Jogos Studios brings us a Windows Q*Bert remake. A unique feature of this game is that you can rotate the view with the left and right arrow keys.

DOWNLOAD Q*BERT: http://www.evl.uic.edu/spiff/class/cs426/projects/fall2003/JogosStudios/index.htm
OS: Windows

Pogo Joe was a Commodore 64 game similar in concept to Q*Bert. There’s a new take on Pogo Joe with a little bit of PacMan mixed in – called GoJoe Pogo. With swirling psychedelic backgrounds, evil clowns and a candy eating Pogo Joe who says, “Yummy!” every time he gobbles candy on each square.

Definitely original!

Pogo Joe was the Commodore 64 clone of Q-bert – I remember playing this game a lot. You can get a copy of Pogo Joe here: http://www.c64g.com/.

Remember, you need an emulator like VICE to play it. Both the game and the emulator are portable and can be uploaded to your flash drive.

This week we’ll look at a few Q-Bert remakes. We’ll start with a Flash version that you can download here: http://www.retroremakes.com/download.php?gameid=819.

This game is 440KB but needs Macromedia Flash installed on the PC. The sound effects are hilarious and the game is fun!

Later this week, we’ll look at a MS-DOS version and, hopefully if I can find one, a Windows version. Until then, have a great week.