I haven't played it in about 10 years. But I remember it developed a HUGE cult following. Some people love Intelligent Qube. I mean REALLY love it. I know it's hard to find now, so $40 doesn't surprise me.

It's sought after more than other PS1 games.It's not 'super rare,' but the demand is high enough to push up the price anyway, like what's happened with a lot of those SNES RPGs.EDIT: Actually, I didn't realize IQ was an R5. Wow, so it is actually fairly rare. And people like it.

Jan 31, 1997  Share this Rating. Title: I.Q Intelligent Qube (Video Game 1997) 8.1 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

That's a perfect recipe for a high pricetag. It's an original puzzle game that is pretty fun. I like it, but I'm not obsessed with it. It's easy to see how people can get addicted to it.I don't know if I would say this game is worth $80, but at $40, it's a good opportunity to try it, and sell it if you aren't a fan. I bought mine for $50, and I will probably eventaully end up selling or trading it for something I would appreciate more.Except it's not $40. 75% off + 10% off with the Edge card I got today. I asked the clerk if the price was right and she said that yes, it's $40 (before the discount.) I didn't grab it today because I wasn't sure how much money I had left on my Paypal card.:xI too remember seeing it on a demo disc about nine years ago.

Like other people have said, it is an original, FUN puzzle game. Though I will add that it's definitely one of those games that you either love wholeheartedly or you say, 'Meh' and move on.

There isn't really an in-between.As for why it's so expensive, it is fairly rare to my knowledge (and also never re-released like some PS1 rarities), but it doubles as one of those games that's enjoyable enough that people hang on to it. I'm thinking maybe the equivalent of a Little Samson or Snow Brothers for NES here, perhaps.I had originally played IQ in college a few years back and never got a chance to 'borrow' it.

Somebody on here hooked me up with a copy about a year ago (sorry, but I can't remember who) for $50 and I was overjoyed.At $6, go buy that game NOW. If you enjoy it, great. If not, you can easily make that back several times over via sale or trade. If you've got a PSP, it's worth importing IQ Mania.

I bought my copy from eBay last year for $20. Money well spent indeed. Quoted for truth. IQ rocks your socks, just make sure you have the sound on.

Postknight relationships. The soundtrack kicks ass, especially in the PS1 original. Used to go to war with people on this game. I got the PSP version and kicked its ass, too.

Anyone here that has finished all 100 puzzles at or below par? I finished it a while ago and felt quite a sense of accomplishment. I'm such a dork.EDIT: The demos are pretty fun, too. Try the bowling one! Intelligent Qube is far and away hands down my absolute favorite PS1 game.

I'd discovered it by accident and had been playing it for years before I found out it was rare and valuable, so I didn't have any hype surrounding it; I loved it on its own merit. During my phase of renting and ripping CD-Rs of PS1 games (.gasp!.

I'm horrible!), this was one that I found by chance on the shelf; it just looked cool. By the time I decided that I wanted to find a real copy, the price had shot through the roof. Luckily, my fiancee found the Japanese version of it for me, along with I.Q. Final, so I'm set.I cannot praise this game enough, it is the coolest.And yet eight years later, the prices for this game are still 'crazy.'

I played a demo of this game back in the day when the PS1 was new, and I found the game very fun. Back then (let's say 1998 - 1999) I wanted to get I.Q.: Intelligent Qube, so I checked online and it was going for about $50 on eBay.

I figured I'd wait until the price dropped down. Fast forward a few years, and it was still selling high.

Jump forward even more years (around the time of the origin of this thread), and it was still high! Fast forward until now, and it's still high! Looks like it goes for $40 - $60 complete in average condition on eBay these days when most PS1 games go for $5 complete.I'm thinking this game is never going to go down to a 'normal' price ($20 or less).

So I'm considering just importing a Japanese copy. It's not like there is a lot of text in this game or anything - it would be simple enough to understand without reading the language in the game.By the way, did America ever get the PS2 sequel to I.Q.? I know it was released in Japan as something like 'I.Q. Remix +: Intelligent Qube' for PlayStation 2, and I believe the game was released here but under a very different name.