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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.Screenshots
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Alternate Titles
- "Qix: The Computer Virus Game" -- Full title
- "QIX: Classic arcade action in the palm of your hand!" -- Game Boy tag-lined title
- "Arcade Archives: QIX" -- PS4 / Switch title
- "アーケードアーカイブス クイックス" -- Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling
- "クイックス" -- Japanese spelling
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User Reviews
Is it pronounced "Kicks" or "Qwiks", and who really cares? | Amiga | Katakis | ã‚«ã‚¿ã‚ス (43211) |
Critic Reviews
Digital Press - Classic Video Games | Atari 5200 | Dec 10, 2003 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
Pixel-Heroes.de | Game Boy | May 09, 2011 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
Retro Archives | Atari 5200 | Jan 21, 2018 | 15.5 out of 20 | 78 |
The Game Hoard | Arcade | Jan 10, 2020 | 5 out of 7 | 71 |
Digital Press - Classic Video Games | Atari 5200 | Dec 10, 2003 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Retro Archives | Lynx | Jan 21, 2018 | 14 out of 20 | 70 |
Compute's Amiga Resource | Amiga | Dec, 1989 | 12 out of 20 | 60 |
Video Games | NES | Mar, 1991 | 55 out of 100 | 55 |
Happy Computer | Atari 8-bit | Jul, 1984 | Unscored | Unscored |
Computer Gaming World (CGW) | Amiga | Oct, 1989 | Unscored | Unscored |
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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)
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Arcade Credits (2 people)
Designers:
Sandy Pfeiffer (uncredited), Randy Pfeiffer (uncredited)
Programmer:Randy Pfeiffer (uncredited)