Qix is a classic arcade game in the truest sense of the word. Qix is challenging from the first board! The goal is too complete sections of the board by moving your token in linear motions; up, down, right, and left gradually creating squares and rectangles of variable geometric sizes ultimately to fill in increasingly greater percentages of the board. Qix starts out tough and gets tougher....the further you progress and the more of each board you complete the greater the bonuses you receive.
You are rushed by time and chased by zappers that challenge the mind, the eye and the senses. If the zappers touch your game token, you lose a life and have to continue where you left off the complete greater portions of the game board. Qix is not for the faint of heart! Most versions have a speed button that will enable your token to move faster but will also alert the zappers to your activity much sooner, the speed button should only be used when closing in on completion of a shape and when a life is nearly ended.
Vast colors, seemingly endless boards and countless hours of fun. Qix also spanned Qix 2. Developed for the arcade versions of Qiz can now
be played on the commodore 64, Nintendo, and Sega platforms as well.
The trick is to brake the board into small sections and not try to conquer too much of the board at one time, the zappers will ultimately win, but the masters will be able to make level after level if they are not too greedy. Other arcade masterpieces that you may have played in the same time would have been Q-bert, Pacman, Asteroids, and missile command. Qix is fun, Qix is challenging. Qix was imitated but never duplicated, it requires more manual dexterity and concentration than chess and pacman combined. I know that I could never reach the kill screen, could you!
Qix would be considered a strategy, skill, and action game all in the same breath. Can you beat the zappers? Can you conquer the level? Only time, fate and your quarters will decide!
