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Thanks! Yeah it was something similar to it, except probably from the 80s and for IBM DOS.
by lxe 3y ago
Thanks! Yeah it was something similar to it, except probably from the 80s and for IBM DOS.
- bennysaurus 3y agoGiven the name, it'll be Qix, I had a copy as well! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix
- lxe 3y agoBingo. This is it. One of the variants for sure! Thank you so much!
- SupremumLimit 3y agoThanks! I used to play it as a kid and have been trying to remember the name of the game for years.
- mbreese 3y agoAs soon as I read the description, that was my guess too. It was such a simple game and I spent a lot of time playing it. If you wanted to be patient, it was almost impossible to lose. But if you hurried, it was anlmost impossible to win.
- lloeki 3y agoCompletely forgot about this one, yet I spent so much time playing it! Absolutely true that pacing is key. The version I had had cycle-based speed so it became unplayable when I changed computers for a faster clocked one, which prompted me to attempt coding a clone.
- geye1234 3y agoYou're thinking of Xonix. I just tried it on DosBox, and it works: https://archive.org/details/Xonix1984IlanRavAction https://archive.org/details/Xonix1984IlanRavAction