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Gelatinous cubes

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games
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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.

Notable people involved: Francisco Téllez de Meneses, Ricardo Peregrina Muñoz, Carol Sánchez Quiñones, Rafał Lewandowski and Jason King [老金]

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.

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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, Interplay and Atari published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows7
Linux6
MS-DOS2
Mac OS X2
Mac OS Classic2
NeXT2
Unix2
PS21
Xbox1
GameCube1
GP2X1
BeOS1
GamePark 321
Solaris1
BSD1

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