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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Okay, the last day of Christmas is past, so I've removed the Christmas bonanza from the title, but I've still got a pile of games that I'd meant to post over the Christmas period.; some abandonware titles and some open source games. I will endevour to post all of them over the next week or so. :) Anyway, here's another remake of a NES game called Solomon's Key:

   Solomon’s Key (1.14Mb)

   

   Solomon's Key sees our heroic wizard Dana on a quest through many dangerous traps and monster ridden rooms to hopefully find the legendary Key of Solomon. Armed with a magic wand that can summon and destroy blocks on command Dana must use these blocks for both navigation and protection from the many monsters he will face.

   There's very little he can do to fight them. He can trap or trick some monsters with blocks and on occasion shoot fireballs acquired in jars. The focus here isn't on combat but making it through each room alive. Grab the key in each stage and make it to the door by any means possible. If you can rescue some fairies or grab some items or treasure along the way then, by all means, do so! You'll need them. Summoning and destroying blocks strategically is made much more difficult by the plentiful and varied monsters. Monsters behave differently, have the ability to kill you instantly and often they can even destroy your precious blocks. No one said this would be easy. In fact, it will seem near impossible, just like the original NES version.
   There are 47 levels for you to complete most of which are pretty challenging. The main downside to the game is that you have to save the passwords for the levels you want to restart. You can see the password for the level you are playing by pressing F4.

   

   

   

   

   Controls:

   Arrow keys for movement
   Z : create crate or destroy create
   X : Fire weapon
   F4 : Show password for level

   No install needed

   Video:

   There’s a whole pile of videos for this game, mainly walkthroughs for each level. I’ve posted a few below, so if you don’t want any spolilers just check the images out. You can see video’s HERE, HERE and HERE,

   Download:

   You can get Solomon’s Key HERE

   You can get the original HERE, but you may need to use a slowdown utility or DOSBox for it to work.

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   Posted 13 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Nice game! Thanks WR :)

   "Solomon's Key is generally recognized as one of the most difficult games to master to appear on the NES or any other platform for that matter! The player must overcome unlimited enemy spawning, challenging level designs, a countdown timer, Dana's fragility, and limited ways to dispatch enemies. In addition, it's easy for players to unintentionally make levels impossible to clear while playing them.

   Solomon's Key also has many hidden items and secret levels that are hard to find which enhances the reward for playing. The ending also slightly changes depending on which secret levels the player finds and completes, if any!"

   In some ways Solomon's Key is a sort of Boulderdash in reverse - instead of clearing a pathway to success, you have to build one. . . !

   Posted 13 years ago #

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