2000 Quantic Dream
Platform: Dreamcast
A short post on a cancelled Dreamcast adventure game that was in development by Quantic Dream back in 2000, following on from their Omikron development. Below is a magazine article and several screenshots from the game.
Quark was aiming to build upon the failures of Omikron, and go for a more diverse and engaging story, as well as fix other issues. The game itself would be set within two different worlds (the colourful fantasy world Quark, and the dark and gloomy London!), with you controlling a protagonist called Waki in Quark, and his sister in London.
The two protagonists keep in contact throughout the game through their dreams. The magazine article from NextGen magazine described the title as being like Zelda with some Banjo-Kazooie-style action sequences. The interesting twist would be with the puzzle solving between both players and across both their worlds.
Why was it cancelled? We’re unsure at the moment, but as Quantic Dream seem to still be going strong today – we assume it must have been due to the platform dying out. If that was the case, then why the rumoured PS2 edition as well?
Here are the screens and shots below, but you can also find other screenshots over at our friends at Unseen64 and their page on the game. Some scans have come from https://segaretro.org/File:DCUK_UK_09.pdf
In October 2025, SEGA Dreamcast preservationist and historian Romain Villez created a fantastic deep dive into the game, contacting various people who worked on the project. We highly recommend checking out to learn more about what happened and to also see many assets shared by those involved:
With thanks to Karl Kuras for the heads up, Ross Sillifant for the extra scans and Romain Villez for the detailed deep dive on the game (linked above).
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Voici, le post d’un dosiiser que je viens de réaliser sur toute l’histoire du jeu unreleased Quark, merci les developpeurs :
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/romain-villez-21280621b_quanticdream-quark-prototype-activity-7379902149406765056-5m91?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADd4ea4BJDQK79vPx0llbNA12UG6jC-0v1E
Merci Romain ! J’ai vu ton article l’autre jour et j’allais y ajouter un lien. Je m’en charge tout de suite. Bravo pour ton travail et toutes tes recherches ! C’était super d’en savoir plus sur le titre.