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{{Infobox
|image=Qix NES NTSC Box Art.jpg
|imagesize=220px
|developer=[[Novotrade]]
|publisher=[[Taito Corporation]]
|console=[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|releasedate=January, 1991
}}

{{BI|Qix}} is a video game released in 1991 for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. Uniquely, this title was only released in North America, and never received a Famicom console release. It is the thirteenth release of Qix, and second for a [[Nintendo]] console, released a year after the [[Qix (Game Boy)|Game Boy]] release.

This version of Qix features a light story as explained in the manual. The various [[Qix (enemy)|Qix]], [[Spritz]], and [[Sparx]] fought against manifest as computer viruses within the console, and must be trapped within "computer memory sections" in order to prevent the virus.

==Gameplay==
The standard gameplay applies: create [[Stix]] with the [[Marker]] to reach the threshold. Whenever a section is filled in, a colorful background is applied and points are awarded depending on its size and whether or not it was made with a Fast or Slow [[Draw]].

There are three modes of play available: 1 Player, 2 Player, and Practice.

===1 Player===
The primary game mode. The player directs the Marker to capture the Qix. Every 50,000 points, an extra life is awarded to the player. The currently claimed area is marked as "CLM" on the right sidebar, while the threshold is THR. The player's points are marked on the top. 

===2 Player===
In this mode, each player plays one at a time in order to try and out-score the other. Once one player loses a life, a new board is started for the other player to progress. The winner is whomever has the most points once one player runs out of their lives. 

===Practice===
In this mode, the player has infinite lives and gameplay only ends once the threshold is met. No points are awarded for this method of play.

==Scoring==
Fast [[Draw]]ing is worth double of Slow Draws. 1,000 points are awarded for each percentage above the threshold. Additionally, 500 points are awarded for capturing a Spritz—as well as having all Fast Draws be scored double. When there are multiple Qix on the field, capturing one of them within a section will end the round and permanently double all point values.

==Technical information==
{{Technical
|romtype=Cartridge
|rommemory=128kb
|identification=NES-QX-USA
|ram=WRAM 8 KB; VRAM 8 KB
|ref1=https://nescartdb.com/profile/view/1034/qix
}}

==Enemies==
{{Enemies
|enemy1=Qix
|enemy1image=Qix NES NTSC Qix Screenshot.png
|enemy2=Sparx
|enemy2image=Qix NES NTSC Sparx Screenshot.png
|enemy3=Spritz
|enemy3image=Qix NES NTSC Spritz Screenshot.png
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Qix NES NTSC Title Screen.png|Title screen for the game.
Qix NES NTSC Level Complete.png|A level being completed, with a breakdown on scores.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Qix (series)]]

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{{Qix series}}
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