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Qix

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…

31 December 1982

Qix is an arcade developed by Taito, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 5200.

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What Qix is

Qix is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1982. It was published by Atari. It is available on Atari 5200 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Qix launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Qix come out?
Qix was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 5200.

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