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Alternative Names

Shining and the Darkness

Developer

Climax Entertainment / Sonic! Software Planning

Genre

Role-Playing

Other Versions

PC, VC

Release Dates

03/28/91 Sega
03/29/91 Sega
07/12/91 Sega

Community Stats

Owners: 20
Favorite: 1
Tracked: 0
Wishlist: 0
Now Playing: 0
 
8

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Summary

Oh lordy! The evil Dark Sol has kidnapped the Princess Jessa, and your dad, Mortdred, into the bargain! Unless Dark Sol receives the keys to the kingdom of Thornwood, those hostage-types will never be seen again.

This might sound a bit nasty, but it's actually quite a stroke of luck for you, who, being a brave knight, can charge your own price for the Princess' safe return. So pausing only to get tooled up at the village and track down a couple of pals to help, you set out towards Dark Sol's labyrinth to seek revenge and, hopefully, mega-spondoolicks.

What entails from here is a first-person perspective role-playing game, utilising a simple point-and-click menu system to issue commands. Combat is a matter of choosing whether to cast spells (if you can) or attack with a weapon, and hoping you don't get hit in return! Can you rescue the Princess before Dark Sol is crowned king of Thornwood?

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Game Information Updated oliist 18th May 2010
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Opinion (4)

richardhutnik posted 01/03/2009, 04:27
It is back as part of the Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection on the PS3 and 360.
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oliist posted 02/12/2008, 05:41
Deleted. :)
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oliist posted 20/05/2008, 11:58
The picture in the middle of the upper row is from Shining Force and not from Shining in the Darkness.
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Schwarz posted 11/01/2008, 07:53
At its time a very good dungeon crawler.
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