Quartet

n/a

Quartet

System(s): Sega System 16, Sega Master System, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

Publisher:

Sega

Activision (UK)

Proein Soft Line (ES)

Developer:

Sega R&D 1^[1]

Sega R&D 2

Probe Software

Distributor:

Sun Corporation of America (US) (Quartet 2 conversion kit)

Aaronix (TW)

Genre: Action^[2]

Number of players:

1-4

1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1986-04-10^[3]	¥?	?
JP (Quartet 2)	1986-05-10^[3]	¥?	?
US	1986	$?	?

JP	1987-01-18^[2]	¥5,0005,000	G-1314
US	1987-04^[4]		5073
EU	1987		MK-5073-50
UK	1987	£19.9519.95^[5]^[6]^[7]	MK-5073-50
AU	1987		5073
KR	19xx		GB-1314
TW	19xx		G-1314
ES (Cassette)	1987
ES (Disk)	1987
ES (The Hit Squad)	19xx
UK (Disk)	1987	£14.9914.99^[8]
UK (Cassette)	1987	£9.999.99^[8]
UK (The Hit Squad)	1990	£2.992.99^[9]
ES (Cassette)	198x
UK (Disk)	1987-06^[10]	£14.9914.99^[8]
UK (Cassette)	1987-06^[10]	£9.999.99^[8]
UK (The Hit Squad)	1990	£2.992.99^[9]
ES (Cassette)	1987
ES (The Hit Squad)	19xx
UK (Cassette)	1987
UK (The Hit Squad)	1990	£2.992.99^[9]

Quartet (カルテット) is a 1986 arcade game developed by Sega for the Sega System 16 arcade hardware.

Gameplay

Quartet is a four-player sidescrolling shoot 'em up game featuring the characters Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue) and Edgar (green), who must destroy numerous robots who have taken over a human base. In each level there is a boss, and destroying said boss grants the player a key which can be used to exit the stage.

History

Legacy

As well as being a stand-alone arcade cabinet, Sega also offered a two-player conversion kit known as Quartet 2. Both Quartet and Quartet 2 are identical, however the latter only supports up to two players on screen, while the former allows for all four.

Quartet was ported to the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Sega Master System and ZX Spectrum. The Master System release only features two players, and was hence retitled Double Target: Cynthia no Nemuri (ダブルターゲットシンシアの眠り) in Japan (as "Quartet" suggests there are four).

Some of Quartet's music was recycled for Spider-Man: The Video Game. A version of Quartet's Stage 1 theme arranged by Taito's sound team Zuntata was included as part of maimai and later available for purchase for US$1.99 for their iOS rhythm game Groove Coaster Zero. Another version of this theme appears in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade, with added lyrics.

The game was also bundled with SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative in Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 21: SDI & Quartet: Sega System 16 Collection.

Production credits

This article needs a list of production credits, either from the game itself, a manual, or other reliable source.

System 16 version

Designer: Takazumi Tomoike^[11]
Main Programmer: Kenichi Iwanaga^[12]
Programmer: Yoshiki Ooka^[13]
Artist: Rieko Kodama^[14]
Sound Creator: Katsuhiro Hayashi^[12]

Source:

Uncredited

The game also has extensive default high score entries, some of which likely reference the developers. These are all the entries before the 4 which reference the playable characters.

YAS:
IDA:
KEN: Kenichi Iwanaga
MIY:
AGU:
CHI:
OOO: Yoshiki Ooka
TOM: Takazumi Tomoike
KAW:
REI:
KAW:
TOH:
HAY: Katsuhiro Hayashi
HON: Stepan Hon
UCH:

Master System version

Artist: Rieko Kodama^[14]

Source:

Uncredited

Digital manuals

Judgment manual

Hints

Master System US hints 1 (color scan)
Master System US hints 1 (B/W scan)
Master System US hints 2 (with Astro Warrior)

Magazine articles

Main article: Quartet/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

System 16 JP flyer

PDF

System 16 US flyer

System 16 US flyer (2-player conversion kit)

Home computers print advert in (UK) #66: "April 1987" (1987-03-xx)

Home computers print advert in (UK) #69: "July 1987" (1987-06-15)
also published in:

(UK) #6.24: "Vol. 6 No. 24" (1987-06-19)^[15]

Amstrad CPC/Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum print advert in (UK) #54: "June 1990" (1990-05-xx)

Artwork

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

System 16 version

System 16, JP

System 16, US

Manual

System 16, US (2-player version)

Manual

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

(UK)

64

^[17]

(UK)

64

^[18]

(UK)

PAL

64

^[19]

(DK)

75

^[20]

(UK)

PAL

45

^[21]

(UK)

64

^[22]

(UK)

PAL

60

^[23]

(UK)

PAL

50

^[24]

(UK)

59

^[25]

(UK)

PAL

25

^[26]

(FR)

65

^[27]

	59
Based on 12 reviews

Quartet

Master System, JP
Cover
Cart

Master System, US (℠)
Cover

Master System, US (®)
Cover
Manual Poster

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, EU (English-only)
Cover

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart

Master System, TW

Cart

Master System, KR

Amstrad CPC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(UK)

40

^[9]

	40
Based on 1 review

Quartet

Amstrad CPC, UK (cassette)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, UK (disk)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, UK (The Hit Squad)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, ES (disk)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette) (The Hit Squad)
Cover

Commodore 64 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(UK)

24

^[28]

(UK)

23

^[9]

(UK)

15

^[29]

(IT)

15

^[30]

	19
Based on 4 reviews

Quartet

Commodore 64, UK (cassette)
Cover
Cassette

Commodore 64, UK (disk)
Cover

Commodore 64, UK (The Hit Squad)
Cover

Commodore 64, ES (cassette)
Cover
Cassette

ZX Spectrum version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(UK)

30

^[31]

(UK)

39

^[9]

(UK)

30

^[32]

	33
Based on 3 reviews

Quartet

ZX Spectrum, UK
Cover

ZX Spectrum, UK (The Hit Squad)
Cover
Cassette

ZX Spectrum, ES
Cover

ZX Spectrum, ES (The Hit Squad)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	e0f34fa6
MD5	63af7fce5106cc3de1e1b116c112095b
SHA-1	08a3484e862a284f6038b7cd0dfc745a8b7c6c51

128kB

Cartridge (EU/US)

?

CRC32	52b83072
MD5	ba66d377ad3a2eaa13bbc00f63f8e4e7
SHA-1	51f9ce05e383983ce1fe930ec178406b277db69c

128kB

Cartridge (JP)

References

Quartet

Music: (2005)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200904154509.2Fhttps:.2F.2Ftwitter.com.2Ftsurumy.2Fstatus.2F1301909105804677120-1] @tsurumy on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-04 15:45)

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[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-02.pdf_p81_.2883.29-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 83 (81)

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.6_02.pdf_p14-4] Computer Entertainer, "May 1987" (US; 1987-05-xx), page 14

[:File:ACE_UK_16.pdf_p166-5] ACE, "January 1989" (UK; 1989-xx-xx), page 166

[:File:CVG_UK_073.pdf_p132-6] Computer & Video Games, "November 1987" (UK; 1987-10-15), page 132

[:File:Mastertronic_UK_Catalogue_1988.pdf_p2-7] The Mastertronic Catalogue (UK; 1988), page 2

[:File:CVG_UK_069.pdf_p19-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 Computer & Video Games, "July 1987" (UK; 1987-06-15), page 19

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[https:.2F.2Fm.gamer.com.tw.2Fgnn.2Fdetail.php.3Fsn.3D23872-11] ttps://m.gamer.com.tw/gnn/detail.php?sn=23872

[http:.2F.2Fages.sega.jp.2Fvol21.2Fhome.html-12] 12.0 ^12.1 http://ages.sega.jp/vol21/home.html

[https:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F08_gg.2Finterview1.html-13] ttps://sega.jp/fb/album/08_gg/interview1.html

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220407074102.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F07_ps.2Finterview1.html-14] 14.0 ^14.1 https://sega.jp/fb/album/07_ps/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)

[:File:PCW_UK_6_24.pdf_p8-15] Popular Computing Weekly, "Vol. 6 No. 24" (UK; 1987-06-19), page 8

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.6_02.pdf_p12-16] Computer Entertainer, "May 1987" (US; 1987-05-xx), page 12

[:File:CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf_p67-17] Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 67

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p104-18] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 104

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p60-19] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 60

[:File:ComputerAction_DK_01.pdf_p34-20] Computer Action, "Juli/August 89" (DK; 1989-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p144-21] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 144

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p135-22] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 135

[:File:StheSegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p25-23] S: The Sega Magazine, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-04), page 25

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p59-24] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 59

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[:File:Zzap64_UK_028.pdf_p103-29] Zzap!64, "August 1987" (UK; 1987-07-09), page 103

[:File:Zzap_IT_46.pdf_p65-30] Zzap!, "Giugno 1990" (IT; 1990-xx-xx), page 65

[:File:CVG_UK_070.pdf_p24-31] Computer & Video Games, "August 1987" (UK; 1987-07-15), page 24

[:File:SinclairUser_UK_100.pdf_p62-32] Sinclair User, "June 1990" (UK; 1990-05-18), page 62

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Quartet

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Contents

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Production credits

System 16 version

Master System version

Digital manuals

Hints

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Photo gallery

Physical scans

System 16 version

Master System version

Amstrad CPC version

Commodore 64 version

ZX Spectrum version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References