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Quester

クエースター
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Description

Move a paddle left and right across the bottom of the screen deflecting a ball to hit bricks. Some bricks contain special power-ups to enhance play.

Quester was produced by Namco in 1987.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Quester was produced include: Assassin, Namco's Classic Gaming, Genpei ToumaDen, Hopping Mappy, Return Of Ishtar, The, Pac-Mania, Final Lap, Dragon Spirit, Galaga '88, and Blazer

Specs

Name Quester
Developer Namco (Japan)
Year 1987
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9197
Class Wide Release
Genre Ball and Paddle (Non Breakout)
Monitor
Conversion Class Namco System 1 - JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Rotary: Optical
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire/Release Ball
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

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Trivia

This game is pretty much the same as Taito's Arkanoid.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Quester Census

There are 15,368 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,369 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Very rare - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Quester collector. It is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

The game's hardware is a Namco System 1 board. It uses a three 6809 processors, a 63701 MCU, and many custom ICs. For sound it uses a Namco 8 channel stereo wavedata PSG, a YM3012 DAC, and a YM2151 FM sound chip.

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