Q*Bert, designed and programmed by Warren Davis with graphics by Jeff Lee and sounds by David Thiel, remains one of the most popular among collectors of original video arcade games.

Manufacturer Gottlieb, was a division of Columbia Pictures, and this game was state of the art, utilizing an Intel processor and a Motorola speech synthesizer, activated randomly at specific pitch. The dedicated upright cabinets include a knocker solenoid that activates whenever a character falls off the pyramid. The effect creates a rather loud knock inside the cabinet like that of older pinball machines to indicate that a free game had been awarded. T

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