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Twin Qix

Twin Qix - Japanese Title

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Name: Twin Qix
Developer: Taito

Year: 1995
Type: Videogame

Class: Prototype
Genre: Puzzle
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Taito F3 System - JAMMA

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 [Draw Faster]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard


Twin Qix Description

This update to the original adds a two player mode and lots of new enemies and power-ups, including a statue.

Twin Qix was produced by Taito in 1995.

Taito released 487 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Twin Qix was produced include Akkanvader, Bubble Memories The Story Of Bubble Bobble III, Dangerous Curves, Gekirindan, Kyuukyoku Tiger 2, Elevator Action Returns, Quiz Theater: 3tsu no Monogatari, Chase Bombers, Bubble Symphony, and Elevator Action II.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Twin Qix Census

There are 12,133 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,623 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,035 machines (6,848 unique titles).

Very Rare - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an member Twin Qix collector .1 of these machine are owned by our active Twin Qix collectors. It is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Technical

If you modify the last byte in the ROM map, you can switch between the US and Japanese versions of the game, which have very different graphics.

Trivia

This game was never released and no cabinets were made. Only one boardset is known to exist and it is a stand-alone version of the F3/Cybercore cartridge system.

Legacy

  1. Qix (1981)
  2. Super Qix (1987)
  3. Twin Qix (1995)

Video Clips


    Twin Qix shortplay by Ivan Paduano

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Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Twin Qix Flyer #5375    

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Twin Qix - Title screen image


Twin Qix - Title screen image

Twin Qix - Title screen image

Twin Qix - Title screen image

Twin Qix - Title screen image


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