Quartet (video game)

Quartet
Quartet
	Master System box art
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega
Designer(s)	Rieko Kodama
Composer(s)	Katsuhiro Hayashi
Platform(s)	Arcade, Master System, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release	JP: February 1, 1986; NA: June 1986; EU: 1986;
Genre(s)	Run-and-gun shooter
Mode(s)	1-4 player multiplayer (1-2 players in ports)
Arcade system	Sega System 16

Quartet (カルテット) is a run-and-gun shooter video game released by Sega for arcades 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 side-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.^{[citation needed]}

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/cockpit arcade unit of the month.^[4] In the United States, the game topped the Play Meter arcade earnings chart in August 1986.^[5]

References[]

^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.
^ "Quartet (Registration Number PA0000290830)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Video Game Flyers: Quartet, Sega (EU)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "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.
^ "National Play Meter". Play Meter. Vol. 12 no. 14. August 15, 1986. pp. 36–7.

External links[]

Quartet at the Killer List of Videogames
Quartet at SpectrumComputing.co.uk

Quartet at arcade-history.com

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[1] Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[2] "Quartet (Registration Number PA0000290830)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[3] "Video Game Flyers: Quartet, Sega (EU)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[4] "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.

[5] "National Play Meter". Play Meter. Vol. 12 no. 14. August 15, 1986. pp. 36–7.

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