Quarth [Model GX063]

37 Years old Arcade Video game Konami Industry Co., Ltd. [Japan]

Quarth © 1989 Konami.

A puzzle game.

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TECHNICAL

Game ID : GX063

Main CPU : KONAMI (@ 3 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

TRIVIA

Quarth was released in October 1989 in Japan.

This game is known outside Japan as Block Hole.

King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Collection Vol.2 - KICA-1016) on August 21, 1990.

STAFF

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Executive producer & programmer: Nada 89 100G
Pop visual futurist: Hiroshi Iuchi (Iuchi 1)
Demo programmer: Ishida Z80
Special visual effect: Happy Samejima
Title graphic: Ogenki Takano
Sound effects editor: Shikama
Music composed by: Kazuo Hanzawa
Processing to hard: Ueno Furukawa
Package design: Maya 2095

PORTS

CONSOLES

Nintendo Game Boy (mar.16, 1990) Quarth [Model DMG-QRJ]

Nintendo Famicom (apr.13, 1990) Quarth [Model KDS-H7]

Sony Playstation 2 (jan.26, 2006) Quarth [Oretachi Geasen Zoku] [Model SLPM-62704]

COMPUTERS

MSX 2 (mar.09, 1990) Quarth [Model RC769]

Sharp X68000 (1990) Quarth [Model RA954]

NEC PC9801 (199?)

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).