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Q*bert Qubes

Description

Qbert jumps from cube to cube, causing the cube to spin and change to a different color. The cubes have a different color on each side. Every level has a different cube pattern.

Q*bert Qubes was produced by Mylstar in 1983.

Mylstar released 18 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1983. Mylstar was based in United States.

Other machines made by Mylstar during the time period Q*bert Qubes was produced include: Hill Climb, Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert, M.A.C.H. 3, Screw Loose, and Games I, The

Specs

Name	Q*bert Qubes
Developer	Mylstar (United States)
Year	1983
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9183
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Gottlieb
Game Specific	Q*bert Qubes Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up-left, down-left, up-right, down-right)
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Q*Bert Qubes Arcade Game Review - Multi Q*Bert 10 in 1 Arcade Mod - Qbert Cubes

Q*bert Qubes KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.19 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.28

Overall Like	3.40
Fun (Social)	2.60
Fun (Solo)	3.40
Collector Desire	3.60

Technical Rating: 3.10

Gameplay	3.80
Graphics	3.00
Originality	2.80
Sound/Music	2.80

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Conversion

This game runs on IQbertI hardware. The only difference appears to be an EPROM upgrade and the disabling of the knocker circuit.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Q*bert Qubes Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 34 known instances of this machine owned by Q*bert Qubes collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Q*bert Qubes machine for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with a Q*bert Qubes circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Q*bert Qubes. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Q*bert Qubes circuit board set.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

The main processor is a 8088 CPU. The dedicated soundspeech board uses a 6502 CPU.

Legacy

Manuals

Instruction Manual - Q*bert Qubes Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(30 pages, 3.7 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 117; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (bb207efe3e1fc41373b4ec5aa28d567a)

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