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Quartet (カルテット)

Released in 1986

Member Rating


(3 total votes)

Manufacturer: Sega
Developer: Sega
Distributor: Sega

Mame ROM Info
quartet, Quartet

Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
320 x 224
Colors
2080, Color
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
2D
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
'Quartet' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Gauntlet-style shoot-em-eup.

Hardware Info

68000 cpu @ 10 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 4.096 Mhz
N7751 cpu @ 0.4 Mhz
YM-2151 audio @ 4.096 Mhz
DAC audio

Hardware Platform: Sega System 1A

Game Details

Up to four players can play. Similar to Gauntlet in gameplay. Screen scrolls left or right. Shoot at robots, bad guys, ships, and missiles. Players need a key to progress to the next level, which you have to get by defeating the end boss for the level. Lots of voices in the game with tons of sprites.

The boards used for Quartet and Quartet 2 are the same, with the only difference being 7 of the PROMs used (these determine the game wiring and how many simultanous players can play at once).

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by teletranone. Comment: "I saw this game at a pizza place here in california with two other kids that I used to buddy around with at that time and we were like adicts! every quarter we had would go into that game! One day we walked in the pizza place to foind out that the game was gone!!!Ever since then I never saw the game again! That was around 86/87 and I think they should put the actual arcade version of this game on xbox as well as the other game sets!!!! one of the best games I ever played during my childhood!" (2005-11-07 19:44:05Z)

by radbud. Comment: "Man, I love this game. 1986 was Sega's coin-op heyday in my opinion. This game was filled with a voice that I like to call the "Sega excited announcer." If you've ever heard Space Harrier's "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone, GET READY!" then you know what I'm talking about. The music is so catchy I still find myself humming it almost 20 years later. Beware though...it is a quarter muncher as it has no ending, the maps constantly change and regenerate." (2004-01-27 15:14:01Z)

by erikthe10man. Comment: "Highly underrated Gauntlet clone that sucked down many of my quarters in the mid-80's. The high level of challenge scared away many people due to the high $ loss from continuing constantly. Some cool power-ups for the time period - one of Sega's best." (2004-01-18 15:37:13Z)

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'Quartet' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Quartet' title screen
title screen
'Quartet' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Quartet' control panel
control panel
'Quartet' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

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SEGA 4-Player Interface Quartet Pinouts Sega<Sun, May 1986 ----------------------------------------------------------- Component Side | Solder Side ----------------------------+------------------------------ Gnd 1 | A Gnd Gnd 2 | B Gnd +5V 3 | C +5V +5V 4 | D +5V +12V 5 | E +12V Coin Meter 1 6 | F Coin Meter 2 N/C 7 | H
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/quartet.txt - 13 K - Updated 1996.04.04
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/sega_2..txt
SEGA 4-Player Interface Quartet, ----------------------------------------------------------- Component Side | Solder Side ----------------------------+------------------------------ Gnd 1 | A Gnd Gnd 2 | B Gnd +5V 3 | C +5V +5V 4 | D +5V +12V 5 | E +12V Coin Meter 1 6 | F Coin Meter 2 N/C 7 | H N/C
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/sega_2..txt - 1 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/quartet.ii.txt
QUARTET.II SOLDER SIDE COMP SIDE ----------------------------------------------------- A GND 1 GND B GND 2 GND C +5V 3 +5V D +5V 4 +5V E +12V 5 +12V F CTR 2 6 CTR 1 H KEY 7 KEY J 8 K PL 2 JUMP
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/quartet.ii.txt - 3 K - Updated 1995.07.31
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quartet.txt
Quartet Sega/Sun, May 1986 -------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Component Side | Solder Side ----------------------------+------------------------------ Gnd 1 | A Gnd Gnd 2 | B Gnd +5V 3 | C +5V +5V 4 | D +5V +12V 5 | E +12V Coin Meter 1 6 | F Coin Meter 2 N/C 7
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quartet.txt - 5 K - Updated 2003.01.06
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