Shining (video game series)
Series of fantasy console games by Sega / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shining (シャイニング, Shainingu) series is a brand of role-playing video games published by Sega, who owns the property. The first game, Shining in the Darkness, was a first-person dungeon crawler with randomly encountered, turn-based battles (comparable to Wizardry and Might and Magic). The next game released in the series was Shining Force, which was a turn-based strategy style tactical role-playing game with battle scenes acted out with sprites (comparable to Fire Emblem). Other directions include Shining Soul, a dungeon crawl action role-playing game with roguelike elements, and a number of traditional Japanese role-playing games. Shining Resonance Refrain was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam PC and Nintendo Switch worldwide across 2018.
Shining | |
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Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Developer(s) | Climax Entertainment Sonic! Software Planning Camelot Software Planning Nextech Grasshopper Manufacture Amusement Vision Neverland Flight-Plan Media.Vision Studio Saizensen |
Publisher(s) | Sega Atlus Infogrames Entertainment, SA THQ |
Platform(s) | various |
First release | Shining in the Darkness 29 March 1991 (1991-03-29) |
Latest release | Shining Resonance Refrain 29 March 2018 (2018-03-29) |