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Quartet
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Name: Quartet Developer: Sega Year: 1986 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Quartet Pinout Settings: Quartet Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 4
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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 Photo contributed by: Michael Montoya
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Quartet DescriptionHuman characters collect guns and power-ups to destroy a variety of robots in a space base. Defeat the boss character and collect the key to unlock the base's door and move on to the next level. Up to four people may join in on the fun.Quartet was produced by Sega in 1986. Sega released 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Other machines made by Sega during the time period Quartet was produced include Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Dump Matsumoto, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Bank Panic, 4-D Warriors, Albegas, Choplifter, and Angel Kids. Quartet - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.33 (4 votes)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe four-player Quartet was only made as a dedicated game while the two-player Quartet 2 was sold only as a conversion kit. Beyond that, the games are exactly the same. Quartet cabinets were often converted to other four-player games, so finding a dedicated machine can be somewhat difficult.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
ConversionThis game can be converted to the two-player Quartet 2 by swapping ROM boards. This conversion will require a Quartet 2 wiring harness, since the ROM boards determine the game board's pinouts.Game IntroductionThe game has side-scrolling action and a Gauntlet-like join-in type play. The four characters each have a different name and wear a different color. They are Joe yellow, Mary red, Lee blue and Edgar green.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Quartet CensusThere are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).Common - There are approximately 31 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 13 of these machines are owned by our active Quartet collectors. And of these, 7 are original dedicated machines, and 6 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Quartet machine for sale. Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Quartet. This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe wiring for this game is set up so each player is required to use a specific set of joysticks and buttons, while Quartet 2 allows two players to select whatever characters they would like to play during the game.Legacy
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Quartet Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Sega for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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