Arcade / Arcade - Q*bert · 1983

Juice!

Published by Tronix Software · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Arcade - Q*bert
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, Demo
Programmer(s): Haroutunian, Arti
Graphic Artist(s): Haroutunian, Arti
Sound: Haroutunian, Arti
Cover Artist(s): [unknown]
Year: 1983
Publisher: Tronix Software
Developer: [n/a]
Country: USA
License: Commercial
Medium: Tape, Disk
Rarity: 8 (Tape), 8 (Disk)
Serial: -

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.2/10 · Votes: 26 · Downloads: 2,585 · Hits: 10,776

Additional Comments

Check the preliminary version called Pipeline.

Missing original disk image!

Screenshots (6)

Cover Art (2)

Ads (2)

Tronix... Look what we have in store for your Atari! · 1984

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

Electronic Games · October, 1984

In Juice!, players take the role of Edison, an android, who must complete the circuit connecting all squares of a gaily-colored grid. When the connection is complete, the board lights up and it's on to the next screen. Edison is constantly dogged by the wandering Nohms, which can eliminate him with a touch, and by the menacing Killerwatt, which chases him around the playfield.

While many feel that Juice! was one of the first really good third-party games for the Commodore 64, there are better games of this type available for the Atari. The graphics are substandard, looking as if they'd be more at home on the Intellivision, and the sound effects are unmemorable.

In short, this version of Juice! is unspectacular at best.

Comments (5)

allan5200 — 28 Mar 2024
Manual: https://archive.org/details/juice-tronix/mode/2up
Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 4 Jul 2022
Something of an homage to Q*Bert, Tronix's Juice! provides enough twists on the basic formula to make it an interesting and worthwhile game in its own right. Let's Play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oNYUm_oNXk
Pete Davison — 18 Feb 2019
Q*Bert with a twist. Nice graphics with tons of personality in the sprites, interesting level design, great sounds and enjoyable mechanics. A longstanding favourite that I still frequently come back to today.
MrFish — 20 Aug 2016
Q*bert was out in 1982...
Jim Kuchera — 20 Feb 2007
I always loved Qbert, but this game is even better, in my opinion. It predates Qbert, play action is faster, and the sound effects are terrific. You'll play this one more then five minutes, and nothing else is quite like it---except Qbert. Enjoy this game.