How to Play
You control Q*bert as he hops from surface to surface on a stack of cubes. Hopping on a surface changes its color. To finish a round, you must make all of the surfaces of the stack of cubes match a target color.
Once a round has been finished, Q*bert goes on to a new round, with a different shaped board. Stay on the board! Hopping off the board results in a disastrous plummet.
Levels and Rules
At first, the game is easy because Q*bert needs only to land on each cube at least once to make it reach the target color. However, after every four rounds, a new level starts, and the rules change.
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Level 1: Land on each cube at least once to reach the target color.
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Level 2: Land on each cube at least twice to reach the target color.
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Level 5: Land on each cube exactly once (landing on it again changes it back from the target color).
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Level 6: Land on each cube exactly twice.
Pausing the Game
Press the START button during the game play to pause the game. Press START again to resume play.
Playfield Overview
When you pause the game, an overview of the entire board will appear. This overview shows you:
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Which squares still need to be changed to the target color.
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The location of each of the remaining disks.