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Shining in the Darkness, called Shining and the Darkness (シャイニング＆ザ・ダクネス) in Japan, is a 1991 game by Sega and Climax Entertainment for the Sega Mega Drive. It is the first game in Sega's Shining series — but unlike most of the rest of the franchise, this one is a 3D dungeon-crawler RPG.
Contents
Story
You are the son of Mortred, a warrior who was last seen near a dungeon known as the Labyrinth in the kingdom of Thornwood with the Princess Jessa. King Drake summons you to go find her, but just as that is about to happen, the evil Dark Sol appears and offers a ransom — Mortred and the Princess for the kingdom. It is now up to you to save the two and defeat Dark Sol before he destroys King Drake instead...
Gameplay
The game takes place in three areas — the castle (where you talk to the King and his servants), the town (where you can buy weapons, armor, and items, save your game and heal in the church, and talk to townsfolk), and the Labyrinth (the actual dungeon). In the castle, towns, and buildings, use 
and 
to navigate and 
to interact.
The Labyrinth is (appropriately) a 3D maze. 
moves forward, and turn, and 
moves backward. and 
open a menu at the bottom of the screen where you can do mundane things to the members of your party. Enemy encounters happen randomly throughout the Labyrinth — the same menu is used to attack. Should you die in battle, you will be taken back to the church in the town, losing half your collected gold in the process.
History
Development
Shining in the Darkness was a joint venture developed by Sega's Consumer Development Studio #4 division (renamed Sonic Co. before this game's release) and a team at Climax Entertainment, headded by Hiroyuki Takahashi, a rising stars in the world of RPG development (Takahashi had previously been involved in Enix's popular Dragon Quest series, so were seen as a good fit for the project). However, corporate reasoning gave Shining and the Darkness a minimal development budget, and a small four-man team, meaning Climax were responsible for the bulk of the game's development.
Nevertheless Shining in the Darkness was a success for the company, and led to other entries in the Shining franchise, most notably the next game, Shining Force.
Production credits
- Written and Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
- Special Effects: Yasuhiro Taguchi
- Assistant Director: Yoshinori Tagawa, Bob Timbello
- Artwork and Design: Hidehiro Yoshida
- Outline and Storyboards: Yoshitaka Tamaki
- Music: Masahiko Yoshimura
- Visual Support: Ryutaro Ishimatsu
- Technical Support: Haruki Kodera
- Director: Kan Naitoh
- Special Thanks: Media Mixture, Mad Cap
- Executive Producer: Sega Enterprises
- Created by Climax
Artwork
Digital manuals
Steam manual
Magazine articles
- Main article: Shining in the Darkness/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Mega Drive print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #120: "November 1991" (1991-10-15)
Physical scans
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External links
References
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- ↑ Ação Games, "Novembro 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Dezember 1991" (DE; 1991-11-15), page 138
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 29
- ↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-07), page 92
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 134
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 186
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 8, "" (RU; 2001-10-04), page 295
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 88
- ↑ Games-X, "11th-17th July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-11), page 38
- ↑ Games-X, "24th-30th October 1991" (UK; 1991-10-24), page 36
- ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-04), page 40
- ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-19), page 73
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 63
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 91
- ↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 71
- ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-19), page 92
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 1992-01-08), page 93
- ↑ Power Play, "12/91" (DE; 1991-11-13), page 170
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 38
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Super Gaming, "Fall 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 6
- ↑ Tilt, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 50
- ↑ Tricks Gold, "Sega dlya strategov" (RU; 2003-01-09), page 162
- ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 38
- ↑ Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 82
| Shining series of games | |
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Shining in the Darkness (1991) | Shining Force (1992) | Shining Force II (1993) |
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Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e (1992) | Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya (1993) | Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (1995) |
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Shining Force CD (1994) |
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Shining Wisdom (1995) | Shining the Holy Ark (1996) | Shining Force III (Scenario 2, 3, Premium Disc) (1997-1998) |
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Shining Soul (2002) | Shining Soul II (2003) | Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004) |
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Shining Tears (2004) | Shining Force Neo (2005) | Shining Force EXA (2007) | Shining Wind (2007) |
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Shining Road to the Force (2005) | Shining Force Chronicle I (2005) | Shining Force Chronicle II (2005) | Shining Force Chronicle III (2006) | Shining Road II (2006) | Shining Wind X (2008) | SFCE Tokei (2012) |
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Shining Tears Material Collection (2006) | Shining Wind Fan Fest (2009) |
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Shining Force Feather (2009) |
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Shining Force Cross (2009) | Shining Force Cross Raid (2010) | Shining Force Cross Elysion (2012) | Shining Force Cross Exlesia (2013) | Shining Force Cross Exlesia Zenith (2014) | Blade Arcus from Shining (2014) |
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Shining Hearts (2010) | Shining Blade (2012) | Shining Ark (2013) |
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Shining Resonance (2014) | Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015) |
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Blade Arcus from Shining EX (2015) | Shining Resonance Refrain (2018) |
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Shining Force Classics (2018) | Shining Force: Hero of Light and Darkness (2022) |
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