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* OneHitPointWonder: If you get hit by an enemy, you lose a life. If the line you're tracing is struck by an enemy before you fully enclose an area, they'll send a bullet after you that kills you on contact as well. Staying on the border means you're safe, but that doesn't last forever.

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* OneHitPointWonder: If you get hit by an enemy, enemy when your ship's shield is down, you lose a life. If the line you're tracing is struck by an enemy before you fully enclose an area, they'll send a bullet explosions after you that kills kill you on contact as well.well unless you beat them to the border. Staying on the border means you're safe, but that doesn't last forever.



* TimedMission: The ship's shield provided protection as long as the ship is on the border, but only for a limited time. When the time runs out, enemies will aggressively attack as if you are in the field.

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* TimedMission: The ship's shield provided protection keeps you invulnerable as long as the ship is on the border, but only for a limited time. When the time runs out, enemies enemies' attacks that hit you will aggressively attack as kill you even if you are in the field.on a border.
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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] or ''Qix Neo'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS]] has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis [[Platform/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] or ''Qix Neo'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation) Platform/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS]] has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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* ContractualBossImmunity: The laser power-up kills lesser enemies in one shot, but the stage boss is immune.



* RingOut: Enclosing a regular enemy outside the border (with "outside" being "the side the boss is not on") will kill it.

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* RingOut: Enclosing a regular enemy outside the border (with "outside" being "the side the boss is not on") will kill it. Destroying multiple enemies at once this way gives exponential score bonuses for each enemy simultaneously destroyed.


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* TimeStandsStill: One of the game's power-ups freezes time, temporarily stopping all enemies in play as well as your shield timer.


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* WeaponOfXSlaying: The red laser power-up (only sometimes obtained from flashing red powerup boxes) allow you to shoot and kill the boss with it, scoring a special score bonus for doing so.
* WombLevel: The stage backgrounds start to resemble living flesh from Level 13 onwards.
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* CopyProtection: The Dos version requires entering a code from a card. It waits until the end of level 1 to tell you failed before exiting to Dos (which locks the system because it doesn't restore the keyboard handler.)
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The game is an updated version of ''Qix'', with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than ''Qix's'' abstract geometry style. The player pilots a small spaceship named "monotros" instead of a simple dot and the enemies come in the form of various aliens.

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The game is an updated version of ''Qix'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than ''Qix's'' abstract geometry style. The player pilots a small spaceship named "monotros" instead of a simple dot and the enemies come in the form of various aliens.

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\nFor those not familiar with the predecessor, gameplay has the player piloting a spaceship that cuts out portions of the level by forming closed shapes with the edges of the playing field. The player is (at least temporarily) safe on the outer edge of the playing field, but while claiming territory, they are vulnerable to being attacked by the enemies and boss in the stage.



* DualBoss: Level 6's boss consists of two separate entities. If you manage to separate them completely, that will kill them and complete the level.



* OneHitPointWonder: Averted. The player character can take at least one hit.

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* OneHitPointWonder: Averted. The player character can take at least one hit.If you get hit by an enemy, you lose a life. If the line you're tracing is struck by an enemy before you fully enclose an area, they'll send a bullet after you that kills you on contact as well. Staying on the border means you're safe, but that doesn't last forever.



* RingOut: Enclosing a regular enemy outside the border (with "outside" being "the side the boss is not on") will kill it.



* TimedMission: The ship's shield provided protection as long as the ship is on the border. When the time runs out, enemies will aggressively attack as if you are in the field.

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* SmartBomb: One of the randomly-obtained powerups will instantly kill all normal enemies on the level.
* TimedMission: The ship's shield provided protection as long as the ship is on the border.border, but only for a limited time. When the time runs out, enemies will aggressively attack as if you are in the field.
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%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * AdamAndEvePlotAdamAndEvePlot: [[spoiler:In the arcade ending, you discover that there is only one survivor of your race left, and that survivor is the opposite sex of your own sex.]]
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* ThePlace: The name of the game is the planet that is being defended, not a VerbedTitle with a {{Neologism}} base verb.


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* VerbedTitle: It looks like one, with a {{Neologism}} base verb, but it's actually ThePlace, the planet that is being defended.
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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] or ''Qix Neo'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] or ''Qix Neo'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS]] has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.



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* EasyModeMockery: On easy, the DOS version of Volfied ends the game before the final level.

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* ScoringPoints: You get points for destroying enemies and clearing stages..

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* PaletteSwap: Some enemies use identical sprites with different colors. The palette swapped versions are a bit more dangerous, such as firing five bullets and spending less recovery time.
* PowerUp: Enclosing a square block provides one randomly chosen powerup.
* ScoringPoints: You get points for destroying enemies and clearing stages..stages.
* TimedMission: The ship's shield provided protection as long as the ship is on the border. When the time runs out, enemies will aggressively attack as if you are in the field.
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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or ''Qix Neo'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Drive/Genesis]] or ''Qix Neo'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.
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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or ''Qix Neo'' on PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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''Volfied'' (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or ''Qix Neo'' on PlayStation) UsefulNotes/PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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* OneHitPointWonder: Averted. The player character can take at least one hit.
* ScoringPoints: You get points for destroying enemies and clearing stages..
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''Volfied'' (ヴォルフィード Vorufīdo) (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or ''Qix Neo'' on PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Taito in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

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''Volfied'' (ヴォルフィード Vorufīdo) (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or ''Qix Neo'' on PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Taito Creator/{{Taito}} in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.
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''Volfied'' (ヴォルフィード Vorufīdo) (also known as ''Ultimate Qix'' on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or ''Qix Neo'' on PlayStation) is an arcade game released by Taito in 1989. A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.

The game is an updated version of ''Qix'', with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than ''Qix's'' abstract geometry style. The player pilots a small spaceship named "monotros" instead of a simple dot and the enemies come in the form of various aliens.

Taking place in another galaxy, a space pilot is returning to his home world of Volfied, only to discover that it is under attack by an unknown alien force. The few remaining Volfied inhabitants are in an underground location of the planet and signal the pilot to their aide. The pilot flies to Volfied using his ship's defensive weapons in order to eliminate the alien threat and save his people.

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