Sol-Feace

Gameplay involves shooting down enemies and avoiding projectiles, while collecting power capsules to increase the Sol-Feace's abilities. The Sol-Feace also has dual cannons that can fire shots diagonally. The game's soundtrack was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, who would later work on the Tales series for Namco. Alongside Micronet's Heavy Nova, it was also one of the first launch titles for Sega CD in Japan, and was made as the console pack-in game in North America. Met with mixed reviews from critics, who praised its fast-paced action, graphics and soundtrack but criticized its lack of originality and subpar quality compared to other similar games on the market. Sunsoft owns the rights to Sol-Feace after their acquisition of Telenet Japan's intellectual properties in 2009.

• Title — Sol-Feace • Developer — Wolf Team • Publisher — Sega CD Sega Genesis Renovation Products • Composer — Motoi Sakuraba • Platforms — X68000, Sega CD, Sega Genesis • Released — X68000November 22, 1990 Sega CD GenesisMarch 1992 • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player

• Illustration — X68000 version screenshot, showing the Sol-Feace fighting the first stage boss. Sol-Feace is a horizontal-scrolling shooter. Controlling the titular starship, the player is tasked with preventing a malfunctioning supercomputer before it enslaves all of mankind. The objective of each stage is to destroy incoming enemies and avoiding their projectiles. The Sol-Feace has a pair of dual cannons that can be modified to either point forwards, backwards or diagonally, and can be arranged parallel to each other. Shooting small capsules will leave behind power-up items that upgrade the Sol-Feace's abilities when collected — these include homing missiles, a piercing laser, and a wide shot. The game is composed of six stages, including mechanical bases, destroyed star vessels and the planet Jupiter — each of these end with a boss fight that must be defeated in order to progress, which have a weak point that must be shot at to inflict damage. The final stage has the player fighting against the supercomputer antagonist. Between stages are animated cutscenes that help explain the game's plot, with the Sega CD release giving these full voice acting.

Sol-Feace was originally released for the X68000 home computer on November 22, 1990. It was developed by Japanese studio Wolf Team and published by their parent company, Telenet Japan. Music for the game was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, who later helped work on the Tales series for Namco. It was ported to the Sega CD in 1991 as one of the console's first launch titles in Japan, alongside Micronet's Heavy Nova, and was made the pack-in game for the North American release — the latter version was published internationally by Sega. A Genesis cartridge version was released in 1992 and published by Renovation Products, renaming the game to Sol-Deace. The rights to Sol-Feace are owned by Sunsoft, following their acquisition of Telenet Japan's intellectual properties in 2009.