Quester

Quester is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1987 only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 1 hardware, and represents the company's response to Taito's Arkanoid (which was released in the previous year). However, its graphics and sound are considered superior due to the 16-bit System 1 board's 5121-colour palette, eight-channel waveform PSG, YM-3012 DAC and YM-2151 FM sound chip.

As with many other ball-and-paddle games, the player must take control of a paddle at the bottom of the screen and use it to deflect a ball into the formation of bricks above it. Some bricks will release special powerups when destroyed that can increase the size of the paddle, generate several extra balls and even create a line below the paddle to stop the ball from going out of play when collected.