QIX

Description

In this game, you guide a marker which must draw rectangles and other weird objects in order to claim your territory, and you can either draw these rectangles fast or slow. Drawing the rectangles using the "slow" method awards you the most points. Once a rectangle has been made, it will be colored in to show that you have claimed your territory. While drawing the rectangles, you need to watch out for Qix (pronounced "kicks"), a series of colored lines that crawl the screen. In addition to Qix, you also need to avoid the Sparks who travel around the border, as well as any lines that you have made, as well as The Fuse, who travels along the line that you are drawing. Once you have claimed enough territory, you proceed to the next level.

Alternate Titles

• "Qix: The Computer Virus Game" -- Full title
• "クイックス" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• QIX series
• QIX variants

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Get your kicks by beating Qix

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Atari 5200	Oct 05, 2001	A-	91
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Atari 5200	Dec 10, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Defunct Games	Lynx	Oct 30, 2004	78 out of 100	78
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Atari 5200	Dec 10, 2003	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	Atari 8-bit	Sep 17, 2007	C+	58
Power Play	Game Boy	Sep, 1990	58 out of 100	58
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Mar, 1991	2.8 out of 5	56
Video Games	NES	Mar, 1991	55 out of 100	55
The Video Game Critic	Lynx	Jan 17, 2005	C	50
The Video Game Critic	NES	Aug 06, 2000	C	50

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Trivia

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.