Volfied

Description

Volfied is a home conversion of an arcade coin-op developed by Taito in the late '80s. The game is very similar to Qix -- the player takes control of an object whose purpose is to roam the screen, forming shapes and removing them from the play field. By way of reward, a picture is gradually revealed in the removed areas of the screen. The borders of the area which the player has not cleared become the border of the area the player's pointer can move along.

The player's object must avoid contact with any of the enemies which float around the screen, as this will weaken and eventually destroy it. Barriers limit which parts of the border boxes can be formed through. The goal is to clear 80% or more of the screen, and each additional percent adds bonus points.

As an arcade conversion this game allows for one or two player games in three difficulty levels, but offers no passwords or saved games across its numerous levels.

Alternate Titles

• "Ultimate Qix" -- US/Brazilian Genesis title
• "ヴォルフィード" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• QIX series
• QIX variants

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User Reviews

Excellent. Difficult, but excellent	Amiga	*Katakis* (37456)
Good conversion of Taito's popular arcade game of the same name.	DOS	Clockwork (154)
If I could only keep my cool..	DOS	Roedie (5234)
Another wonderful classic.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)

The Press Says

Info	Amiga	Jan, 1992		100
Amiga Power	Amiga	Dec, 1991	80 out of 100	80
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Power Play	TurboGrafx-16	Feb, 1990	75 out of 100	75
Power Play	Genesis	Apr, 1991	72 out of 100	72
Amiga Action	Amiga	Dec, 1991	70 out of 100	70
Datormagazin	Amiga	Jan 30, 1992	69 out of 100	69
Power Play	Commodore 64	Feb, 1992	64 out of 100	64
Power Play	Amiga	Feb, 1992	64 out of 100	64
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Jan, 1992	42 out of 100	42

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Trivia

The Volfied manual has instructions for loading the game both on ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but these versions were never released, even though the game itself was simple enough to stand a conversion to most 8-bit formats.