PC*Bert
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About this game
PC*Bert turns a pyramid of cubes into a jumping puzzle. Landing on a cube changes its colour, and the aim is to bring the board to its required state while avoiding the creatures moving through it. A careless step at an edge can send the character off the pyramid.
JROK's included document identifies version 1.01, dated November 15, 1997. The developer's game page also identifies that version and shows its pursuing enemies and escape spinners. This is a DOS recreation with its own keyboard layout.
The four default keys describe diagonals, not ordinary up, down, left and right movement: A hops up-left, Z down-left, apostrophe up-right and slash down-right. Learn those four directions near the middle of the board before moving to the edges. Escape ends the current game and exits when used at the title screen. On a non-US keyboard, the punctuation-key positions may take a little attention.
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Quick tips
Think in diagonals: A and Z cover the left side, apostrophe and slash the right.
Practise away from the pyramid's edges before trying a route around an enemy.
- A
- Hop up-left
- Z
- Hop down-left
- ' (apostrophe)
- Hop up-right
- / (slash)
- Hop down-right
- Esc
- End the current game / exit from the title screen
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Browser play uses the archived Freeware release. Official project references are listed below.
- Distribution
- Freeware
- Browser player
- js-dos · Browser play
- Added to archive
- 2026-07-27
- Official references