Play Solstice – The Quest for the Staff of Demnos Online

Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos is an isometric puzzle-adventure game developed by Software Creations and published by CSG Imagesoft for the NES. Players control the wizard Shadax through 250 interconnected rooms of the fortress Kâstleröck, solving spatial puzzles, avoiding traps and enemies, and collecting six pieces of the Staff of Demnos to rescue Princess Eleanor. It is noted for its Tim Follin soundtrack.

How To Play Solstice

ControlAction
D-PadMove Shadax through the isometric rooms
A ButtonJump
B ButtonUse the selected potion / item
SelectCycle through collected potions and items
StartPause / inventory

About Solstice

Release dateNA: July 1990 · JP: July 20, 1990 · EU: July 1991
DeveloperSoftware Creations
PublisherCSG Imagesoft (NA); Nintendo (EU); Epic/Sony Records (JP)
PlatformNintendo Entertainment System (NES)
GenreIsometric puzzle / action-adventure
SeriesSolstice (followed by Equinox, SNES 1993)
ModesSingle-player
Also known as三次元迷宮の巨獣 (Sanjigen Meikyū no Kyōjū) — Japan

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