In 1982 Gottlieb released a very famous game that had an orange character with a long snout as a nose, it just had to be the isometric arcade game with puzzle elements of ' Q*Bert '. It was so popular in fact it appeared on many systems such as the Atari 2600 and the C64 with a cameo appearance in Wreck-It Ralph. So why is this charming Arcade game appearing on IndieRetroNews? Well, Chris Perver is working on an Amstrad CPC Plus version that takes advantage of its advanced capabilities!
Here's the latest "Q*bert was programmed by Gottlieb in 1982. The arcade game inspired a plethora of ports to many home computers in the early 80s, including several clones for the Amstrad CPC. Despite this, there has never been a version for the Amstrad Plus machines that takes advantage of its advanced capabilities. I hope to be able to release a faithful rendition of the game for the Amstrad Plus platform."
Proposed features
- Graphically as close as possible to the arcade version as the Amstrad allows
- Multicoloured hardware sprites
- All the original game mechanics, levels and sprites to be recreated
- Hopefully Q*bert's speech to be recreated by synthesis software
- Redefinable keys
- Joystick enabled menu and scoreboard controls for GX4000
- Cartridge version, floppy disc and cassette version
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Looks great, but please give an option to turn OFF the speech. I find the speech so very annoying in the arcade game, it would be nice to play this without speech.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! We have had a great number of ports but not enough of Q*Bert.
ReplyDeleteEpic - Looks super cool. There are Downloads already, so ist this WIP or kind of finished?
ReplyDeleteDOS version called "PC Bert" is the very and true arcade conversion !!!!!!! The Best Version!
ReplyDeleteAmazing port, but has anyone gotten the DSK version to run? It just loads the title screen over and over. CPR version works perfectly and is amazing.
ReplyDeletearcade perfect port on 8 bit is really a feat!
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