Solomon's Key - Videogame by Tecmo

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Solomon's Key

Name: Solomon's Key
Developer: Tecmo

Year: 1986
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Puzzle
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Tehkan
Settings: Solomon's Key Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [WandFireball]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Solomon's Key Description

Using magic wand to create and destroy blocks, get the key and exit the room. Gets progressively harder to figure out how to get the key and exit.

Solomon's Key was produced by Tecmo in 1986.

Tecmo released 63 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985.

Other machines made by Tecmo during the time period Solomon's Key was produced include Tee'd Off, Mighty Bomb Jack, Rygar, Argos No Senshi - Legendary Warrior, Gemini Wing, Mega Force, Quiz Kokology 2, A Round The World, 1 on 1 Government, and Happy Pierrot Dream Rail 2.

Solomon's Key - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.44 (2 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.38

     Overall 'Like': 3.50
     Fun (Social): 1.50
     Fun (Solo): 3.50
     Collector Desire: 3.50

Technical Impressions Score: 3.50

     Gameplay: 3.50
     Graphics: 3.50
     Originality: 4.00
     Sound/Music: 1.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

The main character, "Dana," must play his way through many hard action/puzzle style levels by creating and destroying bricks to walk and jump on.

Game Play

Collect ten fairies for free man. Jumping is achieved by pressing "up" on the joystick, rather than being assigned to a button.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Solomon's Key Census

There are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Common - There are approximately 28 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 9 of these machines are owned by our active Solomon's Key collectors. And of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit)., and 8 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Solomon's Key circuit board set.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings 4 Pages, 392 kB File.

Video Clips

MAMECADE 43: Solomon's Key MAME Arcade Game

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