Taito's Qixx++ on XBLA tomorrow
Decades-old game returns to life.
Taito's remake of 28 year-old game Qix will be available tomorrow on Xbox Live Arcade.
Dubbed Qix++, this will cost 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80/€9.60).
Game details are scarce; so far a short video on GamerBytes is all the evidence of Qix++ there appears to be. Visuals have been sparingly snazzed-up, and we presume all the required Leaderboards and Achievements are in place.
The aim of Qix is to fence off a majority of the screen. This is done using a diamond-like marker that travels horizontally or vertically, from one edge of a rectangular playing-field to another. But making life difficult is a weird entity that bumbles around, obstructing your path.
This as well as other enemies must be outmanoeuvred, as touching any of them loses a life. Timing, then, is the key to success.
Sounds boring. Where are the rats?