Q*Bert’s Quest

Q*Bert’s Quest is a Pinball Spinoff of Gottlieb’s popular Q*Bert video game. It was designed by John Trudeau and released in 1983.

Q*Bert’s Quest is memorable for its unconventional playfield layout, dominated by a massive figure eight design and two pairs of cross-over flippers at the bottom. Just as in the arcade game, the player had to light up all of the surfaces on a pyramid of six cubes by hitting various rollovers and dropdown targets. As he does this, the enemies Coily, Ugg, and Wrong Way would advance towards the pyramid, resetting one of the cubes if they reach it. The player could hit the enemies’ targets to make them retreat, and clearing six pyramids awarded a free game. Of course, Q*Bert would be jabbering away incomprehensibly during all of this.