Denial

The goal of the 1981 arcade game Qix was to block off a majority of the playfield while avoiding enemies. None of the VIC games in this round are straightforward clones, but they are clearly inspired by the arcade title and each offers a slightly different take on the concept.

Shark Attack (1982) Shark Attack High Scores
14550 ..... Ola H
12805 ..... English Invader
11375 ..... hasseapa
10795 ..... akator
04775 ..... litody
03790 ..... R'zo

Slap Dap (1983) Slap Dab High Scores
206710 ..... hasseapa
154910 ..... litody
101890 ..... Ola H
041980 ..... akator
018290 ..... R'zo

Squeeze (1983) Squeeze High Scores
9116 ..... hasseapa
6876 ..... litody
4277 ..... Boray
2674 ..... Ola H
2383 ..... akator
0220 ..... R'zo

As always, your posted scores will be added to this first post. Play, discuss, have fun! And remember:

hasseapa wrote:... posting in the old threads should be encouraged. Old players can update their score, new players can post scores, and anyone can leave comments on the games.

EDIT: Thanks to Vic Porter we now have a D64 of Squeeze. It is now included in the download above.

Is there any prg version of squeeze? I can't play taps on my vic.

Right now I feel it would have been great if the C64 Final Cartridge freeze and dump to disk function was built into VICE!

Just got 12805 on Shark Attack. I used to be able to average between 13 and 15k but I'm a bit rusty at the moment (haven't been playing video games at all for the last few months).

I will give all of them a serious try before I vote. It's always fun to compare games!

Will try to see if I can get the tapdancer app working today to load squeeze. The cable of my tape adapter is pretty thick though so I'm a bit sceptic.

Managed to load it!
http://museum.boray.se/#!album-18

Boray wrote:Will try to see if I can get the tapdancer app working today to load squeeze. The cable of my tape adapter is pretty thick though so I'm a bit sceptic.

Boray wrote:Managed to load it!
http://museum.boray.se/#!album-18

That's a pretty awesome solution, I haven't thought of doing it that way

You can even load prg files with tapdancer, and that adapter is pretty cheap (about $9) so this is probably a good low budget alternative to SD2IEC. It's a bit unstable though, and you can't save, so I wouldn't trade it for my SD2IEC.

Boray wrote:You can even load prg files with tapdancer, and that adapter is pretty cheap (about $9) so this is probably a good low budget alternative to SD2IEC. It's a bit unstable though, and you can't save, so I wouldn't trade it for my SD2IEC.

I've got one of those cassette adapters laying around from years ago. After I recap my VIC and do the plug and play S-Video upgrade, I'm definitely going to give that a try.

Squeeze is a tough game. My best so far is 1720.

Slap Dab isn't nearly as difficult, but it has a cute factor that I enjoy. My high in that is 41980.

11780 on Shark Attack so far. But I will try it on a real Vic with joystick later and see if it makes any difference. Anyhow, it gets quite hectic on the 4th screen! When the sharks start to escape I find it almost impossible to stay calm - death ensues in a few seconds.

It's not a very deep game, but fast, fun, and very addicitive

I have only played Slap Dap for a few minutes as of yet, but I was pleasantly surprised by the depth. Seems like a great concept let down by mediocre execution.

The best I've been able to do in Shark Attack is 10785.

Ola H wrote:Anyhow, it gets quite hectic on the 4th screen! When the sharks start to escape I find it almost impossible to stay calm - death ensues in a few seconds.

I get clobbered on that 4th level, too! I can't react fast enough and the sharks get me within seconds.

Been offline for a few days. Now that I'm back in will give these a try asap.

I wonder how many more Qix inspired games there were for the Vic? I remember one game I used to covet in the small ads of Power Play magazine - Mad Painter! From the description it seems similar to Slap Dap. I have never seen it though and there doesn't seem to be any screen shots around on the web. So many mysterious Vic games still to be found

I have tried all three games + arcade Qix now. All the VIC games are very different from Qix, but I actually prefer them in many regards.

Shark Attack plays much like a Snake-game. You can collide with your own tail but at the expense of it its fencing function.

Slap Dab has much in common with maze-diggers like Dig Dug.

Squeeze has superficially much in common with Qix, but by allowing free movement along earlier drawn lines, it is transformed to a vastly different maze game.

Luckily, I very much like Snake & maze games (Yeah, I like Nibbler).

My scores as of yet:

Shark Attack: 8130
Slap Dab: 16040
Squeeze: 1960

I expect the first two scores to be much improved (basically the result of testing). The Squeeze score is however the result of intense playing and a good strategy.