Solomon’s Key (Spinoffs/Ripoffs)
For some unfathomable reason, the 1990 Japanese fantasy samurai film Jipangu/Zipang spawned not one, but two very loosely related tie-in video games. The first one is the famously bizarre NES platformer Jigoku Gokuraku Maru AKA Kabuki Quantum Fighter, where the protagonist Jigoku becomes an US soldier who turns into a kabuki performer in a creepy virtual world. Then there’s Zipang for PC Engine, which is… Solomon’s Key in all but name.
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