Shining Force
Shining Force is a 1992 turn-based tactical role-playing game for the Sega Genesis console. It is the second entry of the Shining series of video games, following Shining in the Darkness. While primarily a traditional fantasy-themed game, it contains some science fiction elements.
| Shining Force | |
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| Developer(s) | Climax Entertainment, Sonic! Software Planning Amusement Vision (GBA) |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Director(s) | Yasuhiro Taguchi Kenji Orimo |
| Producer(s) | Hiroyuki Takahashi |
| Designer(s) | Hiroyuki Takahashi |
| Artist(s) | Hidehiro Yoshida Yoshitaka Tamaki |
| Writer(s) | Masaki Wachi Kenji Orimo Haruki Kodra Hiroyuki Takahashi |
| Composer(s) | Masahiko Yoshimura |
| Series | Shining |
| Platform(s) | Sega Genesis, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
The game has been repeatedly re-released: in Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 for the Dreamcast and Sega Smash Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows, in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and as a standalone game for the Wii Virtual Console and Microsoft Windows via Steam. Additionally, in 2004 a remake was released for the Game Boy Advance under the title Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon and in 2010 the game was released for iOS but was discontinued in 2015. It was re-released again on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in 2021.