Let's Compare ( Solomon's Key )

[@DavidP089]

Best music and sound effects award goes to the NES hands down.

[@jefdarcy]

+Dan No way, the best tune is the one you hear right at the beginning of the C64 section, before the gameplay starts.

[@dylanmcconnell409]

Sega mark III / Master system with FM sound is better visually and graphically. I have both.

[@AltairEgo1]

Agreed. On a technical level, the arcade version and Mark 3 are obviously above it. But NES's use of colors and music just seem more appealing. Mark 3's dark green backgrounds seem garish.

[@H00ps]

After seeing the DOS version, I can safely say that I fear nothing else on Earth.

[@goex4881]

i love the nes version :)

[@godgamesglyphs]

The prequel is called Fire & Ice. It was for NES

[@guyfellows2293]

check out Zipang, it's solomon's key with a different set of sprites on the PC Engine.

[@knkn5049]

magic samurai saves elephants in medieval japan - but they have different levels so why not to try...

[@GaryPhelpsII]

God, this was a great game (on the NES, anyway)!t took me four years to finish it. I remember having drawn detailed maps of every room on recycled notebook paper; you know, the kind that looked like it still had chunks of wood in it.

[@worken360]

I remember writing in the back of the original instructions where all the secret rooms were, stars of David that kind of stuff. Actually I still have those instructions.👍

[@GaryPhelpsII]

worken360 if I had put as much effort into my schoolwork as I did this game, then I wouldn’t be working a s**tty factory job right now 🤷‍♂️

[@mtgAzim]

NES is what i played it on as a... youngling... still the best methinks

[@danmanx2]

Very original series! I grew up with the NES version. I had no clue about stage 2 for some of the platforms had the red fire demons instead of the whirling demon. That increases stage difficulty tenfold. I agree also. NES version had great control.

[@ostradiemgi5469]

There was also a game for the GBC using the Monster Rancher license.

[@JamieBainbridge]

I think you slowed the DOS version down a bit too much, or perhaps it's a flaw in DOSBox's playing of the game. I had this for DOS back in 1988, it played much smoother and the music was the intended speed, even on a 286.

[@jimmywatson8687]

yes, i remember the music lot faster

[@josepzin]

MS-DOS version... THE HORROR!! :D

[@LeShark75]

Cracking Arcade game here. That Sega MKIII version seems nice.

[@MegaSnake76]

The gameboy version I think was the best 1 :) I still have mine lol and yes still damn hard to this day lol

[@Loading_Nostalgia]

I love the DOS version of this game, specially the music

[@videogameobsession]

Actually Tim did. Michiharu Hasutani composed the original arcade version. So as I was saying I like what Tim did with the sound effects and music on the NES port. PS: Tim is a wizard.

[@01chippe]

NES is the best version. The music and sound is miles above the others. It’s my favorite NES game.

[@videogameobsession]

It's based on Hasutani's arcade soundtrack and doesn't stray. Yes it's uncommon for Tim not to go off on musical tangents, but his Lemmings PSP soundtrack doesn't sound like hhim either. I guess there is a chance it wasn't him, but on many of the official NSF tagging DAT's they show: "Solomon's Key (1986)(Tim Follin - Tecmo)(26 Songs)[With SFX].nsf" I think it sounds like his work. Nice multilayer-ed and thick sounding that he could pull off.

[@miertjestoer9525]

How is the E shop or the game boy version? Thanks!

[@videogameobsession]

I still think the NES version is even better than the arcade version. The controls are tighter and I like what Tim Follin has done with the sound effects and music.

[@wingnut4427]

There wasn't one. I searched everywhere but it didn't turn up. Now, that's not to say that there isn't an ST port over done as a home brew out there.. I just couldn't find it or evidence of it's existence.

[@Abrimaal]

A great game. Thanks for it.

[@ZarzuelaTheRhynochetos]

Actually SMS is the American version of Sega Mark III.

[@jesusantoniososaherrera2217]

I think some release dates are wrong

[@Alianger]

lol, the sound is so cheesy in the windows remake.

[@kevin12567]

CGA and beeper sound...How bad we had it back then...

[@JohnDuff_59]

Solomon's Club Game Boy is a remake, not a port.

[@godgamesglyphs]

that was a good game.

[@Hyper_Egret]

The fairyes in the MS-DOS version are like birds or something lol

[@wrestletube1]

Let's Compare Captain Planet. AMIGA & ST versions for the win.

[@josepzin]

Amiga version?

[@jrlepage2a03]

I'll be the first to say Tim Follin is a genius, but until you provide a source for your claim, I'll refuse to believe he scored Solomon's Key (NES). This is absolutely unlike any of his many other NES soundtracks (and much lower quality work).

[@frazzleboy]

i love the arcade and the c64 versions best( only my opinion)

[@navihey]

DOS version is all baby blue and pink

[@jrlepage2a03]

Follin didn't score the NES version of Solomon's Key... Michiharu Hasutani did.

[@doctorx0079]

Best is surely Sega Mark III, followed by arcade and NES.

[@Martincic2010]

Zx spectrum version is pretyy good

[@thesman32]

i was never really a fan of this game i liked (spherical) better,same type of game but i liked the music and gameplay better.

[@one7decimal2eight]

Wow, the windows remake somehow sucks more than the nes version.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Yikes, even the Spectrum version was better than the MSDOS version!

[@schtolteheim]

Zipang -- PC-Engine

[@Hexagonaal]

I remembered the C64 version being really impressive, but it turns out that I was thinking of this "clone": kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4GUhJ-Ka9p7hdU

[@wrestletube1]

Nah. It had one of the the worst most out of tune wobbly music on C64 I have ever heard on the system which normally has very good sound.