Gelatinous cubes

Creatures theme

Large (enough to block a hallway completely) animated cubes of gelatin like substance with animal-like intelligence, commonly found in "dungeons" where they primarily serve as automated janitors, collecting and melting any trash and vermin.

31
games
15
platforms
Although gelatinous cube itself originates from Dungeons & Dragons, the concept itself is likely taken from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, specifically from Shoggoths which are similarly amoeboid (though not cubic) and originally worked as janitors and construction automatons for the Elder Things.

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Amoeboids, Dungeons & Dragons creatures, Fictional creatures

Games by year

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A1974 - D&D published

The first Gelatinous cubes video game was released in 1985.

DevTeam, Interplay Entertainment and Interplay published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 7
Linux 6
MS-DOS 2
Mac OS X 2
Mac OS Classic 2
NeXT 2
Unix 2
BSD 1
PS2 1
Xbox 1
GameCube 1
GP2X 1
BeOS 1
GamePark 32 1
Solaris 1