Tecmo's Famicom version of Solomon's Key. Create and destroy blocks to navigate tricky puzzles. Timeless concept, difficult to master. A classic of demanding puzzle games.
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American version of the Solomon's Key puzzle-action game featuring Dana creating flame blocks. Published by Tecmo, released in the USA in 1987. American version of Tecmo's Solomon's Key on NES.
The American NES edition of Tecmo's puzzle-action game, released in 1987 a year after the Famicom original. It was this more widely distributed Western version through which Solomon's Key built its reputation among English-speaking players. Common in loose form and reasonably priced, its interest lies mainly in the Tecmo cart and the game's standing as a puzzle-action landmark on the console stateside.
Is Solomon's Key still worth playing in 2026?
A puzzle action from Tecmo, Solomon no Kagi stars the wizard Dana who solves rooms by creating and destroying blocks at will to carve a path, fight monsters and reach the key then the exit. The block creation concept, of remarkable elegance and depth, demands thought and timing in a fearsome difficulty. The impeccable logic makes it a peak of puzzle action. For a demanding retro brain teaser fan, someone curious about a Tecmo classic or a collector, the title keeps an intact intelligence and challenge.
