Sol-Feace

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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 (US)
Developer: Wolf Team Madhouse
Original system(s): X68000
Sound driver: Wolf Team sound driver
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-12-12 ¥6,8006,800 T-32024 US 1992-11 US 1992-04 $69.9969.99 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

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)

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)

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 68 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 70 Consoles + (FR) 87 Computer & Video Games (UK) 89 Computer & Video Games (UK) 85 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 Game Power (IT) PAL 70 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 90 Games-X (UK) NTSC-J 80 Game Zone (UK) NTSC-J 80 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 60 Joystick (FR) 79 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 55 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 71 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U 56 MegaTech (UK) NTSC 80 Sega Magazin (DE) 69 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 84 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 74 Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-J 85 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 66 Todo Sega (ES) PAL 73

	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
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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 78 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 92 Mega Play (US) NTSC-U 70 Sega Pro (UK) 56 Supergame (BR) NTSC-U 89 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 77 Video Games (DE) NTSC-U 71

	68
Based on 9 reviews

Sol-Feace

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1992-02-03					Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	488,301,072		CD (EU)	4130
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	564,534,096		CD (JP)	T-32024