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Cube Quest

Photograph
ca. 1984 (made)
Artist/Maker
Newell, Paul Allen (artist)
Place of origin
USA (made)

This picture is a still from an animation taken from the videogame "Cube Quest", an arcade game released in 1983 by the company Simutrek Inc. Players had to maneuver a space ship through a series of corridors in the Cube.

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Object details

Categories
Prints
Photographs
Games
Object type
Photograph
TitleCube Quest (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Photographic still of an animation on glossy paper
Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photographic still from the video game 'Cube Quest', by Paul Allen Newell, ca.1984.
Physical description
This still from from the video game "Cube Quest" shows a fantastic jungle landscape or scenery with surreal plants and forms. Colouring held in green and blue tones. In the right corner is an imprint. Print with white narrow border. Signed by the artist on the back.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.5cm
  • Width: 20.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Logo and 'Simutrek' (Printed in right bottom corner of print. The image was created to be handed out at the 1983 AMOA (Amusement Machine Operators of America) show in New Orleans.)
  • 'from "Cube Quest" / Paul Newell [signature] (Signed on back of print.)
Gallery label
(14/08/2023-15/09/2024)
Patric Prince: Digital Art Visionary

Paul Allen Newell (b. 1954)
Cube Quest
1984
Still of an animation from from a videogame

Prince was interested in a wide range of digital art and computer graphics practices, emergent and intertwined fields in the early years. This image is a printed still from the videogame Cube Quest, which used state-of-the-art technology to render the game graphics. Newell was inspired by works made at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, where he was able to use the equipment after-hours.

Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity
of Patric D. Prince
Museum no. E.986-2008
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince
Object history
The picture is a still from an animation taken from the computer game "Cube Quest" which was released in 1983 by the company Simutrek Inc.
Production
Game 'Cube Quest' was released 1984
Subjects depicted
Plants
Jungle
Summary
This picture is a still from an animation taken from the videogame "Cube Quest", an arcade game released in 1983 by the company Simutrek Inc. Players had to maneuver a space ship through a series of corridors in the Cube.

Associated object
E.985-2008 (Set)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.986-2008

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O239612/cube-quest-photograph-newell-paul-allen/
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