Equinox (1994 video game)

Infobox VG| title = Equinox


developer = Software Creations
publisher = Sony Imagesoft
designer =
composer = Tim Follin
Geoff Follin
engine =
released = 1994
genre = Puzzle
modes = Single player
ratings =
platforms = SNES
media = Cartridge
requirements =
input =

"Equinox" is an isometric 3D action–puzzle-hybrid video game for the Super NES. Also known as "Solstice II", it is the sequel to "Solstice", a Nintendo Entertainment System game.

Plot

Shadax, the wizard hero of Solstice, has been captured and imprisoned by his former apprentice, Sonia. It’s up to his son Glendaal, the only man with the magical powers strong enough to defeat the evil sorceress, to journey through eight levels and hundreds of rooms of tricky platform-jumping and block-sliding puzzles to rescue him from the Sonia's icy fortress.

Gameplay

Glendaal moves from room to room looking for ‘tokens’ (blue orbs), twelve of which must be collected and brought to a boss area where they enable the ‘summoning’ of one of the game’s boss characters. Each of these must be defeated to enable progress to the next area. To aid the player in their quest, one projectile weapon and one magic scroll is hidden on each level for Glendaal to find. Most levels contain a number of entrances which are accessed from an over-world map, home to a sparse collection of wandering monsters.

External links

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* [http://www.celephais.net/solstice/files/equinox_manual.txt "Equinox" manual]
* [http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/snes/equinox.html "Equinox" review]