Q*bert

Isometric cube pyramid made diagonal-grid movement legible, a template later iso games reused.

Released 1982 Developer Gottlieb Platform Arcade Genre Action Era The home cartridge

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Q*bert inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

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