Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Game Boy
Dec 1990
16th Mar 1990
3DS (3DS eShop)
- 27th Sep 2012, $2.99
- 22nd Feb 2012, ¥400
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Quarth (3DS eShop / GB)
Break it down
Originally released for the Game Boy in 1990, Konami's Quarth takes the presentation of a Space Invaders-type shooter, and instead gives us a puzzle game. As tempting as it might be to enter these stages with guns blazing, what Quarth actually requires is a healthy amount of foresight and on-the-fly problem solving. It's not without...
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Quarth News
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th January)
I have fury!
Hello folks, and welcome to the year 2025! It's cold, rainy, and there's still no sign of flying cars. Still, it's the year that Nintendo's new hardware will finally be revealed (and hopefully released), so we're inclined to believe that it's going to be a good one. It's been a bit quiet in terms of news, but there have been a couple...
News Konami's Puzzle Shooter Block Hole Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release
Better known as Quarth
This week's arcade archives release is the puzzle shoot 'em up Block Hole by Konami. It's available now on the Switch eShop. Block Hole was originally launched in Japanese arcades in 1989 and was sold in this region as Quarth. Home version releases, like the 1990 Game Boy title, went with the name Quarth globally. Here's...
Nintendo Download 27th September 2012 (North America)
Denpa men, a Game Boy classic and some Real Bout Newcomers
After the confirmation of Europe's somewhat disappointing selection of Nintendo Download titles, you might be forgiven for expecting the North American update to be similarly lackluster. However, Nintendo has pulled out all the stops to deliver a varied selection of titles - the details of...
News Quarth is Blasting Onto the 3DS Virtual Console Soon
Think of it as Tetris X Space Invaders
The slow drip-feed of Game Boy titles on the 3DS Virtual Console may frustrate some that would prefer a deluge, but we can confirm — thanks to our source at Nintendo of America — another title from the extensive back catalogue that's due to arrive in the next couple of weeks. This time around it's Quarth,...
About The Game
Quarth is a puzzle game in which players control a ship at the bottom of the screen, firing squares at incomplete shapes in order to clear them before they reach the bottom.
Originally released on Game Boy in 1990, arriving on the 3DS Virtual Console in February 2012, it's now on the way to North America.
Comments 4
Getting this today..
Great little puzzle shooter.
http://youtu.be/Sf5rVTWWTHA
This game looks amazing!
One of the few import cartridges I had, courtesy of my dad who often took business trips to Japan. Really addictive from what I remember, but at the time I had no idea how powerups worked, heh.
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