From what I understand, there was a voice synthesis chip that had just come out that had a collection of phonemes that you could use to make words etc. When they needed Q-Bert to "swear" they would just send a short string of random numbers to that chip and it would output those phonemes as garbled speech. The first game I personally can remember having actual speech was "Berzerk". "Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! Got the humanoid, got the intruder! Coin detected in pocket..."
QBert! How dare you. You know we don't say ampersand exclamation point pound sign ampersand exclamation point in this house... (I think I lifted that joke from MAD Magazine's E.T. spoof.)
Hahaha! I clearly remember playing this during one outing to my local Showbiz Pizza back in 1980-somethin’, and I *swore* I heard him utter a naughty word😂
My younger cousin had NES version around 1988 when he was like 5. It always sounded the same on that version. And We always said "EyeSkittleWap" when we were insinuating a cuss word, even like in our late twenties as a personal joke referencing the spund it made.
Here's a funny story, that would explain how the name QBert came about. I don't how true it is. I'm just guessing. When the proposed name of all those symbols was told to the boss, (assuming the guy who made the decision to call in the implied swear word had the first name of Bert) said something like, : "You know what kids are going to call this game if all they see is a bunch of symbols and the guy that gets bonked every time he dies, Bert? They're going to call this game "#$ck You", Bert. Then in less than a second, Bert says "Yes, Q Bert. That's a good name especially since he's jumping around on a bunch of cubes." Then the boss says: "Bert, you just save yourself your job."
I have Q*Bert clone on a random disk for the C64. It's pretty basic looking, monochrome and nary a sound other than when he take a hit he clearly exclaims "shit". Which I assume probably took up 85% of the programs code.
The first name was going to be "Snots and Boogers" because the character was going to originally shoot stuff out it's nose at enemies but they thought that sounded disgusting,so it's second name for this game was going to be @#?!@!!,but the game company decided against it wanting the game to have a title players could actually pronounce.
I remember when I played this game, I remember Q*Bert has actually said “ah s**t” but due to the sound being a bit low quality, it’s easy to mistake “s**t” as “sheet” (even those purple sideway guys idk their name, they said “ah s**t” Also)
Me when I stub my toe and break it into a million pieces:FAA- **dissapears** *by the way,even though this is my first time watching your videos,THEY aRE THE F*CKING BEST!*
Very cool to hear that straight from Warren Davis’s mouth! I met him at Galloping Ghost Arcade, along with Brian Colin, Jeff Lee, Eugene Jarvis, Larry Demar, George Petro, Todd Allen, and Mark Loffredo during their NARC developer day in 2015.
I was 6 in 1990. My grandfather took me to a video rental store. I did not rent the one he picked out. QBert got his attention because it had a cartoon character swearing on the cover. I did not remember that far back that it was QBert. I found ROMs and emulators in 1999. When I saw a video game with pixelated swearing, I knew it was that game. RIP grandad, I feel bad you didn't get to see certain things withing his lifetime.
Q*Bert is still hopping on my Commodore 64... since 1984.
Literally 1984
Literally 1984
Literally 1984
Literally 1984
Still hopping on my NES since 1989.
Qbert is probably one of the first video game characters to ever swear
Edit: MOTHER IM FAMOUS!!!
Idk man, the pong bars got cancelled for a reason.
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Honestly, he sounds like he's cursing my bloodline for the next hundred years.
Haha!
Nah, he's very clearly saying, "Your Mama Was a Snowblower".
Is that a short circuit reference?!
@@Yemiher yes
@@YemiherI love that movie
@@EthanTheLocalFemboy same
@@EthanTheLocalFemboy wait a second what the hell is that username?
According to the movie Wreck-it Ralph, he's saying something in Q*bertese.
Every time I watch that movie, I almost cry when I see how sad and lonely Q*Bert is. Poor little guy! 😢
i prefer the idea that he's just a potty mouth
def a swear word
with an exclamation no less 🤣
@@lordpsi99 yess makes me want to play the game where can I get it??
the funnier one is "hello, I'm turned on" 💀
He's saying "YOU SON OF A DUCKING BEACH"
YEHH
One of the greats. That implied language added a lot of character
“you little piece of sh-“
“ *ded* “
"Oh, my fucking head."
It matches the beep tempo . Well done .
the funniest thing about this is that I got an ad with a lemon in it
Qbert is saying
@!#?@!
🤯
That's Qubian for "OUCH!"
From what I understand, there was a voice synthesis chip that had just come out that had a collection of phonemes that you could use to make words etc. When they needed Q-Bert to "swear" they would just send a short string of random numbers to that chip and it would output those phonemes as garbled speech. The first game I personally can remember having actual speech was "Berzerk". "Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! Got the humanoid, got the intruder! Coin detected in pocket..."
Yeah. That's almost verbatim what I said in the video. 😂
*Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! Humanoid must not escape!*
@@marsperson5247 Coin detected in pocket! Chicken! Fight like a robot!
segas space fury had voicework too i think although it may have come much later than berzerk
@@marsperson5247INTRUDER ALERT INTRUDER ALERT, RED SPY IS IN THE BASE
I always imagined Q*bert to just swear passionately after failed jump, haha.
what swear word has exactly 5 letters? 😈😅
Q*bert walked so Conker could run.
Bro said: boy watta hell boy
Not sure he says f**k maybe he's a minion from despicable me
QBert! How dare you. You know we don't say ampersand exclamation point pound sign ampersand exclamation point in this house...
(I think I lifted that joke from MAD Magazine's E.T. spoof.)
He uses the hard gamer words
banned from voicechat 😂😅
he's saying fei ogo wa silverware silverware
He just enjoying a day of playing on squares and random stuff kept getting in his way. Qbert was cussing his ass off.😂🤣
Q-Bert was the OG Tourettes Guy!
I think Q*Bert is saying “damnit” due to the amount of characters in this speech bubble.
Perhaps Fix-It Felix Jr. can help us translate Q-Bert's speech.
Bro Really Said: F@!#@@!CK!
Oldest curse of all time
Great to see some love for Q*Bert :-)
We always give Q*bert love at GXG!
He doesn’t exactly die his head just gets bashed like hell so he probably has a few concussions and brain damage
He do be saying "sewagnosinyansway"
Ah yes the F word is the same as Æyaæyas
I once got in trouble with my mom for writing a word in what I thought was alien language.
He's obvously saying the S word
I was playing it a while ago and I could have sworn that I heard “Oh Sh*t”
He did say something like that occasionally when he got killed, except I think it was "dog shit."
He did say something like that occasionally when he got killed, except I think it was "dog sh*t."
Sounds like "ayayayaaee a$$"
Hahaha! I clearly remember playing this during one outing to my local Showbiz Pizza back in 1980-somethin’, and I *swore* I heard him utter a naughty word😂
Bro just said "@!#?@!"
He's saying #!?@# or Wtf 😒😝😅🤣🤣🤣
Q*Bert is clearly saying FU-
I will always think Q*bert is an swear word
It sounds like it's literally saying Grawlix
My younger cousin had NES version around 1988 when he was like 5. It always sounded the same on that version. And We always said "EyeSkittleWap" when we were insinuating a cuss word, even like in our late twenties as a personal joke referencing the spund it made.
Dude excellent short! Love this
Appreciate it!
@@GenXGrownUp always!
He says a swear word
I heard on the last one "what the heck was I hit with?"
Here's a funny story, that would explain how the name QBert came about. I don't how true it is. I'm just guessing.
When the proposed name of all those symbols was told to the boss, (assuming the guy who made the decision to call in the implied swear word had the first name of Bert) said something like, :
"You know what kids are going to call this game if all they see is a bunch of symbols and the guy that gets bonked every time he dies, Bert? They're going to call this game "#$ck You", Bert.
Then in less than a second, Bert says "Yes, Q Bert. That's a good name especially since he's jumping around on a bunch of cubes."
Then the boss says: "Bert, you just save yourself your job."
"YEOUCH!" is what he said.
When i was a kid i was afraid to say q*bert because i thought it was a cuss word because it has the star thingy instead of the U
Q*Bert: “betlelitlbe”
When I read Q*bert, at first I think it’s a censored word.
I cant stop laughing at the ending! XD
It's not swearing, it's Q*Bertese, according to "Wreck It Ralph"😂
"hello I'm turned on" WOAH Q*BERT MANUEL CALM DOWN.
LOL!
Am I’m the only one who hears
Come on what the fuck
Damn Q*bert, you can't say "@!#?@!". This is a kids game!
He is probably saying "F ME"
5 letters though 🤔
Q*bert saying the no-no word
In Pixels, he says "Bullcrap!"
I recall playing this in the front of the grocery store back when they had games in the early 80’s.
He's clearly saying @!#?@! they're just trying to fool us
Another favorite at Games People Play!
RIP GPP
Come on Q*Bert, TELL US WHAT U SAYING jk
hes clearly saying shieup obeh akve afe
I have Q*Bert clone on a random disk for the C64. It's pretty basic looking, monochrome and nary a sound other than when he take a hit he clearly exclaims "shit". Which I assume probably took up 85% of the programs code.
He's saying "๑!#?๑!"
Q*bert clearly thinks your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries, and that you should go away or he'll taunt you a second time
Sadmsa. That's what he's saying. Sadmsa
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The first name was going to be "Snots and Boogers" because the character was going to originally shoot stuff out it's nose at enemies but they thought that sounded disgusting,so it's second name for this game was going to be @#?!@!!,but the game company decided against it wanting the game to have a title players could actually pronounce.
Sounds like you've read Davis's book.
Hes saying wait whos in my house.. oh god YOU NEED TO LITEN QBERT IS SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I didn't know it was supposed to be swearing all this time, I thought it was just alien language...
Thx 4 the heart!
I remember when Q*Bert said "?!#$@$?" And Q*Berted all over the place.
I, too, drop the F bomb every time I die
Of course he is saying @!#?@!
I remember when I played this game, I remember Q*Bert has actually said “ah s**t” but due to the sound being a bit low quality, it’s easy to mistake “s**t” as “sheet” (even those purple sideway guys idk their name, they said “ah s**t” Also)
Qbert uses qbertese
Probabilities are the big chance this to get q*bert into smash bros
I think it’s dang it, but the actual word
I've met the guy who designed qbert. He's a cool guy and I got a selfie.
Very cool. Warren Davis is a great guy. We had a sit-down with him at last year's SFGE convention: ua-cam.com/video/NiNz9Xagsak/v-deo.html
@@GenXGrownUp ah! Nice! I met him at the PRGE last year
The arcade q-bert also had a hammer in it that hit the machine really hard when q-bert fell off the board and hit bottom.
the only swear i could see that fit was dammit
That’s just Q*Bert language since he has a * in his name
Me when I stub my toe and break it into a million pieces:FAA- **dissapears** *by the way,even though this is my first time watching your videos,THEY aRE THE F*CKING BEST!*
He said my full name, address, card number, the 3 numbers on the back, expiration date, and social security number 😨😨😨
Creepy.
I remember going bonkers when I was younger when hearing it.
I remember playing Q*bert on the bus in the 4th grade with these mini handheld arcade machines
"Punk your ass" is what I heard
🤔
Very cool to hear that straight from Warren Davis’s mouth! I met him at Galloping Ghost Arcade, along with Brian Colin, Jeff Lee, Eugene Jarvis, Larry Demar, George Petro, Todd Allen, and Mark Loffredo during their NARC developer day in 2015.
Did they also make Treehouse? Q*Bert cameos in Treehouse.
I was 6 in 1990. My grandfather took me to a video rental store. I did not rent the one he picked out. QBert got his attention because it had a cartoon character swearing on the cover.
I did not remember that far back that it was QBert. I found ROMs and emulators in 1999. When I saw a video game with pixelated swearing, I knew it was that game. RIP grandad, I feel bad you didn't get to see certain things withing his lifetime.
Shout out to Granddad! 🫗
@@GenXGrownUp Thanks! I'll always remember him fondly.
Guys he is saying @!#?@!
He's cursing UA-cam's recent changes to put the at sign, "@", in front of his and everyone's name. "@! Fu##? @!!"
I know what hes saying!
Phil did 20 years in the can lol
qbert is say8ng awfuck
We was kids playing it and we got mad because we couldn't figure out how to move
If you watched pixels you know what he is saying
5 letter swear word? 😈
NAHHH 💀
Actually, that's just Q*Bert's language, in Wreck-It-Ralph it was called Q*Bertese (or Q*Berteze, I don't know which one is correct)
Yes, we know. But languages have words, so we're theorizing what the word is. Google Translate does not currently include Q*bertese.
I sub
Don't forget Wreck it ralph
Don't worry. I won't.
6 letters...
Must be a hard r
If we assume each symbol is a letter the word is 5 letters so id like to assume he is saying curse
Oh my god there's only one F-word that has that many letters... LMFAO that's a hilarious mental picture
i still don't understand