Q-Bert ROM

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Q*bert (also known as Qbert) is an arcade video game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. It was ported to Game Boy in 1992. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses isometric graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect.

The objective of each level in the game is to change every cube in a pyramid to a target color by making Q*bert, the on-screen character, hop on top of the cube while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Players use a joystick to control the character. Q*bert is an action game with puzzle elements played from an axonometric third-person perspective to convey a three-dimensional look.

The game is played using a single, diagonally mounted four-way joystick. The player controls Q*bert, who starts each game at the top of a pyramid made of 28 cubes, and moves by hopping 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.

At the beginning, jumping on every cube once is enough to advance. In later stages, each cube must be hit twice to reach the target color. Other times, cubes change color every time Q*bert lands on them, instead of remaining on the target color once they reach it. Both elements are then combined in subsequent stages. Jumping off the pyramid results in the character’s death.