Quester is a platform, released 1 October 1987 on Arcade.
What Quester is
Quester was released in 1987. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As with many other ball-and-paddle games (including Namco's own Gee Bee trilogy), the player must take control of a paddle at the bottom of the screen, and move it left and right to deflect a ball into the formation of bricks above it (and if you can keep that ball in play for a preset period of time, it will split into three balls) - certain bricks will also leave powerups when destroyed that will increase the size of the paddle, generate several extra balls in force-field when the initial ball goes into it and even create a line below the paddle that will prevent the balls from going out of play when collected. The seventh, fourteenth, twenty-first and twenty-eighth rounds are also "bonus…
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Quester launched on 1 October 1987, within three weeks of Maniac Mansion, International Karate + and Time Soldiers.
Released around the same time: Maniac Mansion, International Karate +, Time Soldiers.
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Quick answers
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When did Quester come out?
Quester was released on 1 October 1987 for Arcade.
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