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Play Q*bert (US edition · English) Online
Q*bert
Play Q*bert online. Set your NES hop controls, change every pyramid tile to the target color and escape Coily with carefully timed moves and side discs.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Q*bert
Quick start
On the title screen, use SELECT to choose one or two players and press START. Watch the setup demonstration: A accepts the displayed hop direction, while B rotates the proposed D-pad input. Set all four hops, then press A once more to confirm. To keep the default layout, accept each setting with A. Begin by changing every tile to the color shown at the upper left; avoid the pyramid edges unless a disc is waiting beside you.
Controls
During setup, A accepts the displayed direction and B cycles it; after the four choices, A confirms the full layout and B starts setup again. During play, use the configured D-pad directions to hop diagonally between cubes; there is no separate jump or attack button. SELECT chooses the player count on the title screen. START enters setup and pauses/resumes play.
Q*bert — About this game
Q*bert combines route planning with arcade-style pursuit. Each landing changes a tile's color, and a round ends only when the entire pyramid matches the displayed target. Later rounds demand repeated visits or change completed tiles back again, so simply hopping everywhere is no longer enough. Slick and Sam can undo your work, while Coily and falling hazards make safe routes harder to maintain. Side discs provide an escape to the top, and green balls briefly freeze the enemies. The NES version includes a control-setup demonstration so you can assign its diagonal hops to comfortable D-pad inputs before taking on nine levels of four rounds.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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