Antix (computer game)

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title = Antix


developer = Dmitry Pavlovsky, effects Vadim Gerasimov
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designer = Dmitry Pavlovsky
license = abandonware/freeware
released = 1985
genre = Arcade
modes = Single player
platforms = MS-DOS
input = keyboard

"Antix" is a computer game, developed by Dmitry Pavlovsky, one of the original developers of the video game "Tetris", and realised in 1985.".Gerasimov, Vadim. [http://vadim.oversigma.com/Tetris.htm Tetris Story] . Accessed December 30, 2007.] The game was named "Antix" by Dmitry, what is short for "Antixonix", because it was a version of a game "Xonix".

The game had an inverted hidden play field. It was first developed for the Elektronika 60 and then ported to PC by Dmitry and Vadim Gerasimov. "Xonix" was very popular at Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, where Dmitry was a computer engineer, and in Moscow before Tetris was made.

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