Sol Divide

1997 video game

Sol Divide

Developer(s)	Psikyo Boom (PS/SS) Zerodiv (WIN/NS/PS4/XONE)
Publisher(s)	Psikyo PlayStation JP: Atlus NA: XS Games Atlus (SS) PS2 JP: Taito EU: 505 GameStreet Console Classics (WIN) City Connection (NS, PS4, XONE)
Director(s)	Hideyuki Oda^[2]
Producer(s)	Shinsuke Nakamura^[3]
Designer(s)	Daisuke Nobori Emi Taniguchi Hideyuki Oda
Programmer(s)	Hirohide Mizuochi Hiroki Yanagisawa Hiromi Yoshizawa
Artist(s)	Katsuya Terada
Composer(s)	Kenichi Hirata Masaki Izutani
Platform(s)	Arcade Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Saturn, Xbox One
Release	1997 Arcade JP: May 1997^[1] PlayStation JP: 2 July 1998 NA: 11 March 2003 Saturn JP: 2 July 1998 PS2 JP: 24 February 2005 EU: 2006 Windows WW: 13 July 2015 Switch WW: 22 March 2018 PS4, Xbox One WW: 29 June 2022
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, co-op
Arcade system	Psikyo SH2^[4]

Sol Divide^[a] is a scrolling shooter released as an arcade video game in 1997. It was developed by Japanese studio Psikyo. Ports were published for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and later PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Plot

Gameplay

Release

Sol Divide was released on February 24, 2005 for the PlayStation 2.^[5] It was released for Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2018.^[6]

Reception

Review scores
Publication	Score
Famitsu	29/40 (PS)^[7]
GameSpot	7.5/10^[9]
Nintendo Life	7/10^[8]
Video Games	50% (SAT)^[10]
Super GamePower	4.3/5^[11]
Joypad	2/10
Acao Games	7.5/10^[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine	8/10 (SAT)

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

Notes

^ Japanese: ソルディバイド, Hepburn: Soru Dibaido

References

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^ "ソルディバイド for Nintendo Switch [Switch] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
^ "ソルディバイド [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
^ "Review: Sol Divide -Sword Of Darkness- (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. 2018-03-26. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
^ Mielke, James (2000-05-02). "Sol Divide (Import) Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
^ S, W (September 1998). "Sol Divide". Video Games (in German). Germany. p. 77.
^ Kamikaze, Marcelo (September 1998). "32 Bit: Sol Divide". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 58. Brazil: Nova Cultural. p. 22.
^ Saraiva, Antonio (September 1998). "ACAO/PLAYSTTIONSol Divide". AcaoGames. No. 131. Abril Jovern. p. 44.