<s>
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Tecmo	O
in	O
1986	O
for	O
an	O
arcade	O
release	O
on	O
custom	O
hardware	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Zipang	O
and	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
as	O
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Club	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prequel	O
,	O
Solomon	B-Device
's	I-Device
Key	I-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
3DS	O
and	O
Wii	O
U	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
later	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dana	O
is	O
sent	O
to	O
retrieve	O
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
to	O
restore	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
light	O
from	O
demons	O
that	O
were	O
accidentally	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
has	O
many	O
hidden	O
items	O
and	O
secret	O
levels	O
that	O
are	O
hard	O
to	O
find	O
which	O
enhances	O
the	O
reward	O
for	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
48	O
levels	O
are	O
divided	O
into	O
groups	O
of	O
4	O
with	O
one	O
group	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
12	O
Zodiac	B-Algorithm
constellation	O
(	O
in	O
order	O
,	O
Aries	O
,	O
Taurus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Michitaka	O
Tsuruta	O
,	O
who	O
took	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
and	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
both	O
destroy	O
and	O
create	O
tiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
,	O
Pack-In-Video	O
converted	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
under	O
the	O
title	O
Zipang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1991	O
,	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Club	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
classic	O
NES	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
,	O
published	O
by	O
Hamster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
on	O
their	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
1986	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
eighteenth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solomon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Key	I-Application
sold	O
300,000	O
copies	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	O
:	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
'	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
 '	O
port	O
from	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
Amiga	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
a	O
prequel	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
named	O
Solomon	B-Device
's	I-Device
Key	I-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
called	O
Fire	B-Device
'	I-Device
n	I-Device
Ice	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monster	B-Application
Rancher	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
(	O
Solomon	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
released	O
by	O
Tecmo	O
,	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
but	O
with	O
Monster	B-Application
Rancher	I-Application
characters	O
.	O
</s>
