Solomon's Key

* Notice: You can't play this game on Android 8.0

You are controlling a sorcerer known only as Dana must overcome unlimited enemy spawning, challenging level designs, a countdown timer, instant death from any physical contact with enemies, and limited ways to dispatch enemies. In addition, it is easy for players to unintentionally render levels unwinnable while playing them.

There is no saving, so if all lives are lost at level 49, the game has to be restarted from the beginning. However, a cheat code(press Up,A,B at same time at game-over screen) allows the player able to continue at the level where the last life was lost, except when used past level 41, in which case the player will restart at level 41. Solomon's Key has many hidden items and secret levels that are hard to find which enhances the reward for playing. The ending slightly changes depending on which secret levels, if any, the player finds and completes.

The main character, named 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 hitting them with the character's head 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.

A "GDV" (Game Deviation Value) score appears at the game-over screen. The score uses a weighted composite of several factors (like levels completed, items found, time and points) which gives the player a good idea of how well the last game was played. The higher the GDV, the better the game.

There are 64 levels in total, of which 15 are secret and one is the final level. The main 48 levels are divided into groups of 4 with one group for each of the 12 Zodiac constellation (in order, Aries, Taurus. Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces). The final level is called Solomon's room. Each constellation has a secret bonus room which can only be accessed by finding a seal for the constellation in the last room of the group. The other three levels are Page of Time, Page of Space and the Princess Room, which occur only if the player has acquired the hidden Seals of Solomon.

[Controls]

-- Left dpad: Direct Dana to run to the left.

-- Right dpad: Direct Dana to run to the right.

-- Up dpad: Direct Dana to jump up into the air. Dana can jump a little more than the height of one block.

-- Down dpad: Direct Dana to squat low to the ground. Can be used in conjunction with

Left dpad or Right dpad to make Dana crawl slowly across the ground.

-- A button: Press the A button to make Dana use his wand. If Dana swings his wand in an empty space, a block will be created. If he swings his wand on a block, the block will be destroyed. Use in conjunction with Down dpad to create or destroy blocks at Dana's feet.

-- B button: Press the B button to make Dana use his fire magic. If Dana has any fireballs stored on his magic scroll, then pressing B will make Dana send out a fireball in whichever direction he is facing. One fireball will be removed from his scroll.

-- Start button: Start a new game or pause the action mid-game.

-- Select button: Unused.

Continue the level: press Up, A, B at the same time at game-over screen (If you fail to use your thumb pressing A, B together, you can try to use one finger press A, another finger press B)

Enjoy it !