+therealbountybob Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Qix The nerve wrecking classic returns to the HSC: QIX RULES! 1. Emulator users play on normal speed, no cheating by making it faster at any point - see 3rd post 2. Play the A8 version not the 5200 port. 3. We'll make this a slight handicap round: former HSC Champions on PAL systems play with the timer on 30, otherwise play on the default setttings (40). Press Option/F4 to change this. Players who have 5pts or less from the first round can set the timer to 50 on PAL or 60 on NTSC if you wish. Round closes Wednesday 14th Feb, 10pm UK time, then we'll hit the slopes for a Winter Sports round as discussed on the games list thread. Downloads XEX OK Fandal's version is faulty, (strange lock ups and screen craziness) as are the A and A1 versions on atarionline.pl (though A1 does seem to play but goes crazy when you press space to pause it) so here's a mydos menu disk with a fully working XEX on it: MyDOS-MyPicoDOS-QIX-A8-Working-Version.ATR Can't remember where I found this one (homesoft perhaps) I'll let the guys know. ATR this one on atarionline.pl seems to work Qix (1982)(Atari)(US).atr Instructions on Atarimania Qix Tips on Post #31 Now turn up the volume and avoid the Qix, it's definitely after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Ugh. I don't like this version of Qix (5200 version all the way!) at all. Even the rules of the posting say this game is slow. I'll be skipping this round. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Ugh. I don't like this version of Qix (5200 version all the way!) at all. Even the rules of the posting say this game is slow. I'll be skipping this round. Adam It's not slow! It's easier for about 3 screens where you first split the Qix and then gets progessively harder - it's a challenging game and very playable. The handicaps are just the timer release for the sparks [edit] The speed thing was people cheating and using turbo speed and just holding up to repeatedly split the Qix to 9x before playing. If anyone does want a faster game then play on NTSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Looking forward to this one Perhaps Canyon Climber could be bunged in as a bonus game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hooray! I'm kind of excited about this one. I actually have Qix on cart, so I can kick back on the game room couch with a real 2600 stick, rather than playing on PC emulation with an XBox controller. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) I am the happy idiot who'll play almost anything that comes my way (with a few notable exceptions) so I'll start off with what surely is a low introductionary score: Qix - 43433 pts 50148 pts (PAL, 40 seconds)(Score improved in later post) Edited February 3, 2018 by carlsson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Qix - 56,912 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 79,628. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hooray! I'm kind of excited about this one. I actually have Qix on cart, so I can kick back on the game room couch with a real 2600 stick, rather than playing on PC emulation with an XBox controller. Yeah it just isn't the same playing these games with an Xbox controller. For that reason I bought a USB megadrive (genesis) adapter for my PC for when I needed to use the emulator https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QRZ1HVS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) This is a game that I used to like but played it too much. Of course I'll play, let's hope that the other people who voted for it also play Edited February 1, 2018 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 54955 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Still last place of those who posted scores so far, but at least an improvement.Qix - 54888 pts (score improved in later post) Edited February 3, 2018 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 116,258...... Played on default setting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Sorry, Post # 13 is incorrect. Game was played on PAL 60 seconds. This is not allowed. I want to cancel this result. Excuse me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 60,264 Bit buggy :-( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Not big, but now i haven't time to play... But I like this game - so i try increase my poor result... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Qix (1982)(Atari)(US)[5200][k-file].atr Trying this version first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 This seems more stable and closer to the TTRB's screen grab. Qix (1982)(Atari)(US)[k-file].atr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Mmmm.. went wobbly again. More experimenting required. I will claim the score though :-) 99,560 Corrupted screen grab attached... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Just installed Altirra 3 and all seems fine so far. "Altirra 3.00: XL ATOS PAL / 320K Rambo" Running Fandal Qix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) New Player Alert ..... RT's Dad PS He is 78 and bought me my first Atari (400) when I was a kid :-) Edited February 1, 2018 by RedThunder 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Ha thats great, i think we got my dad to play Pac-Man once back in the early 80s! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 112092 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Over 60K!Qix - 64853 pts (score improved in later post) Edited February 3, 2018 by carlsson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 95,768 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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