<s>
Cube	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
arcade	B-Application
laserdisc	O
game	O
by	O
American	O
company	O
Simutrek	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
primarily	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Paul	O
Allen	O
Newell	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
wrote	O
some	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
combines	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
3D	O
polygon	O
graphics	O
with	O
laserdisc-streamed	O
,	O
animated	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
use	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
pre-rendered	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
Funai	O
's	O
arcade	B-Application
laserdisc	O
game	O
Interstellar	O
,	O
introduced	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
AM	O
Show	O
in	O
September	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cube	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
nevertheless	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
,	O
predating	O
Atari	O
's	O
I	B-Application
,	I-Application
Robot	I-Application
(	O
1984	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
after	O
reaching	O
the	O
Treasure	O
of	O
Mytha	O
,	O
receive	O
a	O
reward	O
befitting	O
the	O
Master	O
of	O
the	O
Cube	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
when	O
the	O
console	O
went	O
off	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Allen	O
Newell	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
computer	O
animations	O
of	O
John	O
Whitney	O
and	O
Jim	O
Blinn	O
,	O
and	O
early	O
1980s	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
such	O
as	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
Centipede	B-Application
and	O
Defender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Computer	O
Games	O
magazine	O
,	O
Ben	O
Gold	O
and	O
Eugene	O
Jarvis	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
Jarvis	O
criticized	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
poor	O
version	O
of	O
Tempest.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
researchers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Patrick	O
Kellogg	O
,	O
believe	O
that	O
Cube	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
may	O
have	O
been	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
2000	O
urban	O
legend	O
Polybius	B-Application
,	O
due	O
to	O
many	O
similarities	O
between	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
legend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polybius	B-Application
is	O
frequently	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
Tempest-like	O
shoot-em-up	O
with	O
surreal	O
,	O
often	O
harmful	O
visuals	O
that	O
was	O
frequently	O
visited	O
by	O
men	O
in	O
black	O
before	O
suddenly	O
disappearing	O
forever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cube	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
meanwhile	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Tempest-like	O
game	O
with	O
then-advanced	O
visuals	O
that	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
unreliable	O
nature	O
of	O
LaserDisc-based	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
was	O
frequently	O
visited	O
for	O
maintenance	O
and	O
often	O
vanished	O
from	O
arcades	O
after	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
Polybius	B-Application
 '	O
supposed	O
creator	O
,	O
"	O
Sinneslöchen	O
"	O
,	O
even	O
bears	O
a	O
passing	O
resemblance	O
to	O
Cube	O
Quest'''s	O
developer	O
Simutrek	O
.	O
</s>
