Sol Divide

{{Short description|1997 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Sol Divide

| image = Sol Divide instruction card.jpg

| developer = Psikyo
Boom (PS/SS)
Zerodiv (WIN/NS/PS4/XONE)

| publisher = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Psikyo}}|PlayStation{{vgrelease|JP|Atlus|NA|XS Games}} Atlus (SS)
PS2{{vgrelease|JP|Taito|EU|505 GameStreet}} Console Classics (WIN)
City Connection (NS, PS4, XONE)}}

| director = Hideyuki Oda{{cite video game|title=Sol Divide|developer=Psikyo|publisher=Atlus|date=2 July 1998|platform=Sega Saturn|level=Project Staff}}

| producer = Shinsuke Nakamura{{cite web|author=blackoak|title=Two 1997 Psikyo Developer Interviews - 1997 Psikyo Developer Interview|url=http://shmuplations.com/psikyo/|website=shmuplations.com|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516033024/http://shmuplations.com/psikyo/|archive-date=2015-05-16|url-status=live}}

| designer = Daisuke Nobori
Emi Taniguchi
Hideyuki Oda

| programmer = Hirohide Mizuochi
Hiroki Yanagisawa
Hiromi Yoshizawa

| artist = Katsuya Terada

| composer = Kenichi Hirata
Masaki Izutani

| platforms = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|Arcade}}|Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Saturn, Xbox One}}

| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|1997}}|Arcade{{vgrelease|JP|May 1997{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n27/mode/1up|quote=クロスノーツ(彩京)X-nauts/Psikyo|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=13 October 2006|page=26|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}}} PlayStation{{vgrelease|JP|2 July 1998|NA|11 March 2003}} Saturn{{vgrelease|JP|2 July 1998}} PS2{{vgrelease|JP|24 February 2005|EU|2006}} Windows{{vgrelease|WW|13 July 2015}} Switch{{vgrelease|WW|22 March 2018}}PS4, Xbox One{{vgrelease|WW|29 June 2022}}}}

| genre = Scrolling shooter

| modes = Single-player, co-op

| arcade system = Psikyo SH2{{cite web|url=https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=811&page=1#2331|title=Psikyo SH2 Hardware (Other)|website=system16.com|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816170014/https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=811&page=1#2331|archive-date=2020-08-16|url-status=live}}

}}

{{nihongo foot|Sol Divide|ソルディバイド|Soru Dibaido||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a scrolling shooter developed by Psikyo and released as an arcade video game in 1997. Ports were published for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and later PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Plot

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Gameplay

Release

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Sol Divide was released on February 24, 2005 for the PlayStation 2.{{Cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=5629|title=彩京シューティングコレクション Vol.3 ソルディバイド&ドラゴンブレイズ [PS2] / ファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com|access-date=2019-06-05}} It was released for Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=35921|title=ソルディバイド for Nintendo Switch [Switch] / ファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com|access-date=2019-06-05}}

Reception

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|Fam=29/40 (PS){{Cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=18147|title=ソルディバイド [PS] / ファミ通.com|website=www.famitsu.com|access-date=2019-06-05}}

|NLife = 7/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/sol_divide_-sword_of_darkness-|title=Review: Sol Divide -Sword Of Darkness- (Switch eShop)|date=2018-03-26|website=Nintendo Life|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001195947/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/sol_divide_-sword_of_darkness-|archive-date=2018-10-01|url-status=live}}

|GSpot = 7.5/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sol-divide-import-review/1900-2534096/|title=Sol Divide (Import) Review|last=Mielke|first=James|date=2000-05-02|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-05}}

|rev1 = Video Games

|rev1Score = 50% (SAT){{Cite magazine|last=S|first=W|date=September 1998|title=Sol Divide|magazine=Video Games|language=DE|location=Germany|page=77}}

|rev2 = Super GamePower

|rev2Score =4.3/5{{Cite magazine|last=Kamikaze|first=Marcelo|date=September 1998|title=32 Bit: Sol Divide|magazine=Super GamePower|language=PT|location=Brazil|publisher=Nova Cultural|issue=58|page=22}}

|rev3 = Joypad

|rev3Score = 2/10

|rev4 = Acao Games

|rev4Score = 7.5/10{{Cite magazine|last=Saraiva|first=Antonio|date=September 1998|title=ACAO/PLAYSTTIONSol Divide|magazine=AcaoGames|publisher=Abril Jovern|issue=131|page=44}}

|rev5 = Sega Saturn Magazine

|rev5Score = 8/10 (SAT)

}}

Sol Divide received mixed to positive reception from critics since its release.

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