Anyone wanna play Q*bert tonight?

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The wife is out tonight, and I feel like playing Q*bert (mostly because I suck ass at it). Wanna play? Fire up yer 'Bert's, put a score up and post it in this thread. One requirement - you have to have an open alcoholic container in the pic with it. This isn't a sober Q*bert party. Don't worry, I won't roofie your drink...this time. #BOOM
 
I play Q*Bert between rounds of Robotron to cool off. Throw Defender in there too. I got a whopping 35k or so on Q* tonight. First board of level 3.

Robotron kicked my ass as usual. 900k, two 700's, a 600k & 500k and two 400ks. Wears me out...I put way too much body english into it, it's like a fuckin' training session.
 
This is seriously all I can muster tonight. Fuck I am terrible at this game. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1353124339.803137.jpg
 
Yeah, I but since I put the kit in I haven't played it.
 
I mustered up a little better. A few tips I got from people who really know how to play.

Always get coily to follow you off the pyramid on to the discs, its 1500 points, and it clears all enemies off the board.

Timing is key. There is a lot of pausing. the enemies move really simply, they can generally go only 1 or 2 directions, read them, then stop and wait for them to pass by.

Get used to playing with coily following you around. If he is one step behind you, he cant get you, unless you pause for too long. Lead him off the board.
 

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Believe it or not, this is the highest score I have ever gotten on Q*bert 370,135. I rolled level 9 over 5 times. I was looking for a good excuse to play after seeing Wreck It Ralph, it gave me the "want to play Q*bert" vibe. While I was putting this score on the machine, my 5 year old son was playing VS Super Mario Bros. Afterwards he came up to me and said "You know what would be cool dad? If we got a Wreck It Ralph arcade game". Hmmmm. Out of the mouth of babes. :D

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Still shitty but a huge improvement for me. I've pretty much doubled my previous high. Walter Day says that's a ton of skill...

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Played a quick game this morning - hadn't played in awhile thought it was a good idea after i saw this thread, 654,000.

Greg
 
Played a quick game this morning - hadn't played in awhile thought it was a good idea after i saw this thread, 654,000.

Greg

Sir, did you not read the rules?

Great score BTW, ha.
 
until a couple years ago there was still a lonely qbert sitting at our local arcade, which noone ever goes to and is mostly just storage space for what the owner sells on ebay. i got pretty good at it, not as good as some of you but good enough to beat my friends anyways. maybe i will play a couple games of it on my mame cab later...
 
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