Doodle Dangernoodle well now you do
And a trend...WAS BORN!
IT BECAME A MINECRAFT MOD
makes sense though
Nice video!
The MSX version by Konami was rather unique; Different characters, different mechanic, but same name. So quite understandable that it was not included.
Like all Parker Bros games, the TI-99 is spot-on in nearly every way (minus the cut-scenes). Just too bad they didn't use the speech synth.
I had the TI-99/4A version and it was easily the best one at the time. Kind of unfair to show the much newer versions with mega hardware under the hood against the really old school 80's version, but oh well. TI-99 was great. I had the speech synthesis module too! (Remember Par-sec?)
Now you know what happens when you take away the animations in a Q-Bert port, you end up with a mess of a game where you can't even see where the enemies are going. It's like trying to make a Tiger Electronics lcd game out of it. Just doesn't work as well.
Boy, looking back on the 2600 version, and it's surprisingly well made with the system's limitations. I had some fun playing this back in the early 80s.
2:02 when school is starting
Oh god, the BBC Micro version. XD
Nice :) The Vic-20 port looked really lazy :(.
I had the Vic-20 port back in the '80s. Yes, it was a true POS.
W H Y I S Q * B E R T P U R P L E
The BBC Micro version too. Only one enemy on the screen at a time.
The designer should have been fired
And there's a black square behind everything
DOS version is exactly like arcade...lol
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There are numerous dos ports of arcade games like that, all with PC somewhere in the title. And they're all pretty solid ports.
The DOS Q*Bert game shown was a fan port of Q*Bert from 1995 called PC*Bert, the actual DOS Q*Bert port came out in 1984
The C64 version seems to be very well done!
I also remember a very old PC version with CGA graphics, and an SNES version.
Yes, the C64 version does, and it plays even better at full speed on NTSC.
A PC version? Maybe the 99 one? Let me search up what CGA means.
Nevermind can’t be the 99 one.
How did some of these early ports of Qbert slip under my radar?
I got the Atari 2600 version Xmas 1983 and was disappointed that Coily/purple ball was the only enemy. No Wrong-Way and Ugg on the sides of the cubes takes away over 50% of the challenge. At least Colecovision and other platforms included one of them. If I remember correctly, the 2600 box artwork was changed and removed those two to avoid false advertising (Atari 5200 had Coily and just Ugg, go figure - no Qbert released on the better 7800 system).
Also got the pointless Qbert board game that same Xmas. One of the three main early 80's video game mascots next to Pac-Man and Donkey Kong but it's more difficult to merchandise the hell outta him like in 1983 because whoever owns the copyright doesn't know what to do with Qbert aside from the 'Wreck-It Ralph' movie cameo.
8:07 Interesting sound.
9:22 Wait... Huh? Same sound chip?
10:52 Okay?
12:31 Now this is just getting ridiculous.
13:58 Finally, A difference. But.. OUCH MY EARSSSS
15:32 This again. SAME SOUND AS LAST ONEE
17:03 Annnnddd.... SB16 Quality.
Don't forget the TI-994A and Commodore 64, They have similar sound too.
Geez, is that Squidward on the Amiga?
Bruceleeeroy sQ*uidward
Wow, that Commodore VIC-20 version was ROUGH!
In the Commodore Vic 20 version, it looks like Q-Bert and the enemies were photoshopped into the game.
*Poorly Photoshopped
When Done Right, Photoshop Looks Good
Oddysey 2 is one of the best just by the simple thing of his smooth movement
Hey, BBC Micro, Q*bert Made a Yoshi Head just in Super Mario World in 1990. 5:44
I dunno that BBC Micro is not Nintendo's computer.
Nice videos of the qbert games! Yeah the apple 2 is the worst!! Oh my god! Atari 2600 looks pretty good!
I had this for my 2600 back in the old days! I have qbert for my commodore 64 still to this day! Grew up with
This game on my c64! Used to play it a lot! Gfx are really good on it! Just picked up the qbert cartridge game
For my original colecovision... Its ok , but jumps too slow to a pause on each platform.. Used to play the arcade
Game years ago & the knocker sound when qbert died going off the platform SCARED the CRAP out of me...!!
I didn't know it was the game doing that! Cool feature tho! :)
Rip qbert 1982-2019 =[
I've gotta say the TI 99/4a version is the best-looking of the pre-NES versions.
That DOS version isn't the original version. The original version was considerably worse than the one pictured here, as it only had CGA graphics and PC speaker sound effects. I'm sure it played like complete crap, too, as 95% of PC games released before 1989 did.
29:35 The Invention of Minecraft???
Truly no, but Minecraft invented in 2009
29:35
15:27 For some reason,this part messes with my brain
i hate that noise
I had (still have in fact) Q*Bert for the Colecovision. It was actually a surprisingly good port.
Most games on the Colecovision (as well as the Commodore 64) were good ports. In fact the only bad port for Colecovision was the game that came with it (Donkey Kong). DK was near arcade perfect on the C-64 - even had the pie factory board.
my colecovision was my world.i knew it was ahead of its time.
The camera on the GBC version is dumb.
You can't even see yourself going downwards all that well.
+SuperJustinChannel screen size is probably the reason
Well, yeah. Though the camera in Jaleco's Q*Bert for GB, while still bad, is better. since you can see further down.
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Q-Bert 3 for snes has a similar camera, but you can see down better in that one.
Had this on Colecovision when I was young. Good to see it again.
Colecovision was the best.
Wow... That was reeeally comprehensive! Nicely done. (Subscribed.)
My favorite old school one was for the Intellivision. The disc controller was easy to use, and Q*bert's cussing was the funniest on there.
That's not cussing
@@est1569 It's supposed to be cussing.
I have the Atari 2600 version in cartridge form! The 2600 version is actually really good for the system!
One of the rare times the TI has the best port (even better than the slow c64 version)
ZX Spectrum version.....
last....... and certainly least.
Zee X Spectrum where the games are all garbage and the system is a ripoff at any price.
The port to zx spectrum was bad. But the original games was amazed!
The Apple II version looks horrible. :D
the apple ii version was surprising very bad. magnovox oddysey too. i had the c64 version and it was very good.
Apple 2 looks weird
22:38 ITS DILAN
Great video. I only played the 2600 one when i was a kid so was nice to see the different versions. I think i will add the Arcade one to my Mini NES i made as i think that's the best one. Also the NES one is pretty good it seems.
Holy cow, the TI 99/4A version is one of the best ones?
The TI99 version was the one we had when I was a kid.... Fricken LOVED it!!! I can VERY vividly remember my sister and I being stuck home sick from school and playing this with my dad!!! Such fun and fond memories!!! :D
man, that Amiga version looks shameless
damn the MS DOS port is one to one with the original arcade game
Damn, the Odessy made the Atari look hi tech.
I've played both versions. In terms of gameplay, the O2 easily wins.
Which version do you guys like the best? I tend to bias towards arcade versions since they typically had better hardware and production values.
WTF is that BBC Micro port supposed to be?
Home versions are missing the knocker at bottom of the arcade cabinet.
Idk why but in every single one of these that shows apple 2's version, it looks bad
+CHILLIN / S.L.M Well, it's because in terms of graphics of reasonable resolution, without enhancements the Apple II only has a single mode that gets its colors solely from NTSC/PAL artifacting, and is limited to a palette of six colors (including black and white), although on the bright side all six colors can be displayed at once (with some restrictions). That's actually better than the Atari 8-bit's artifacting graphics modes, which only have four colors, although for most everything the Atari uses different, superior video modes in addition to "player-missile" graphics (its version of what others call "sprites") and other hardware assistance from custom chips. In contrast, everything on the Apple II is done with software running on the CPU. In short, the Apple II is graphically less powerful than the other systems.
That said, there are some games that are written specifically for the Apple II, and in some such cases it can compete. One example is the Ultima series of RPG games. The Atari port is unfortunately a lazy one that uses the Atari's less capable artifacting mode, but truth be told, even with its better graphics modes the Atari isn't that well suited for the way these games are designed. Now, in my opinion the C64 ports look and sound nicer than the Apple II originals, but it's not by much in terms of graphics. It has modes that are a better match for the general design of these games, but it's still trying to replicate what the Apple II displays. In games designed for other platforms, however, the Apple II almost always struggles.
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Thanks dude, I was wondering why.
THE MS DOS VERSION IS LIKE ARCADE PERFECT!
Except the sound of Coily the Snake falling is like Q-bert falling. Also, the purple creatures are pink.
Patricia Hodel Yeah.
Well, the Commodore Vic 20, BBC Micro, or the Apple 2 versions of this game didn't look very good.
Q-Bert is awesome!
I love Q-bert.
1:29 text to speech
Sounds like backwards speech.
I wonder What they are saying
"As fallowed" You mean "As follows"
I love 😍😍😍😍😍😍 the Odyssey 2 version.
The Amiga Version Had It's Wrong Name, Q*Bic...
I grew up to the 2600 and NES versions.
Ralph Pollard I have that game
Thanks for posting this--- although I feel more ripped off than ever-- no surprise, Warren Davis, David Thiel and I never got a penny for any of these versions, or, as far as I know, any credit as the originators of Q*bert. Some truly awful ports here, too.
We were paid as employees for the original arcade version, not subsequent ports
its the Qbert creator! this is one of my personal fav games its so entertaining!
commodore vic 20 be looking wild
The TI-99 and Intellivision versions are so much better than any other systems of their respective era.
If you swished the difficulty switch on the atari2600 to A it would be harder, and closer to the Arcade level of difficulty.
Vic-20 version is right up there with Intellivision Donkey Kong and Sega Master System Congo Bongo
Did you think no one would notice, Amiga!!?!
+Johnny Crayfish noted in the list section of the video.
I think he means it's a ripoff version they tried to get away with by calling it Q-Bic instead of Q-bert and changing the graphics a bit.
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That's what I was getting at.
Okay, sorry. Great and very comprehensive posts.
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I grew up playing the Colecovision port and I still consider it to be one of the best. I didn't realize how similar it was to the TI 99 port. Same sounds and everything. I never liked the NES port. the fact that you had to first turn Q*bert before jumping ruined it. There is also a very good port of this game on PSN, or at least there used to be. It has cleaner 16-bit style graphics, but everything else is the same.
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wow i did'nt realize when i was playing my c64 that I had the best port of q-bert.
+mst3kpimp Yes, it is very close to the arcade version, which shows excellent care and attention to detail. There are so many arcade ports even on the C64 that could have been better than they are, but Q-Bert is pretty close to as good as it could be.
Q Bert the game that taught us that a lot of patience and precision can win the game
What’s the music when you show the titles of the different types of q berts?
not sure about the name but it plays in Head To Head Mode in PS1 Q*Bert, and is also in DC version(not sure where it plays tho)
Nope i was very incorrect. Head to Head plays a random track. It probably plays in some Adventure level
Atari 5200: Hey Atari 800, can I copy your homework?
Atari 800: Yeah, but change some things up so it's not too obvious.
Atari 5200: No problem, thanks!
I love the 1999 PC game.
I have it, as you can see in on eof my recent video.
The purple dudes sound creepy in the original Arcade version.
Pretty cool how the voices are randomized.
Gaming History Source, in 2016, someone made a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive port of Q*Bert called Mega Q*Bert and it has a mode that is based upon the arcade/NES/FDS versions of the game. Surprisingly, it plays, sounds, and looks like a professionally made game. Here is a link of the game in its Arcade Mode; however, the Arcade Mode does not play until towards the last minute or two of the video. th-cam.com/video/68gWUd0VvPg/w-d-xo.html . Finally, in addition, there are also PS3, PS4/Pro Xbox 360, Xbox One/S/X, and maybe Wii U, Switch, and PC ports of a game called Q*Bert Rebooted, which also has the classic Arcade Mode in those games as well. Those games were made in 2007 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and re-released for the other systems a year prior to the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive homebrew game, specifically, in 2015. You might want to update your channel to reflect these changes, as well as play those new games.
I notice the GAME GEAR version is not even a pyrmaid. Personaly my version I really think the best version is MS DOS love they have sound effect too. The most boring version looks crappy is the 2:11 (Anybody knows?)
I'm not surprised the pretty awful looking ZX Spectrum version never hit the shops. Ocean Software had already brought out an extremely playable version of the game called 'Pogo'.
What’s the music used when naming the versions of Q* Bert?
If memory serves me correct. I believe it came from the Playstation version.
@@GamingHistorySource I also really like the Q*Bic intro music too!
Orange balls, purple snake eggs, the blueprint for Ekans from Pokemon, goblins who break the laws of gravity, green balls that stop time, and green jerkoffs who undo your hard work while cussing you out.
I never saw the arcade version displayed here.. this all looks like mame.I couldn't hear the 30v knocker SMACK in the background when qbert fell off.
Honestly 2600 Q*Bert is what i thonk the closest thing to a arcade port you can get on a old console
I grew up playing the atari 2600 version..I actually like that one best...and it sounds better than the arcade...the arcade sounds cut out ..i don't think it could handle all the steps at the same time....It is funny to watch someone new pick up the joystick and jump off the top and die on the first try
Yes the C64 version my favorite home port as nd Colecovision is second because qbert was white and the eyes weren't real looking
Can't believe I am saying this but of course other than the arcade the 2600 it's the best version
Smoothness and music
The Atari 2600 version of "Q*Bert" was actually the very first one I've ever played. :)
Eng: I thought they managed to create a pretty! good 3d block graphics for be Atari 2600, which otherwise I don't like much for this game console. Well done Atari
Swe: Jag tyckte dom lyckades! skapa en rätt bra 3d block grafik för att vara Atari 2600 vilket annars jag inte hyser som mycket för denna spelkonsol. Bra gjort Atari
Q*bert Level
Arcade 0:42 26:26 28:05
VIC-20 PAL 4:30
Intv,Coleco,Atari,Ti
Intellivision 8:08
Colecovision 9:23
Atari 800 XE 10:53
Atari 5200 12:32
TI99 18:41
C64 19:55
Diffusion Music
Atari 2600 3:24
Sega SG-1000 13:59
GB 21:37
NES 24:42
Midi
Playstation 30:53
3D
Dreamcast 32:24
Q*bert deserve being up with mario and pac-man, & he also my favorite character of video games.
I can't understand the speech in the Arcade version. What is the arcade computer saying?
The speech synthesizer in the arcade version was only approximating human speech. I don't think any of the game characters were saying any specific words.
Reminds me of Paul Lansky recordings.
I think the designers were originally going to have the characters speak English, but the speech synthesizer they used was so unintelligible, so they decided to have it make gibberish sounds, and give the characters an alien language to speak. It accidentally worked in the game’s favor, and added to its unique quirkiness.
I like the arcade and the 2600 one although somhad better graphic they are very close that is the 2600 is the closes to the arcade
I'm very sorry, but I never liked that game. Always thought it's boring.
The Atari 400 is compatible with the Atari 800, XE, and XL, so games that run on the 800/XL/XE will possibly run on the 400 if the size of the program is small enough and does not contain anything related to the hardware revisions.
Or is there an Atari 400 specific version of QBert we don't know about? Or you ar thinking of a clone of this game?
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