Sol-Deace and El Viento are getting physical Genesis re-releases this year from Retro-Bit

Looks Sol-Deace-ent

Retro-Bit has announced that they’re bringing the rather obscure titles – Sol-Deace and El Viento – back to the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive this year. Pre🍬-orders are now open.

was originally released exclusively in Japan in 1990 on the Sharp X68000 as Sol-Feace. It would then receive a port to the Sega CD worldwide and the Genesis in North America. I have no idea why the Sega CD version is called Sol-Feace and the Genesis version is known as Sol-Deace. To my knowledge, neither “Fea♑ce” nor “Deace” are actually words. Hold on, let me look that up.

No, the dictionary thinks I mean “feces” and “deuce,” respectively, which i🌌s actually pretty amusing but not helpful.

Anyway, Sol-Deace/Feace is a horizontal shoot-🅺’em-up. Developed by Wolf Team, the word I’ve seen most applied to it is “typical,” but also that it’s pretty nice looking. I haven’t played it, but you can color me curious about the Retro-Bit reproduction.

Hungry like the Wolf Team

, on the other hand, is a sidescrolling action game released in 1991. Also by Wolf Team, it has the rare distinction of having a female protagonist. It’s actually the first game in a trilogy, of which we only got this and Earnest Evans. It’s usually described as janky but fun, with many contemporary and more recent reviews look🎀ing on it rather favorab꧋ly.

Both games are rather obscure titles, so I’m happy to see that they’re given new life by Retro-Bit. Especially because both games are ra♔ther pricey on the collector’s market. Personally, I’m considering checking them out because they look just so early ✅Genesis.

Both of the games come with the full gamut of a slipcover, clamshell case, Genesis/Mega Drive cartridge, and manual. Pre-orders are open on Retro-Bit’s store from now to July 30 for $54.99 USD each. They’re expected to ship out Q4 2023.