It wasnt until the retro gaming boom of the early noughties that I discovered just how big a deal Q*bert was. It was always common knowledge that the 1982 arcade game was a hit, resulting in dozens of conversions to all manner of formats, but I was oblivious to there being Q*bert merchandise and even a Saturday morning cartoon. He was, for one brief period before the infamous 1984 market crash, almost as popular as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.
