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{{Infobox
|title=Solomon's Key
|image=Solomon's Key FC flyer.jpg
|image=Solomon's Key FC flyer.jpg
|title=Solomon's Key
|japanese=ソロモンの鍵 (''Solomon no Kagi'')
|developer=[[Tecmo]]
|developer=[[Tecmo]]
|publisher=[[Tecmo]]
|publisher=[[Tecmo]]
|year=1986
|distributor=[[Wii Virtual Console]], [[3DS Virtual Console]]
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|japanese=ソロモンの鍵 (''Solomon no Kagi'')
|ratings={{CERO|A}}{{ESRB|E}}{{PEGI|3}}{{OFLC|G}}
|title1=Arcade Archives Solomon's Key
|developer1=[[Tecmo]]
|publisher1=[[Hamster Corporation]]
|year1=2014
|systems1={{syslist|ps4|switch}}
|genre=[[Action]], [[Puzzle]]
|genre=[[Action]], [[Puzzle]]
|systems=[[Arcade]], [[Sega Master System]], [[NES]], [[Famicom Disk System]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Commodore 64/128]], [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]], [[Atari ST]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS]]
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|players=1-2
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
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|series=Solomon's Key
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'''Solomon's Key''' (known in Japan as Solomon no Kagi) is an action-puzzle game developed and published by [[Tecmo]] in [[1986]] as an arcade game on custom hardware based on the Zilog Z80 chipset. The game is better known as a [[1987]] port to the [[NES]], although it also appeared on many other game systems of the time, including many popular European home computers, as well as a Japanese only release for the [[Sega Master System]] (known in Japan as the Sega Mark III). The NES port was later released for the [[Wii Virtual Console]] in 2006.
'''Solomon's Key''' (known in Japan as Solomon no Kagi) is a puzzle game developed by [[Tecmo]] in [[1986]] for arcade release on custom hardware based on the Z80 chipset. It is better known as a [[1987]] port to the [[NES]], although it also appeared on many other game systems of the time, including many popular European home computers, and a Japanese only release for the [[Sega Master System]] (known in Japan as the Sega Mark III). The NES conversion was released for the [[Wii Virtual Console]] in 2006.
 
Solomon's Key is generally recognized as one of the most difficult games 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.


Solomon's Key is recognized as one of the most difficult games 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 is easy for the player 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 game. The ending also changes slightly depending on which secret levels the player finds and completes, if any.
The main character, Dana is sent to retrieve "Solomon's Key" to restore the world to light from demons that were accidentally released. The object of the game is to advance through the 50 rooms of "Constellation Space" by acquiring a key to the door that leads to the next room before a timer runs out. The game incorporates elements of the platform shooter genre. Dana can run, jump, create or destroy orange blocks adjacent to him as well as create fireballs to destroy demons. The orange blocks can also be destroyed by jumping into them twice. Along the way Dana can acquire items to upgrade his firepower and extra lives as well as items that award bonus points and unlock hidden rooms. With certain items, Dana must make, then break blocks (sometimes in a certain manner) to make these appear.


The main character, Dana, is sent to retrieve "Solomon's Key" to restore the world to light from demons that were accidentally released. The object of the game is to advance through 50 rooms of the "Constellation Space" by acquiring a key to the door that leads to the next room before the timer runs out. The game incorporates various elements of the platform-shooter genre; Dana can run, jump, create or destroy orange blocks adjacent to him, as well as create fireballs to destroy demons. The orange blocks can also be destroyed by jumping into them twice. Along the way Dana can acquire items to upgrade his firepower and extra lives, as well as items that award bonus points and unlock hidden rooms. To acquire particular items, Dana must make, then break blocks (sometimes in a certain manner) to make them appear.
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<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Solomon's Key FC box.jpg|Famicom box art.
Image:Solomon's Key FC box.jpg|Famicom box art
File:Solomon's Key NES box.jpg|NES box art.
Image:Solomon's Key NES box.jpg|NES box art
File:Solomon's Key SMS box.jpg|Sega Mark III box art.
Image:Solomon's Key SMS box.jpg|Sega Mark III box art
File:Solomon's Key C64 box.jpg|European computer box art.
Image:Solomon's Key C64 box.jpg|European computer box art
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</gallery>


==Story==
== Story ==
[[File:Solomon's Key title.png|thumb|right|Arcade title screen.]]
[[Image:Solomon's Key title.png|thumb|right|Arcade title screen]]
When the world was still in a state of chaos, evil spirits roamed the world freely and rioted. The magic document "Solomon's Key" was the product of the great King Solomon's magical research. It described how the evil spirits were confined to the underground constellation Miya. Centuries later, one man sought to prove the existence of Solomon's Key. He discovered constellation Miya at last and arrived at the Solomon's Key. He took the magical document, and in the next moment, evil spirits overflowed and the world and time were torn! The world reverted back into its earlier chaotic state, and became a kingdom of darkness, governed by the evil spirits. The king of the lilac garden fairies Yutora ordered magician Dana to perform the restoration of the world. Dana has now broken into the unexplored region of the dangerous constellation Miya where the Solomon's Key was stolen.
When the world was still in a state of chaos, evil spirits roamed the world freely and rioted. The magic document "Key of Solomon" was the product of great King Solomon's magical research. It described how the evil spirits were confined to the underground constellation Miya. Centuries later, one man sought to prove the existence of Solomon's Key. He discovered constellation Miya at last and arrived at Solomon's Key. He took the magical document, and in the next moment, evil spirits overflowed and the world and time were torn! The world reverted back into its earlier chaotic state, and became a kingdom of the darkness, governed by evil spirits. The king of the lilac garden fairies Yutora ordered magician Dana to perform the restoration of the world. Dana has now broken into the unexplored region of the dangerous constellation Miya where the Solomon's Key was stolen.
 
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