QIX

aka: Arcade Archives: QIX, QIX: Classic arcade action in the palm of your hand!, Qix: The Computer Virus Game
Moby ID: 3476

Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Qix appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Cameo

Mario and Luigi make a cameo appearance in the Game Boy version of Qix.

Color palette

With a VGA card or some EGA cards, a non-standard 16 color palette was used. If this mode was supported the program autodected it, otherwise the default EGA palette was used. Likewise in 4 color mode, if an MCGA or VGA card was detected a non-standard 4 color palette was used.

References

Qix indirectly lead to the name of Dr. Zoidberg, a character from the animated Futurama series. David X. Cohen, the creator of the series, created Zoid, a Qix clone, and eventually used that name for the character.

Awards

  • Electronic Gaming Monthly
    • November 1997 (Issue 100) - ranked #100 (Best 100 Games of All Time) (NES version)

Information also contributed by quizzley7 and Sciere

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Trivia contributed by Servo, Alaka, FatherJack.