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Title: A long shot...
Post by: pyrobrit on April 28, 2002, 02:26:34 pm

Hi all,

I'm looking for the name of a game that I used to play in 1986/7 when Gauntlet was the popular game.

It was based on four players in the future battling aliens in a horizontal platform layout.  Just like Gauntlet, health was increased by feeding the coin slot and each player had a unique weapon/armour etc.

Does anyone out there know what I am talking about?  ???

Regards

Nick.W

Title: Re: A long shot...
Post by: big10p on April 28, 2002, 05:02:19 pm

Quartet?

Title: Re: A long shot...
Post by: JustMichael on April 28, 2002, 06:58:56 pm

I agree with big10p.  Sounds like Quartet to me also.

Title: Re: A long shot...
Post by: pyrobrit on April 29, 2002, 03:09:33 am

Thank you both  :D

That's the game.  I think my memories have over hyped it though  : :-/

Playing single player in Quartet 2 doesn't quite have that magnetic quality anymore and for some unknown reason Mame32 gives memory errors when trying to run Quartet.

Oh well, 18 years ago it was enjoyable.

Regards

Nick.W

Title: Re: A long shot...
Post by: Lilwolf on April 29, 2002, 10:51:48 am

I had the exact same feeling.  When I saw it in the WIP pages of MAME I was SO EXCITED!  But playing it really didn't do much for me afterwards.

I think it's a blast with 4 players... but kinda sucks in 1 player mode.  I haven't tried it recently with a group (wife doesn't like my arcade machine... so have to wait for friends to come over).  

I think I will give it one more chance before I drop my favorite lists

Title: Re: A long shot...
Post by: big10p on April 30, 2002, 10:55:26 am

LOL Yeah, it can be a bit disappointing when games dont look/play half as good as you remember. However, I find using a 'proper' display (arcade monitor or TV) makes all the difference - games come back to life  :)