Shining the Holy Ark
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System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sonic! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: RPG[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shining the Holy Ark (シャイニング・ザ・ホーリィアーク) is a game in the Shining series of games. It was developed and published by Sonic! Software Planning for the Sega Saturn in 1996, and like the first entry in the series, is a 3D first-person dungeon-crawling RPG and not a strategy game.
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Production credits
Japanese version
- Game Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi, Shuji Shimizu, Yusuke Sugimoto, Ayumu Shindo, Daisuke Takagi
- Program: Yasuhiro Taguchi, Takeshi Nohara, Yutaka Yamamoto, Akiko Sato, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, P. E. Jareth Hein, Kenji Numaya, Kaoru Shimada, Haruki Kodera
- Character Design: Shin Yamanouchi
- Map & Effect Graphics: Fumihide Aoki, Masayuki Hashimoto, Hiroto Nakashima, Ayumu Shindo, Mitsumasa Muraishi, Mitsuru Fukumoto, Shigeki Kimura, Junichi Ochiai
- Character Graphics & Movies: Junko Nakamura, Keisuke Futami, Mieko Koguchi, Toshiaki Tanaka, Kaoru Shimada, Shigeki Kimura, P. E. Jareth Hein
- Music: Motoi Sakuraba
- Music Guest: Takeo Shimoda
- Sound Effects: Satoshi Murata
- Sound Direction by: Masaaki Uno, Yasuhiro Taguchi
- Publicity: Tadashi Takezaki, Yasushi Nagumo
- Publicity Arrangement: Masaaki Uno
- Support: Takayuki Kawagoe, Daisuke Ikejiri
- All Illustrations by: Shin Yamanouchi
- Special thanks to: Camelot Co., Ltd., R.I.S. Co., Ltd., Treasure Co., Ltd., Oo Records Inc., Chikashi Aoki, Suigyoku Muraishi, Hidetoshi Sakamoto, Kanako Horiguchi, Emiko Kutsuma
- Assistant Director: Yusuke Sugimoto, Shuji Shimizu
- Directed by: Yasuhiro Taguchi
- Assistant Producer: Shugo Takahashi
- Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
- Created by: Sonic Co., Ltd., (C)Sonic 1996
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Oversea version
- Game Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi, Shuji Shimizu, Yusuke Sugimoto, Ayumu Shindo, Daisuke Takagi
- English Translation: P. E. Jareth Hein
- Program: Yasuhiro Taguchi, Takeshi Nohara, Yutaka Yamamoto, Akiko Sato, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, P. E. Jareth Hein, Kenji Numaya, Kaoru Shimada, Haruki Kodera
- Character Design: Shin Yamanouchi
- Map & Effect Graphics: Fumihide Aoki, Masayuki Hashimoto, Hiroto Nakashima, Ayumu Shindo, Mitsumasa Muraishi, Mitsuru Fukumoto, Shigeki Kimura, Junichi Ochiai
- Character Graphics & Movies: Junko Nakamura, Keisuke Futami, Meiko Koguchi, Toshiaki Tanaka, Kaoru Shimada, Shigeki Kimura, P. E. Jareth Hein
- Music: Motoi Sakuraba
- Music Guest: Takeo Shimoda
- Sound Effects: Satoshi Murata
- Sound Direction By: Masaaki Uno, Yasuhiro Taguchi
- All Illustrations By: Shin Yamanouchi
- Special Thanks To: Camelot Co., Ltd., R.I.S. Co., Ltd., Treasure Co., Ltd., Oo Records Inc., Chikashi Aoki, Suigyoku Muraishi, Hidetoshi Sakamoto, Kanako Horiguchi, Emiko Kutsuma
- Assistant Director: Yusuke Sugimoto, Shuji Shimzu
- Directed By: Yasuhiro Tagushi
- Assistant Producer: Shugo Takahashi
- Produced By: Hiroyuki Takahashi
SOA Staff
- Producer: Keith Palmer
- Lead Tester: Amy Albertson
- Assistant Lead Testers: Dennis Lee, Jeremy Caine, Mark McCunney
- Testers: Lloyd Kinoshita, Arnold Feener
- Coordinator: Shinobu Shindo
- Creadted By: Sonic Co., Ltd.
- ©Sonic 1996, 1997
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Shining the Holy Ark/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-22: "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (1996-12-13)
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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259,477,344 | CD-ROM (EU) | MK81306-50 V1.002 | ||||||||||
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260,396,976 | 1996-11-22 | CD-ROM (JP) | T-33101G V1.005 | |||||||||
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259,479,696 | CD-ROM (US) | 81306 V1.003 |
Extra content
This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.
Folder / File | Type | Size | description |
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ABSTRACT.TXT | TXT (Abstract) | 300 | About this game. |
BIBLIOGR.TXT | TXT (Bibliographiced) | 206 | Series History |
COPYRIGH.TXT | TXT (Copyright) | 33 | Copyright |
References
- ↑ File:StHA Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 2
- ↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
- ↑ Press release: 1997-06-19: SEGA DELIGHTS RPG FANS WITH TWO 3D TITLES FOR SEGA SATURN
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 http://www.sega-europe.com/SATURNL.HTML (Wayback Machine: 1997-07-15 06:26)
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1997" (UK; 1997-04-11), page 44
- ↑ Ultra Game Players, "August 1997" (US; 1997-07-22), page 67
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 108
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 118
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-11), page 74
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1997-06-18)
- ↑ Edge, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-29), page 84
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 53
- ↑ Famitsu, "1996-12-27" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 1
- ↑ Fun Generation, "07/97" (DE; 1997-06-12), page 94
- ↑ GamePro, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 121
- ↑ GamesMaster, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-06-11), page 60
- ↑ Game Informer, "July 1997" (US; 1997-0x-xx), page 53
- ↑ Hyper, "September 1997" (AU; 1997-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ MAN!AC, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-14), page 71
- ↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1997" (FR; 1997-0x-xx), page 72
- ↑ Mega Fun, "06/97" (DE; 1997-05-07), page 84
- ↑ Neo, "Listopad 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ Next Generation, "September 1997" (US; 1997-08-19), page 134
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 26" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 196
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 66
- ↑ Saturn Power, "July 1997" (UK; 1997-05-28), page 60
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Juli 1997" (DE; 1997-06-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Power, "Októmvrios-Noemvrios 1997" (GR; 1997-xx-xx), page 51
- ↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "8/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1997" (UK; 1997-05-14), page 71
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 276
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Avgust 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ Super Power, "9 1997" (FI; 1997-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ Ultra Game Players, "August 1997" (US; 1997-07-22), page 66
- ↑ Video Games, "6/97" (DE; 1997-05-28), page 100
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