“Atari Video Cube,” a 1982 puzzle game developed by GCC for the Atari 2600 and published by Atari, Inc., presents variations of the Pocket Cube, Rubik’s Cube, and Rubik’s Revenge. Players guide “Hubie the Cube Master” to solve a jumbled “Video Cube.” Hubie’s strategy involves picking up and rearranging colored segments to their correct positions. However, carrying a square restricts Hubie’s movement; he cannot step onto a square of the same color as the one he’s holding.
The game’s manual motivates players to solve the cube with the least number of moves, tracking their total moves at the screen’s bottom. “Atari Video Cube” offers several modes to adjust difficulty, including varying the number of squares and the range of colors.