<s>
is	O
a	O
1987	O
block	B-Application
breaker	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Namco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Toru	O
Iwatani	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
Taito	O
's	O
1986	O
arcade	O
title	O
Arkanoid	B-Device
,	O
which	O
helped	O
revive	O
the	O
block	B-Application
breaker	I-Application
genre	O
and	O
inspire	O
waves	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
clone	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Quester	B-Application
:	O
Special	O
Edition	O
,	O
featuring	O
levels	O
designed	O
by	O
readers	O
of	O
Namco	O
's	O
press	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Wii	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Namco	O
Quester	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quester	B-Application
is	O
a	O
block	B-Application
breaker	I-Application
video	O
game	O
,	O
often	O
compared	O
to	O
Taito	O
's	O
Arkanoid	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
stages	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
other	O
Namco	O
video	O
game	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
Galaxian	B-Application
flagship	I-Application
,	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
Rainbow	O
Block	O
from	O
Cutie	B-Application
Q	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collecting	O
a	O
Special	O
Flag	O
from	O
Rally-X	B-Application
will	O
award	O
the	O
player	O
an	O
extra	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quester	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1987	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
Japan	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Toru	O
Iwatani	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Shinji	O
Noguchi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
rival	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Taito	O
's	O
1986	O
game	O
Arkanoid	B-Device
,	O
which	O
helped	O
revive	O
the	O
block	B-Application
breaker	I-Application
genre	O
and	O
spark	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
competition	O
in	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
dedicated	O
to	O
Shouichi	O
Fukatani	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
at	O
Namco	O
who	O
died	O
in	O
1985	O
and	O
helped	O
create	O
several	O
earlier	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
Quester	B-Application
:	O
Special	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
altered	O
level	O
designs	O
that	O
were	O
submitted	O
by	O
readers	O
of	O
Namco	O
Community	O
Magazine	O
NG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
their	O
Quester	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
seventeenth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mari	O
Yamakawa	O
of	O
Gamest	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
easier	O
than	O
other	O
similar	O
block	B-Application
breaker	I-Application
games	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
more	O
accessible	O
for	O
newer	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
,	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
listed	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
Breakout	B-Application
clones	I-Application
,	O
although	O
would	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
as	O
"	O
bloody	O
hard	O
"	O
and	O
for	O
not	O
doing	O
anything	O
ambitious	O
with	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
claiming	O
it	O
was	O
likely	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
its	O
confinement	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
