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Solomon's Key NES instruction booklet (US, NES-KE-USA)

Tecmo and Inc. 1987. “Solomon's Key NES instruction booklet (US, NES-KE-USA).” Tecmo, Inc.

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Solomon's Key NES manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/solomons-key-nes-hiresscans
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https://archive.org/download/solomons-key-nes-hiresscans/Solomon%27s%20Key%20-%20Manual%20%28Searchable%29.pdf
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2026-11-06
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© Tecmo, Inc.; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Tecmo, Inc.; 600 dpi scan in the Internet Archive item "solomons-key-nes-hiresscans" (catalog ID NES-KE-USA).
Notes
The booklet packed with the US NES cartridge. It carries the Nintendo licence notice ("LICENSED BY NINTENDO FOR PLAY ON THE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM"), the Tecmo, Inc. warranty (Carson, California), and no release date; the item's date metadata (1987-07) is the uploader's, a lead and not evidence.

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The NES booklet presents the cartridge as a Tecmo, Inc. game pak licensed by Nintendo, with a warranty from Tecmo, Inc. of Carson, California.p. 2 (PDF p. 2)p. 2 (PDF p. 2)p. 17 (PDF p. 17), warrantyp. 17 (PDF p. 17), warrantyManual
The NES booklet tells how Solomon, a great king and magician, sealed the demons into a hidden constellation sign with a formula written in a secret book, Solomon's Key; a taoist monk found the book and freed them, and King Yutra of the fairyland Lyrac ordered the wizard Dana to restore order.p. 3 (PDF p. 3), 1. Prologuep. 3 (PDF p. 3)p. 3 (PDF p. 3)p. 3 (PDF p. 3)p. 3 (PDF p. 3)p. 3 (PDF p. 3)Manual
On the NES Solomon's Key is for one player. The A button makes brown stones appear and disappear, though white stones can't be erased; the B button throws a fireball. Fireballs are stored with a jar called Mamda, up to a limit set by the length of a scroll in the screen's upper right corner.p. 4 (PDF p. 4)p. 6 (PDF p. 6)p. 7 (PDF p. 7)p. 7 (PDF p. 7)p. 7 (PDF p. 7)Manual
The NES booklet's constellation sign has 50 rooms linked by doors: Dana takes a key, sometimes hidden in a stone, to open a room's door to the next. A LIFE counter shows his remaining life, which the constellation sign's magic drains, and freeing fairies gives extra life and a bonus.p. 8 (PDF p. 8), 3. How to Play the Gamep. 8 (PDF p. 8)p. 9 (PDF p. 9), Life and Bonusp. 9 (PDF p. 9)p. 9 (PDF p. 9)Manual