PrinceWatercress plays Quartet (SMS) - Part 3 of 3

This game is short, but it can be difficult.

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Round 5

Grab the medicine and get past as many of the balls as you can, and make sure you grab that clock to freeze the enemies, too. You need to get to the underworld as soon as possible.

The underworld is a maze. When you enter, keep jumping in place and shooting to the left. One of the blocks will contain the final star that you need to pick up to enter Round 6.

From here, fight your way to the jetpack and make your way to the left. You'll find the boss above the exit. You'll need to shoot him in the head while avoiding not only the projectiles that the boss spits out, but also the balls that are bouncing around. Don't be surprised if you lose a life here. At least you'll have 10,000 energy points again if you die.

Once you beat the boss and get the key, you'll then have to back up a bit and make a path to the exit below. With the balls from the high road bouncing around and the rest of the enemies moving about, that's not easy. You'll have to off-screen the walls that you have to shoot through on the high road just to keep the balls from chasing you, then fight your way across the low road to get there.

Round 6

There are four statues that you'll need to destroy in order to enter the boss door on the far-left side of the underworld. The surface world has a gray wall, while the underworld has a light blue wall.

There are two statues in each world: a left statue and a right statue. You'll need to destroy these statues in the following order:

1. Underworld, right statue

2. Surface world, right statue

3. Surface world, left statue

4. Underworld, left statue

When you shoot the correct statue, the head will fly off and fly around in a figure-eight like pattern while the body shoots flame projectiles that will track you. If you shoot the body six times, the head will freeze in place and the body will stop firing briefly, and you can take the opportunity to destroy the head. With all the enemies that are flying around, this isn't easy.

When you destroy the left statue in the underworld, go through the door on the far-left side of the underworld. Grab the jetpack if you don't have it and fly up and down on the right side of the screen. You'll need to keep firing at the security system in the center while avoiding all of the projectiles that fly to your current position when fired, and you'll also want to stagger your movements to give yourself more room to maneuver as well as avoid the projectiles.

Eventually, you'll destroy all five of the turrets and destroy the security system. You'll recover the princess'  casket (even though the princess is called the queen in the manual) and beat the game. You just beat Quartet!