Gamers of a certain age will remember Q*bert, the little orange creature with the long snout who hopped down a pyramid, changing the colors as he went, the star of an early video game success.

First introduced in 1982, the little guy has retained fans all these years partly because the game is a lot of fun to play, and also because it had some endearing elements ('endearing' not a frequently used adjective when it comes to video games). He made funny, gibberish sounds during play and, when he got into trouble, swore on screen with a genteel #@@!$!%. He's also memorialized in pop culture thanks to rapper Richard Quitevis, whose rap name is DJ Qbert.

You can play an online version here.