Ixion

Ixion is an Atari 2600 action game developed by Jeff Lorenz and published by Sega. Players must collect five white squares scattered across each screen and spell “Ixion” before time runs out.

Only some squares are visible at the start of a level. To reveal the rest, players move a brown sphere over empty squares by shooting or ramming into it. The sphere then bounces around the screen, uncovering squares and destroying enemies before coming to a stop.

Enemy drones attempt to destroy the player’s ship. Their shots destroy tiles, while defeated drones also remove the tile beneath them, making navigation more difficult.