Bouncing ball game

December 29, 2005 3:59 AM

I use to play a pretty simple game on an old computer of mine - I even played it once on a game boy. I can not recall the name of it but the play is simple. You control an arrow that can move forward, back, left & right the object is to move this arrow and connect the line you produce before a ball that is bouncing around touches you. You advance to the next level when you cover a specific amount of the given area.. 50 % 60 % etc .. as you move up the rankings they add more bouncing balls to make the game harder.. What is the name (s) of this game?! and are there any free versions out there for my PC and or Treo 650. Thanks!
posted by crewshell to Computers & Internet (13 answers total)

Best answer: Sounds like Qix.
posted by Fat Guy at 4:03 AM on December 29, 2005

Except Qix didn't have the ball. Maybe Jezzball?
posted by Fat Guy at 4:05 AM on December 29, 2005

Best answer: Some sort of derivative of Qix.
posted by fire&wings at 4:11 AM on December 29, 2005

Response by poster: yes very much like Qix, but wit ha ball.. jezzball is a little more elabroate then the game I remember, I really liked the simplicity of it.
posted by crewshell at 4:29 AM on December 29, 2005

Definitely Jezzball. There are hundreds of on line versions and I remember seeing a palm OS version at one time so I wouldn't be surprised to see something for the trio somewhere out there.
posted by Captain_Science at 4:31 AM on December 29, 2005

Ahhhhh, I remember playing this too, on an AT clone wayyyyy back in the day. Similar to Qix, bouncing balls, definitely not Jezzball. If I space out for a while here the name may come to me.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:33 AM on December 29, 2005

Xonix, I'll bet. I can't find the old original yet but there are fancy modern remakes out there.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:41 AM on December 29, 2005

There's Barrack for the mac....

You didn't say what kind of computer...

Either way, they're all derivatives of Qix
posted by jaded at 4:41 AM on December 29, 2005

Java xonix.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:53 AM on December 29, 2005

Best answer: This site has a knock-off called "Quarantine."
posted by Clay201 at 5:00 AM on December 29, 2005

The version you played on a GameBoy was almost certainly Qix.
posted by box at 6:10 AM on December 29, 2005

Best answer: Xonix for Palm OS.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:16 AM on December 29, 2005

(And the phrase is "I used to...")
posted by nobody at 1:30 PM on December 29, 2005