1992 · Jaleco · Arcade · Falling block puzzle

Soldam

Nintendo console exclusive

Soldam is a puzzle game where the goal is to match soldam fruits along an entire row. The fruits drop down from the top in a 2x2 square which can be rotated. If the edge pieces match color, all of the fruits in the direction of the matching edge pieces will change their color to match. Matching edge pieces can be made horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Released: 1 September 1992
Platforms: Arcade Game Boy NES Nintendo Switch
Genres: Arcade Falling block puzzle Puzzle
Developers: Jaleco
Publishers: Jaleco Hamster Corporation
Series: Soldam Rod Land
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Kids
Country: Japan

About

Soldam is a 1992 tile-matching puzzle video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. It was only released in Japan in September 1992. It is a spin-off of Jaleco's previous game Rod Land. A Game Boy port was only released in Japan in 1993. A Nintendo Entertainment System version was completed but cancelled before release; Jaleco's successor City Connection released the game in 2025 in collaboration with Broke Studio and Omake Books.

City Connection released a remake, Soldam: Drop, Connect, Erase, for the Nintendo Switch in 2017 as a launch title for the console and the PlayStation 4 in 2019. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in September 2021.

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Gameplay

The player controls the fairies Tam and Rit as they clear rows of fruits to gain points in the manner of Puyo Puyo. The player drops a square of four fruits varying in color; if a fruit lands on those of other colors, they can change the color of fruits in a set pattern in a manner similar to reversi. When a full row of fruits are of the same color, they disappear and grant points. The game ends when the player fails to clear all rows after the area is full.