Answer the following question: Information: - Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. The main office and plant was located at 1140-50 N. Kostner Avenue until the early 1970s when a new modern plant and office was located at 165 W. Lake Street in Northlake, IL. A subassembly plant was located in Fargo, ND. The company was established by David Gottlieb in 1927, initially producing pinball machines while later expanding into various other games including pitch-and-bats, bowling games, and eventually video arcade games (notably "Reactor" and "Q*bert "and, leading to the demise of Mylstar; M*A*C*H*3 ). - Chicago (or ), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States, and the fifth-most populous city in North America. With over 2.7million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, and the county seat of Cook County. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. - Illinois is a state in the midwestern region of the United States, achieving statehood in 1818. It is the 5th most populous state and 25th largest state in terms of land area, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country. The word "Illinois" comes from the Algonquin word for "tribe of superior men". With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base and is a major transportation hub. The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois River. For decades, O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics. - Protector was a videogame developed by Tom Malinowski with artwork by Q - bert 's Jeff Lee for the arcade game company Gottlieb . It was also known by numerous other names during its development and test including Argus and Videoman . Prototypes of Protector appeared in arcades in the Chicago area , including the ' # 1 Fun ' arcade in the Brementown Mall in Tinley Park and Just Games Inc. in Downers Grove . In the game , the players controlled a Superman - like character ( named Fireman ) tasked with protecting lumbering citizens on the street below . Enemies would swoop down and punch the character ; blocking or pushing the Protector around . But the enemies ' primary purpose is to abduct / kill the citizens below . The player 's character is invincible , and the game ended when all the citizens were killed or abducted . Each round has a number of enemies that must be dispatched before going on to the next . Each round has a different theme , though most are the same save a different backdrop . The even - numbered rounds are identical to the odd ones save that they have a ' night ' version of previous round . Some ' themes ' repeat before new scenes appear . Rounds include : A city street scene A mountain - like scene A rocket launchpad A moon scene ( notable in that the citizens wear spacesuits and drive moon vehicles ) The player controls his character with a trackball and 2 buttons . One button fires shots at enemies . The other when pressed catches falling citizens ( who will otherwise die if falling above a certain height , ala Defender ) and vehicles that enemies pick up . Some superhero - like attackers abduct citizens , damage buildings and hurl rubble . Robots appearing in later waves roam the street and hurl citizens to lethal heights requiring rescue . ' Electrodes ' drop from the sky , land and explode if not destroyed . Particularly sinister lethal globs are sent down by a flying - saucer like craft which transform into monsters that eat the citizens . For some reason - possibly due to a bug -... - Q*bert is an arcade game developed and published by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses "isometric" graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect. The objective is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid by making the on-screen character hop on top of the cube while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Players use a joystick to control the character. 'protector ' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'publication date'? Choices: - 10 - 1818 - 1927 - 1982 - 2
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1982