11th CUBIES ANNIVERSARY (July 4, 2017)

Theme: “Games of the Cubisiad Over The Last Decade”

This day commemorates the 11th anniversary since the CUBIES Game was approved as a Thesis Proposal during CBG 2006 or officially known as Games of the VIIth Colympiad. This year’s theme focuses on all the Games of the Cubisiad celebrated since its inception in 2007.

ATHENS 2007 – It was the inaugural CUBIES Game and the First CUBIES Game in Europe. The CUBIES Symbols (Flag, Hymn, & Flame) were first used at these Games. There were only 2 Games Federations namely: Java and PS2.

BEIJING 2008 – It was the First CUBIES Game in Asia that was held in the same year as Games of the XXIX Olympiad. For the very first time, the celebration of a CUBIES Game is held in the same year as the start of the year of a New Olympiad. The Games Federations were Java, NES & MAME at these Games.

TOKYO 2009 – It was the Second CUBIES Game in Asia. The Games Federations were Java, N64 & NES.

MOSCOW 2010 – It was the Second CUBIES Game in Europe. The Games Federations were Java, PC & Sega MD.

PARIS 2011 – It was the Third CUBIES Game in Europe. The Games Federations were only Java & PS2 at these Games.

LONDON 2012 – It was the Fourth CUBIES Game in Europe that was held in the same year as Games of the XXX Olympiad. The Games Federations were again Java & PS2 at these Games.

MANILA 2013 – It was the Third CUBIES Game in Asia that marked the return of the Games to its birthplace. The Games Federations were Java & GBA at these Games.

NEW YORK 2014 – It was the First CUBIES Game in the Americas. The Games Federations were Java, GBA & NES at these Games.

MEXICO 2015 – It was the Second CUBIES Game in the Americas. The Games Federations were greatly expanded at these Games with 12. Aside from the usual Java, it now includes 7 Federations from past Games such as GBA, NES, N64, Sega MD, PS2, MAME, & PC with the inclusion of 4 New Federations (Android, PS1, SNES, & XBOX360).

RIO 2016 – It was the Third CUBIES Game in the Americas that was held in the same year as Games of the XXXI Olympiad. It still has 12 Game Federations (Java, Android, GBA, MAME, N64, NES, PC, PS1, PS2, Sega MD, SNES, & XBOX 360) as with the previous Games.

ATHENS 2017 – It was the Fifth CUBIES Game in Europe that saw the return of the Games to its Inaugural Host. The Games Federations now comprises of 14 including the past 12 Federations from previous Games (Java, Android, GBA, MAME, N64, NES, PC, PS1, PS2, Sega MD, SNES, & XBOX 360) with the addition of 2 New Federations (NDS & PSP).

HAPPY CUBIES DAY TO EVERYONE!!!