Xonix
Encyclopedia
Xonix is a video game in the style of Qix
by Ilan Rav and Dani Katz.
Xonix was very popular at the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
, where Dmitry Pavlovsky, one of the original developers of the video game Tetris
, was a computer engineer, and was the direct inspiration for Antix
.
Qix
Qix is an arcade game, released by Taito America Corporation in 1981.-Gameplay:The objective of Qix is to fence off, or “claim”, a supermajority of the playfield...
by Ilan Rav and Dani Katz.
Xonix was very popular at the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
Dorodnicyn Computing Centre
Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre was established in 1955 and became a leading research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union...
, where Dmitry Pavlovsky, one of the original developers of the video game Tetris
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
, was a computer engineer, and was the direct inspiration for Antix
Antix (computer game)
Antix is a video game developed by Dmitry Pavlovsky, one of the original developers of the video game Tetris, and realized in 1985.". The game was named Antix by Dmitry, what is short for Antixonix, because it was a version of a game Xonix....
.
External Links
- Xonix at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
- Windows remake of Xonix
- JavaScript remake of Xonix