Talk:Q*bert

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With a lot of recent releases of classic games such as the "Atari Flashback" I've wondered why Q*bert hasn't been re-released like this. Anyone know?

There could be licensing issues. Last I checked, Q*Bert was owned by either Columbia Pictures or Sony Computer Entertainment... ironically, they acquired the character before the ink was dry on the Playstation blueprint. Sony doesn't seem to know what to do with the character... the last game starring Q*Bert was released by Hasbro's Atari back in 1999/2000, for both the Playstation and Dreamcast. It wasn't very good, and there hasn't been a Q*Bert sequel or spinoff since. M.Neko

Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert

The only game that was missing from the article, has been added.

P.S. It was released for MAME by the man who made it so that fans could have a chance to play it finally after all these years.

Pronunciation?

Any thoughts on how to pronounce "Q*Bert"? I have always pronounced it "Cue-Bert", but I have heard it pronounced "Kwe-Bert". I expect there is no "correct" version, but to me, "Cue-Bert" seems to fit with the "cube" theme of the game.Preacherdoc 06:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)Preacherdoc[reply]

More Q*bert clones

Besides the official Parker Bros. release, the Atari 8-bit computers had Mr. Cool by Peter Oliphant and Pharoah's Pyramid by Randy Platt.

Both programmers worked at Cinemaware but didn't know of each other's Q*bert clone history until I brought it to their attention. This is described in more detail on the Cinemaware discussion page.