Growing up in “the cities,” the movie chain of choice was the local Mr. Movies. I have endless memories of their wide selection of VHS tapes for rent. I also know for a fact that I rented Super Mario Kart for my SNES enough times to probably own it twice over. Mr. Movies was also the only place I’ve ever heard of, that had Gameboy rentals back in the day. One of the games I used to rent (later owned and lost) was Qix.
As the tiny image reads, “Classic Arcade Action in the Palm of Your Hand”! I LOVED this game. A simple puzzle game that you try and make boxes with your little diamond guy and fill up 75% or more of the screen. However, you must avoid the Qix that darts about (and looks like the old Windows Screen Saver - Mystify - which BTW, just took me 10 minutes of Google image searching screen shots of the windows screen saver control panels because wikipedia lacks a classic screen saver section <sigh>)
According to Wikipedia, it started out on Atari and made it’s way to: Apple II’s, the Commodore, Gameboy, & NES. What is even more intersting, is the take on Jezzball being a spin-off clone of Qix. Jezzball was another game I used to spend hours playing (and SkiFree!).
You can play Qix online here.
**The sounds on this one are NOT as good as the old gameboy version. They just pretty much make you want to pop your ear drums.
You can play Jezzball online here.
Neither are as good as playing them how I used to… but it works.
Out for a few days. Peace!
