The Nintendo Game Boy version of Qix was developed by Minakuchi Engineering. It was first published by Nintendo in 1990.

Qix as an arcade game works really well. As a handheld game it arguably works even better.

The aim is to draw boxes on the screen, capturing areas, while avoiding touching the ‘Qix‘, which moves around on-screen.

Even on a small screen, in black and white, the game plays great. It’s a rather basic interpretation of Qix, but the controls are good and the difficulty curve well-judged. It actually starts off fairly easy, but by level five you’ll have two Qixes to deal with.

Like a lot of Game Boy games, Qix is a “more-ish” game that works well in short blasts.

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