Shining Force

Shining Force
Franchise	Shining
Series	Shining Force
Developed by	Climax Entertainment Sonic! Software Planning
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega Genesis
Release date	July 1993 (1993-07)
Genre	Tactical role-playing
Details
Played by	Rick Desilets
Featuring	Ben Mooney Geoff Hook
Original run	December 31, 2020
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	33:33
Video	link
Sega Genesis Mini
Preceded by	Beyond Oasis

Shining Force is a 1993 tactical role-playing game developed by Climax Entertainment and Sonic! Software Planning and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is the first game in the Shining Force series, and part of the larger Shining franchise. The story follows Max and his allies in the titular Shining Force as they attempt to prevent the resurrection of the Dark Dragon. It is one of the forty-two Genesis games included in the Sega Genesis Mini dedicated console. This version of the game was played on The D-Pad in a one-off episode in 2020, as the forty-second and final game in their Sega Genesis Mini series. The episode was released on December 31, 2020.

Episodes

SGM#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
43	"The Time Lord Varios"	33:33	Rick	John, C/J, Ian, Felice, Dustin, Ben, Sarah, Lindsay, Geoff	December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)

Trivia

• The Shining Force LP was originally intended to be released on December 31, 2019, as the final episode of the Sega Genesis Mini series. It was delayed significantly, ultimately releasing as a YouTube premiere on December 31, 2020, exactly one year later.
• Uniquely for an episode of a non-Franchise Play, Shining Force contains a live-action outro connected to the metaplot, which finally reveals the fates of the majority of D-Pad members after their disappearance in the first episode of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2018, and concludes with the announcement of a new series, Hindsight.