Save your Quarters... or Not!: Volfied (Arcade, PC Engine), Ultimate Qix, Qix Neo

Should you save your quarters on this game and play it at home or should you play it at the Arcade? The choice is yours, but you will probably save your quarters either way since Arcades are dying and nearly all good old Arcade cabinets won't be found at the next intersection. Now, Volfied is an Arcade game which is actually a remake of an older Arcade game called Qix. There was a huge improvement on visuals, the original was made of only solid colors and abstract shapes. This Arcade remake was ported to these systems: Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and PlayStation. There is also a version for mobiles. In this video, the Arcade is compared to the TurboGrafx-16 port, which is actually a PC Engine port, the Japanese name for the TurboGrafx-16, since it is a Japan exclusive. After the PC Engine version, the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive port is shown followed by the PlayStation version. The port for the PC Engine, also called Volfied, contains much less attractive visuals and the rounds are not designed the same way as the Arcade version. The gameplay remains the same except for two major differences, when drawing a line in the Arcade, if an enemy were to touch it, an explosion would follow the line up to your ship starting from the collision point. In this port, no matter where an enemy touches the line, you die instantly. Also, usually in the other versions, you could win by gaining at least 75% of the territory or by destroying the bigger enemy, but in this version, the option to destroy the bigger enemy was removed. The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive changed the name to Ultimate Qix, it features different and really big graphics compared to the Arcade, the play area was flipped on its side to make it horizontal and the rounds are not designed the same too. The graphics are closer to the Arcade than the PC Engine port, except for their size. Except for being horizontal, the rest of the gameplay is much closer to the Arcade. The PlayStation version called Qix Neo contains two modes, an original mode and an arrange mode, the arrange mode is shown in the video. The original mode is coming straight from the Arcade, featuring the same or nearly the same graphics, sounds and gameplay, but it is also flipped on its side to make it horizontal. The arrange mode is a new story mode made exclusively for this game, it features the gameplay of Volfied, but with new graphics, sounds, and rounds as well. The only problem in this game is that the explosion following the line after a collision goes really faster than in the Arcade and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive versions, both in the original and arrange mode.

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[FJLink]

Hey, maybe no one will read this, but you CAN defeat the boss by shooting it in the PC Engine version. It's just to rare too find lazers, that's all.

[DarkEvil87]

@FJLink I know at least I read this. Good to know that you can do that in that version too. They must be really rare, I don't think I've ever seen them. Kinda like going through FFVI without knowing there were "Desperate attacks", which happened to me on my first time finishing that game since they pretty much never occur.

[segagenesis1989]

It was refreshing to see you take a comparative approach in your video. I really like how you took the time to list the pros and cons for each console.

Nice job!

[DarkEvil87]

Thank you very much!

[SeventhSun]

The arcade (hardest) and Sega Mega Drive (excellent box art) versions are the best.

The PC Engine (box art sucks) and PSX versions (shit black-and-white manual for the inner pages I bet) are vomit.

[DarkEvil87]

I have mixed reactions about the PSX version, it does include a similar looking port of the Arcade not shown in the video, but there are little differences mentioned in the description that I don't like (mainly the faster death after a collision compared to the Arcade). One thing I'm sure though, is that I don't like the PC Engine version and I'm the same as you about the Mega Drive port being better than the other ports.

[FJLink]

@DarkEvil87 Well, the lazers I'm talking about are power-ups that l would describe as "big red-colored balls with yellow stars inside". It's something to remember.

I haven't played FFVI too much, so I can't fully understand what you mean, but yeah.. At least those kind of things often increase the desire of another replay.

Anyways, do you know how long the PC Engine version is? I'm playing it (using savestates, since there's no password system) and I'm already at Round 32...

[adrianus000]

sa sugeti

[SeventhSun]

I am very happy today. Know why? Because I found someone who has an enlightened taste just like I do concerning this game.

And I like it that you secured special clearance not by one hitbox coverage but by shooting the ringleaders to death ^_~