Qix (Game Boy)

Qix
Developer: Minakuchi Engineering Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Game Boy Released in JP: April 13, 1990 Released in US: May 1990 Released in EU: 1990 Released in AU: 1990 This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics.

A port of Taito's Qix, the game where you build squares and avoid a giant spinny vector thing. Getting a high score rewards the player with the stereotypical Marios of the world.

Unused Graphics

A mummy-wrapped Mario and an Egyptian tileset, indicating that an Egyptian ending screen was planned.

A Native American Mario and tileset, indicating a Native American ending screen was also planned.

A hula dancer. There's no Polynesian Mario or tileset, so this is all that remains.

Unused Cheat

Game Genie code 010-07F-E6A re-enables a simple cheat at the title screen: Hold A and press Start to be invincible.

(Source: cah4e3)