#Solstice Developed by #SoftwareCreation Published by #CSGImagesoft Released in #1990 Much like #SolomonsKey my post from yesterday, Solstice is great, it's fun, it's addictive and highly difficult. It's an unforgiving puzzle game and my father loved these types of games. Perhaps he liked getting frustrated or just liked a difficult challenge, I'll never know. The story is five pages long in the NES manual of the game but the gist of the game is that you are a wizard named Shadax and you witnessed the kidnapping of princess Eleanor by Morbius the Malevolent. You then discover by doing research that the staff of Demnos is hidden in Morbius' fortress Kâstleröck where he would least expect it. Every one hundred years on the winter solstice the six hidden invisible pieces of the staff are revealed. You must now collect the pieces and rebuild the staff, defeat Morbius and rescue the princess Eleanor. The gameplay takes some getting used to because of the isometric view. There is a total of 252 rooms with various puzzles to figure out. There are limited lives and continues. The continues act more like check points instead of starting at the room you died in. Once all continues are used it's back to the start of the game. There are no saves or passwords. Definitely in the top twenty hardest games on the NES. My father has beat this game many times, first time he completed it he got a 100% by going in all rooms and getting all items. Then he would try to beat the game with the lowest percentage possible. He was a glutton for making a difficult game more difficult. I did beat this game but I didn't care about my percentage, I'm just happy I beat it. It also is notable for one of the best opening songs on the NES created by #TimFollin Overall I'll rate the game a 7 out of 10. #Nintendo #NES #VideoGames #Games #Gamer #Gaming #GamersLife #Retro #Classic #RetroGames #ClassicGames #90s #Handsome_Rob_7 #TCOAG #Handsome_Rob_7_The_NES_Years https://www.instagram.com/p/BmghLDVlHtR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dtlymt10yr9a