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Here we have Cubicolor, a game programmed by Rob Fulop for
Imagic. This game was made back in 1982, but not released until 1993-1994 by the
programmer himself. Despite there being a letter from the programmer sent with every one
of the 60 copies of the game that were released, there are still gross misrepresentations
of what this game really is based off of everywhere in print. Despite the claims by
everyone, this game is NOT based off of the Rubik's Cube in ANY WAY - that was the
horrible horrible Atari Video Cube offered through the Atari Club. This game is based
off of a completely different Erno Rubik (or his company's) creation - the board game
Rubik's Race. Along with the usual in-game shots for this game, I've also included
shots of the actual board game, hopefully to once and for all wipe the assumption that
this game was based off the Rubik's Cube off the map forever.
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Here is the box for the game Rubik's Race. I've had this
game forever - picked it up at a garage sale for a buck when i was like eight years old.
In the heyday of the Rubik's craze, there were about thirty different Rubik items, such as
the Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Rings, the evil Rubik's Puzzle, as well as this game, Rubik's
Race. Cubicolor is 100% *IDENTICAL* to this board game, which involves sliding tiles to
match a pattern in the shaker.
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The gameplay between the the videogame version is exactly
the same as the board game - slide the times so that the nine center tiles match the
pattern in the shaker. The "shaker" can be seen on Cubicolor next to the board on both
sides (they're the same) and is sitting next to the board in the picture to the left. In
fact, the only difference between the two is how you win - in the board game you have to
slam down the center window over your pieces, blocking out the boarder tiles which do not
count, but in Cubicolor the computer does that for you.
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Winning in the Atari 2600 game
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Winning in the real life game
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View the
fullsize cart scan.
Cart scan provided from AtariAge
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I suppose my view on this
game is a little skewed since I used to play the board
game all the time with my friends and parents. This is a
fun two-player game, however, all of the fun of trying to
finish before your opponent disappears when you're playing
one player, so unless you're playing with a friend, the
game really loses something...
Read the letter sent with the
copies of Cubicolor.
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