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Solomon's Key

PlatformPuzzleArcade

Released

Jul 22, 1987

14,348 days ago
Platforms
  • Wii U
  • 3DS
  • Wii
  • NES
  • Family Computer
  • +1
Ratings

Not rated yet

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Sep 19, 20134,792 days ago
    • 3DS
  2. May 9, 20134,925 days ago
    • Wii U
  3. Nov 19, 20067,288 days ago
    • Wii
  4. Jul 22, 198714,348 days ago
    • NES

About

The NES port of Solomon's Key, a puzzle game developed by Tecmo in 1986 for arcade on custom hardware based on the Z80 chipset. The game is generally recognized as one of the most difficult games to appear on the NES. The player, controlling a sorcerer known only as Dana must overcome unlimited enemy spawning, challenging level designs, a countdown timer, instant death from any physical contact with enemies, and limited ways to dispatch enemies.

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Game info

Released
1986 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Age ratings

  • CLASS INDLNo content descriptors

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––

Themes & tags

Release dates by region

13 releases in 4 regions

north america

europe

japan

australia

  • Dec 15, 2006Wii

The Solomon's Key series

All 5 games
  1. Solomon's Key1986
  2. Solomon's Club1991
  3. Fire 'n Ice1992

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Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.