Solomon's Key

For other uses, see Key of Solomon (disambiguation).
Solomon's Key
NES cover art
Developer(s)Tecmo
Probe Software (computers)
Aisystem Tokyo (Master System)
Publisher(s)Tecmo
U.S. Gold (computers)
Designer(s)Michitaka Tsuruta
Platform(s)Arcade, NES, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, IBM PC, Master System, PC Engine, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Release
1986
  • Arcade
    1986
    NES/Famicom
    • EU: March 30, 1990
    C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST
    IBM PC
    Master System
    PC Engine
    • JP: December 14, 1990
    Famicom Disk System
    • JP: January 25, 1991
    Game Boy
    • JP: April 5, 1991
    • NA: April 1991
    • EU: 1991
    Virtual Console
    Wii (NES)
    • AU: December 15, 2006
    Wii (Arcade)
    • JP: August 18, 2009
    • EU: September 11, 2009
    • NA: November 30, 2009[7]
    Nintendo 3DS (NES)
    Wii U (NES)
    Nintendo Switch Online (NES)
    • WW: October 10, 2018
    Arcade Archives
    PS4 (Arcade)
    • JP: September 4, 2014
    • NA: September 15, 2015
    Nintendo Switch (Arcade)
    • WW: June 6, 2019
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Solomon's Key (ソロモンの鍵, Soromon no Kagi) is a puzzle game developed by Tecmo in 1986 for an arcade release on custom hardware based on the Z80 chipset. It was ported to multiple systems including the Nintendo Entertainment System and Commodore 64. The PC Engine version was known as Zipang and the Game Boy version as Solomon's Club. A prequel, Solomon's Key 2, was released in 1992 for the NES. The NES version of the game was also released in emulated form on Virtual Console for the Wii in 2006, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in 2013 and later to Nintendo Switch Online in 2018.

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