Perhaps the most famous part of Q*bert's story is his voice. Because of the limitations of early sound chips, his "speech" came out as a garbled, synthesized gibberish. This gave birth to his iconic filled with random symbols like "@!#?@!", which appears whenever he is hit by an enemy or falls off the pyramid.
Bizarre purple creatures that walk along the sides of the cubes, defying gravity to intercept Q*bert.
After his game is "unplugged" and hauled away, Q*bert is left as a digital refugee. He spends his days in the "Game Central Station," the power strip where characters congregate.