Quarantine

Description

In Quarantine, you play the part of a taxi driver, desperate to escape from the violent prison city of Kemo. Deliver passengers to their destinations, so you can earn money to upgrade your cab, and take on undercover missions in the hope that somehow you can find a way out. An impressive array of cab-mounted weaponry will help you to survive.

Alternate Titles

• "Hard Rock Cab" -- Japanese PSX title
• "Death Throttle: Kakuzetsu Toshi kara no Dasshutsu" -- Japanese Saturn title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Quarantine series
• Taxi games

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User Reviews

Futuristic Action with a great plot	DOS	Apogee IV (2361)
Let's get a cab!	DOS	Emepol (393)
Up there for best game of all time, if you can get it to work	DOS	Chad Henshaw (34)
A fast-paced, maniacal 3d 'driving' game.	DOS	RmM (66)
One of the best games I've ever played.	DOS	Sam Jeffreys (3336)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Jul 10, 2004	5 out of 5	100
PC Gamer	DOS	Dec, 1994	92 out of 100	92
GamePro	3DO	May, 1995	4.5 out of 5	90
PC Format (UK)	DOS	Dec, 1994	82 out of 100	82
Game Players	3DO	Jun, 1995	80 out of 100	80
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	3DO	Jul, 1995	6 out of 10	60
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	3DO	May, 1995	5.8 out of 10	58
High Score	DOS	Apr, 1995	2 out of 5	40
Coming Soon Magazine	3DO	Apr, 1995		40
Joystick	3DO	May, 1995	70 out of 100	30

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Trivia

The CD version of Quarantine includes a great soundtrack, featuring 11 Australian bands. There is no mention of this soundtrack in the manual, and there is only a brief/incomplete credit list at the end of the game. Here, then, is the complete soundtrack listing:

01. Berlin Chair         - You Am I
02. The Driver Is You    - The Fauves
03. The Wahooti Fandango - Custard
04. Ingrown              - Smudge
05. Lie Down Forever     - Godstar
06. Snail Trail          - Screamfeeder
07. Uranium Watch        - The Daisygrinders
08. Weak Will            - Underground Lovers
09. Whirlwind            - Hellmenn
10. Yellow Beam          - Crow
11. Now You Know         - Sidewinder

You can buy CDs by (nearly all of) these bands at Greg's Music World: http://www.musicworld.com.au/

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GameTek released a sequel in 1995: "Quarantine II: Road Warrior".