Sol-Feace

For the 2023 aftermarket re-release, see Sol-Deace (Retro-Bit).

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Mega-CD
Mega Drive

Sol-Feace

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher:

Renovation Products

Wolf Team (JP)

Sega of America (US)

Developer: Wolf Team

Madhouse

Original system(s): X68000

Sound driver:

Wolf Team sound driver

Genre: Shooting^[1]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-12-12^[1]	¥6,8006,800	T-32024
US	1992-11^[2]
US	1992-04^[3]	$69.9969.99^[4]	49206

Non-Sega versions
X68000

Sol-Feace (ソル・フィース) is a 1990 shoot-'em-up for the X68000 by Wolf Team. It was ported to the Sega Mega-CD and in North America, to the Sega Mega Drive by Renovation Products under the name Sol-Deace.

Story

In the year 3300, a supercomputer called GCS-WT is built to unite society (spread out over 300 solar systems) through diplomacy, but decides to spiral society into a dystopia it rules as a dictator. Only the scientist Edwin Feace was able to escape GCS-WT's reign — by leaving the solar system and settling a newly discovered planet, where he builds the Sol-Feace, a ship which, when mass produced, should form a sizable enough army to defeat GCS-WT. Unfortunately, GCS-WT finds out and kills Feace and the natives of the new planet who aid him, leaving only two soldiers and one Sol-Feace to stop GCS-WT.

Gameplay

Sol-Feace is a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up: , , and all shoot and can be held down for rapid-fire. The player's ship has three weapons mounted at different points: top, middle, and bottom (relative to the player's perspective).

Power-ups can be found by shooting capsules. Weapon power-ups can be grabbed with the top, middle, or bottom of the ship, which determines where they are mounted. It is possible to have three different weapons mounted, each at a different position. The angle of the ship's outer weapons can be adjusted by moving without firing. Moving opens the bottom weapon and closes the top weapon. Moving opens the top weapon and closes the bottom weapon. Moving closes both weapons, and moving opens both weapons.

The player loses a life if the ship collides with an enemy or object. The game starts with four extra lives. The game ends if the player loses a life without any extra lives remaining.

There are two difficulty levels, Normal and Mania, and the player can choose between three speed levels before the game starts.

Items

Weapon change items are found in capsules. Shoot open and fly over to collect.

	Capsule
	Shoot open to release a power-up item.
	Plasma Bullet
	The standard weapon, initially equipped.
	Double Plasma Bullet
	Two plasma bullet streams in parallel.
	Laser
	Shoots long lasers.
	Missile
	Shoots missiles that spread outward when mounted on the outer parts of the ship.

Stages

	Stage 1

	Stage 2

	Stage 3

	Stage 4

	Stage 5

	Stage 6

	Stage 7

History

Sol-Feace was one of the Mega-CD launch titles to be released, debuting in Japan in December 1991 as one of two launch titles for the system (the other being Heavy Nova). It was also a launch title for the Mega-CD in Europe, sharing a box with Cobra Command and being bundled with launch units in the United Kingdom and Italy. It would also be bundled with launch North American Sega CD units, and as it was never given a stand-alone release, effectively went out of production when the redesigned Sega CD units went on sale.

During development the game was known as Hyper Attax.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Producer: Masaaki Uno
Director: Jun Hoyano
Executive Producer: Masahiro Akishino
Programmed by: J.Takahashi, S.Horishita, BugTaro
Music Composed by: Motoi Sakuraba
Graphics by: Jun Hoyano, Mitsutoshi Yasumori
Music Supported by: Ryota Furuya
Mechanical Design by: Tadashi Hamada
Character Design by: Toshio Yamamoto
Thanks to: Panzer Ohmi
Special Thanks to: Kazuyuki Fukushima
All Produced by: Wolf Team

Source:

In-game credits^[5]

Mega-CD version

Producer: M.Uno
Director: J.Hoyano
Programmed by: S.Horishita, J.Takahashi, Bug太郎
Mega‑CD Assistant Programmer: C.Tokuhiro
Visual Programmed by: Bug太郎, J.Hoyano
Graphics by: J.Hoyano, M.Yasumori, M.Matsushima, K.Tajima, M.Kimura, Y.Nishitani, T.Isogai, K.Fujita, M.Kaneda, T.Okuda
Mechanical Design by: T.Hamada
Music Composed by: M.Sakuraba
Exective Producer: M.Akishino
Special Thanks to: T.Yamamoto, J.Asanuma, Z.Ando, H.Ogawa
Art Director: Animaru‑Ya
Sound Editor: Mitomo

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Sol-Feace/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-12: "December 1991" (1991-11-08)
also published in:

Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)^[7]

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

68

^[8]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

87

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

89

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

85

^[12]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[13]

Game Power (IT)

PAL

70

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[15]

Games-X (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[16]

Game Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[17]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[18]

Joystick (FR)

79

^[19]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

55

^[20]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

56

^[22]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

80

^[23]

Sega Magazin (DE)

69

^[24]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

84

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

74

^[26]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[28]

Todo Sega (ES)

PAL

73

^[29]

	74
Based on 22 reviews

Sol-Feace

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[30]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[31]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[32]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[4]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[33]

Sega Pro (UK)

56

^[34]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-U

89

^[35]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

77

^[36]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

71

^[37]

	68
Based on 9 reviews

Sol-Feace

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Sol-Feace/Technical information.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ Sega Visions, "November/December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 44
↑ File:Sol-Deace MD credits.pdf
↑ File:SolFeace MCD JP SSEnding.pdf
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 8
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 119
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 82
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 62
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-15), page 70
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 111
↑ Famitsu, "1992-01-03" (JP; 1991-12-20), page 39
↑ Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 72
↑ GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Games-X, "30th January-5th February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-30), page 25
↑ Game Zone, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-21), page 50
↑ Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 98
↑ Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 154
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 47
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
↑ Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 37
↑ MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 20
↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 22
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 60
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 42
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 72
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 212
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 213
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Supergame, "Junho 1992" (BR; 1992-06-xx), page 38
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 166
↑ Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 45

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[:File:SegaVisions_US_10.pdf_p52-2] Sega Visions, "November/December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:SegaVisions_US_08.pdf_p58-3] Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:GamePro_US_034.pdf_p44-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:Sol-Deace_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Sol-Deace MD credits.pdf

[:File:SolFeace_MCD_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-6] File:SolFeace MCD JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p8-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 8

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-03.pdf_p119-8] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 119

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p82-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 82

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_006.pdf_p62-10] Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 62

[:File:CVG_UK_124.pdf_p70-11] Computer & Video Games, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-15), page 70

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p111-12] Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 111

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0159.pdf_p39-13] Famitsu, "1992-01-03" (JP; 1991-12-20), page 39

[:File:GamePower_IT_19.pdf_p72-14] Game Power, "Luigio/Agosto 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:GamePro_US_043.pdf_p62-15] GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:GamesX_UK_40.pdf_p25-16] Games-X, "30th January-5th February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-30), page 25

[:File:GameZone_UK_05.pdf_p50-17] Game Zone, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-21), page 50

[18] Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 98

[:File:Joystick_FR_024.pdf_p154-19] Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 154

[:File:MDAG_UK_09.pdf_p47-20] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-03.pdf_p83-21] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-09.pdf_p37-22] Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 37

[:File:MegaTech_UK_02.pdf_p20-23] MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 20

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_01.pdf_p22-24] Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 22

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p60-25] Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 60

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-26] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SegaZone_UK_01.pdf_p42-27] Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 42

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:TodoSega_ES_07.pdf_p72-29] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 72

[30] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 212

[31] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 213

[:File:EGM_US_033.pdf_p28-32] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:MegaPlay_US_09.pdf_p60-33] Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-34] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:Supergame_BR_11.pdf_p38-35] Supergame, "Junho 1992" (BR; 1992-06-xx), page 38

[36] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 166

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-07.pdf_p45-37] Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 45

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Sol-Feace

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Stages

History

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Mega Drive version

Technical information

References