bigbee99 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Q*Bert's Qubes Qbert jumps from cube to cube, causing the cube to spin and change to a different color. The cubes have a different color on each side. Every level has a different cube pattern. -klov Game Information Game Name: Q*Bert's Qubes Released By: Mylstar 1983 MAME ROMset: QBertQub Dip Switches: 1st Bonus Life:10000 Additional Bonus Life: 20000 Difficulty: Normal (default) Chosen By: patbb ROM Location: http://www.romnation...erts-Qubes.html AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: Competition ends Sunday, May 6th @ 12PM EST Leaderboard 237,730 Kurt_Woloch 107,205 bigbee99 101,575 Cynicaster 99,180 kane 97,645 jblenkle 69,935 patbb 68,535 M.A.M.E Offender 56,260 roadrunner Season Standings Calculations through round 31 1. M.A.M.E Offender 492 2. bigbee99 481 3. Cynicaster 450 4. patbb 263 5. kane 194 6. mr. toast 166 7. roadrunner 130 8. acelkin 117 9. JohnnyBlaze 110 10. LarcenTyler 87 11. richard stewart 78 12. Barra 66 13. kojr 39 13. keilbaca 39 15. jblenkle 31 16. retrorussell 27 17. mightymage 23 18. onmode-ky 17 19. rmaerz 16 20. homerwannabee 15 21. NE146 8 22. chuckwalla 6 22. Raygunn 6 24. Kurt_Woloch 3 25. Fres 1 Edited May 6, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Here we go! 89,875. It gets hard for me at round 4 when you have to get 2 lines. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Q*Bert's Qubes - 69,030 Edited April 29, 2012 by jblenkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 OK, here's mine... 237730. *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 OK, here's mine... 237730. *grin* Nice run. Any pointers for LEvel 4 and on? B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Q*Bert's Qubes - 72,295 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice run. Any pointers for LEvel 4 and on? Well, not specifically for Level 4 and on, but... for me, the game really only begins at Level 3. Before that, it's pretty easy to complete a line (I usually complete the one running from the top to the left) without much disturbance, that is before Coily makes it to hatch. In between, you get two bonus rounds, which are really opportunities to rack up big points if you complete them in time or be as quick as possible. This is easy with the first one. With the second one, I look out for some specific patterns. On that round, the cubes have got three colors, and I really memorized the possible combinations and the moves to solve them, more or less. On that round you have to bring the brown side to the front and the purple side to the right (I refer to the visible sides as being front, right and top, the way they are displayed). I usually look out where the brown side is on each cube. Referring to the key movements in MAME, if you already have the brown side on front, you only have to hit "right" on that cube. With the brown side on top, you hit "down", and if the right side is yellow, an additional "left". With the brown side on the right, you hit "left - down", and if the top initially was yellow, an additional "left". That's all possibilities there are. From Level 3 and up, I usually look for qubes that already have either the front or right side correct because you only have to turn them one way repeatedly in order to get them right. Even better is if two adjacent qubes have the same side correct, and they are positioned in a way that jumping from one to another doesn't change that. For instance, in Jblenke's last picture, that would be the two identical qubes on the line from top to left, which both of them have the right side correctly red. Going to the lower one and jumping up two times turns both qubes right. If they were turned a different way, but still both with the red side on the right, I'd repeatedly jump back and forth between them until they both are turned right (of course only if no enemy is in the way). The really important sides here are the front and right because one of them stays fixed when you leave a cube while the top always moves. The next best thing is a qube where a side visibly can be brought to the correct position with only one jump, such as the red side being on top when it belongs to the right side. Those have the second priority after the ones above because performing the correct jump on them brings them into a position where they can be treated like the first category of qubes. As for the enemies, I'd try to catch the frog (or turtle?) because it slows down all the enemies, making them easier to avoid for a time. While this extra, which only works for some seconds, is still active, usually the green ball will appear, and I will go for that as well since it stops the enemies for a few seconds. As for the lines, I found the outer ones on the bottom the easiest to complete. I'll always try to go for the line from right to bottom (from Level 3, Round 3 on), then for the line from left to bottom. They cross at the lowest qube, so that's only 9 qubes to fix if you need 2 correct lines (or less if some are already fixed in the first two rounds of a level). But sometimes that's difficult, so I'll just try to fix whatever qubes are easiest and then see which qubes are still missing to complete a line with the lowest effort. And remember that you can get rid of Coily by letting it hop onto a qube that's just turning. To achieve that, let Coily follow you and when it's only one step away, jump away from your cube after Coily has started the last jump towards you. If enemies are slowed down, however, you'll have to wait a bit, otherwise when Coily lands on your previous qube, the qube will have stopped turning and Coily won't fall down. From Level 6 on, already fixed qubes will un-fix as somebody hops on them again. To fix those, I'll usually go for the line from right to bottom again, but this time, all the qubes first should be turned so that the front shows the correct color. This is easiest by doing it in sequence from top to bottom or vice-versa. As soon as a qube front shows the correct color, it should only be left to the left, not to the front or back. When all qube fronts are correct, the remaining sides should be turned right by entering them from the left and jumping back left again repeatedly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 56,260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thanks Kurt. I'm not sure how much it will help me this week but I am not giving up up R'cade Mags 2600 Tourney is taking up most of my gaming time right now though. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Q*Bert's Qubes - 86,175 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 69,935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Q*Bert's Qubes - 97,645 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Here's my @!#?@! score! 69,425 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Q*Bert's Pubes: 101,575 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 99,180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 This game scores high on originality. Interesting sequel to QBert. I find it gets very confusing after level 3-3. I worked a lot this week, so I didn't really have much time to put into this one. In the later levels, I'll bet you if you're good at the ol Rubix cube, then you'll be a master at this one. Kurt, u happen to be good at the Rubix cube? Here are my 2 games I managed to squeeze in: Qubes Pubes ---- ------ 68,535 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) 107,205! At the buzzer! B Edited May 6, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 In the later levels, I'll bet you if you're good at the ol Rubix cube, then you'll be a master at this one. Kurt, u happen to be good at the Rubix cube? Well, I was good at it as a kid... I got it at the age of 9 and mastered it, even finding a move of my own speeding up the process. I got down to an average time of under 1:30 for Rubik's Cube. At 10 years of age, I entered a cubing contest at a local department store and finished 4th. But I guess I'm not so fast anymore since I don't remember all the moves. Haven't fixed one in a long time. As a prize, I got a Babylon Tower at that contest, and I managed to master that as well, but not as fast as the cube. But then Nintendo's Game & Watch games came about, and I lost interest in cubing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 107,205! At the buzzer! B Hey, stop stealing my move! Well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 107,205! At the buzzer! B Hey, stop stealing my move! Well played. I saw MAME O's score and decided now was my chance to catch up in the standings some. Honestly, I was thinking he was going to do the same thing. Onto KLAX. I think you know this one Cyn B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 107,205! At the buzzer! B Hey, stop stealing my move! Well played. I saw MAME O's score and decided now was my chance to catch up in the standings some. Honestly, I was thinking he was going to do the same thing. Onto KLAX. I think you know this one Cyn B Did I request that one? I think I did. Haven't played it much since my Lynx days; no better time than the present to brush up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 107,205! At the buzzer! B Hey, stop stealing my move! Well played. I saw MAME O's score and decided now was my chance to catch up in the standings some. Honestly, I was thinking he was going to do the same thing. B Not a good week for me. I hope I can somewhat hang in there thru Klax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Not a good week for me. I hope I can somewhat hang in there thru Klax. I blow at Klax B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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