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Quartet

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…

31 December 1986

Quartet is an arcade developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 31 December 1986 on Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Quartet is

Quartet is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1986. It was published by Activision. It is available on Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Quartet launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Quartet come out?
Quartet was released on 31 December 1986 for Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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