Running out of time will cause different things depending on what level of difficulty you are on. If you are on the easiest, an alien known as Balboa will come and attack you. He cannot be killed, and will only go away if you finish the level. All other difficulties will spawn “Sparx.” The Sparx will follow your lines and if you are on one and not drawing when it passes your location, you die. They move faster or slower depending on the difficulty yet again. If you box in a certain percent of the level (depending on the difficulty.) you win, as a massive explosion rocks the screen and bonus points are given.

The spaceship Monotros is just about to arrive home safely, when the crew discovers that a deadly alien force has beaten them home. Their mother star completely annihilated, the crew hops back in their ship to fly around the planet looking for survivors. When they come upon an S.O.S. signal, their adventure is just about to begin. Approaching the planet's surface again, our heroes discover that their last allies are under attack! Pilot the Monotros into battle against fierce alien attacks and unknown terrors in this science fiction epic. An entire star's fate rests in your hands, so use the individual strengths of the crew members to your advantage and pray for the best.

Ultimate QIX features:

• An awesome story
• Massive levels
• Arcade excitement
• Deadly firepower
• One-player action

Ultimate Qix plays much like the arcade Qix. You slowly box in an entity that is large and strong. While you are moving along your lines, you are safe from attacks, but once you press button, and begin tracing a new line segment, you lose your shield and are vulnerable. If a alien (big one or the small ones always buzzing about.) hits you, you die immediately. If your current line segment is hit, a energy ball will streak up the line and if you do not finish the segment fast, will hit you, killing you.

In Ultimate Qix you fight through 16 stages consisting of creatures of increasing difficulty on your mission to save trapped humans from under the alien planet. The story wasn't deep or complicated, it just is there to justify the game.