Quartet (8751 315-5194) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Quartet © 1986 Sega.

A platform shoot-em-up hybrid from Sega for one to four players, selected from either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue) and Edgar (green). The action takes place over a number of sideways scrolling levels, the bulk of which consist of straightforward platform action. On some levels, however, there are jet packs for the players to collect, and the gameplay's emphasis switched to that of a standard, sideways scrolling shoot-em-up.

The object of the game is to destroy an army of robots that have taken over an Earth colony satellite station. Each level has a boss character that must be destroyed. Upon its death it releases a door key that must be used to exit the level. Weapon and character power-ups can be collected to aid players in their task.

Due to its potential for four-player shoot-em-up gameplay, Quartet's gameplay feels vaguely similar to (though by no means as accomplished as) Atari's 1985 classic, "Gauntlet".

TECHNICAL
Runs on Sega "System 16A" hardware.
Game ID: 315-5194

Players: 4
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2

TRIVIA
Released in April 1986.

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Sega Game Music Vol.2 - 28XA-108) on 25/02/1987.

STAFF
Music composed by: Katsuhiro Hayashi (Funkey K.H)
From highscore table: YAS, IDA, KEN, MIY, AGU, CHI, OOO, TOM, KAW, Reiko Kodama (REI), KAW, TOH, Katsuhiro Hayashi (HAY), HON, UCH, JOE, LEE, EDG, MAR

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

Sega Master System (1987, "Double Target")
Sega Master System (1987, "Quartet")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Sega AGES 2500 Series Vol. 21 SDI & Quartett ~SEGA System 16 Collection Vol.1~")

• COMPUTERS:

Commodore C64 (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
Amstrad CPC (1987)

• OTHERS:

Mobile phones (2002)

CONTRIBUTE
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