Sol Divide

Sol Divide^[a] is a scrolling shooter developed by Psikyo and released as an arcade video game in 1997. Ports were published for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and later PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Sol Divide
Developer(s)	Psikyo Boom (PS/SS) Zerodiv (WIN/NS/PS4/XONE)
Publisher(s)	Psikyo PlayStation JP: Atlus NA: XS Games Atlus (SS) PS2 JP: Taito EU: 505 GameStreet Console Classics (WIN) City Connection (NS, PS4, XONE)
Director(s)	Hideyuki Oda[1]
Producer(s)	Shinsuke Nakamura[2]
Designer(s)	Daisuke Nobori Emi Taniguchi Hideyuki Oda
Programmer(s)	Hirohide Mizuochi Hiroki Yanagisawa Hiromi Yoshizawa
Artist(s)	Katsuya Terada
Composer(s)	Kenichi Hirata Masaki Izutani
Platform(s)	Arcade Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Saturn, Xbox One
Release	1997 Arcade JP: May 1997[3] PlayStation JP: 2 July 1998 NA: 11 March 2003 Saturn JP: 2 July 1998 PS2 JP: 24 February 2005 EU: 2006 Windows WW: 13 July 2015 Switch WW: 22 March 2018 PS4, Xbox One WW: 29 June 2022
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Psikyo SH2[4]

Plot

Gameplay

Arcade version screenshot

Release

Sol Divide was released on February 24, 2005 for the PlayStation 2.^[5] It was released for Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2018.^[6]

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Famitsu	29/40 (PS)[7]
GameSpot	7.5/10[8]
Nintendo Life	7/10[9]
Video Games	50% (SAT)[10]
Super GamePower	4.3/5[11]
Joypad	2/10
Acao Games	7.5/10[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine	8/10 (SAT)

Sol Divide received mixed to positive reception from critics since its release.

Notes

1. Japanese: ソルディバイド, Hepburn: Soru Dibaido