Quartet (video game)
Quartet (カルテット) is a 1986 video game released in arcades by Sega in 1986. Quartet allows one to four players to guide a set of characters through a base taken over by an army of robots. Players control either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue), or Edgar (green) across a number of sideways-scrolling levels. The object of the game is to advance through the level, fighting opponents that come out of portals in the walls, and eventually defeat a boss that carries the door key used to open the "exit door" for the level.
| Quartet | |
|---|---|
 Master System box art | |
| Developer(s) | Sega (Arcade and SMS), Probe Software (other versions) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega (Arcade and SMS), Activision (other versions) |
| Designer(s) | Rieko Kodama |
| Composer(s) | Katsuhiro Hayashi |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Master System, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | April 1986[1] |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | 1-4 player multiplayer (1-2 players in ports) |
| Cabinet | Upright, sit-down, cocktail |
| Arcade system | Sega System 16 |
The game was ported to the Master System, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Quartet on their May 1, 1986 issue as being the second most-successful upright arcade unit of the year.[2]
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References
- http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=quartet&page=detail&id=2101
- "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 283. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 May 1986. p. 19.
External links
- Quartet at the Killer List of Videogames
- Quartet at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Quartet at arcade-history.com
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