35th Anniversary: Q*Bert by Gottlieb

Released on October 18th 1982.


Interesting facts about Q*Bert
-According to How Long to Beat’s website the average play through takes about 1 hour to complete.
-Currently, about 1 game is sold per day for the Atari 2600.
-Q*Bert was featured in the Disney movie “Wreck-It Ralph”.
-The Q*Bert copyright rights are currently held by Sony Pictures Entertainment after the developer Gottlieb was owned by Columbia Pictures who is now owned by Sony.
-Q*Bert started as an educational project to help Warren Davis learn how to program different types of game mechanics, such as gravity.

Q*Bert on Wikipedia.

Gameplay by Old Classic Retro Gaming

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