Shining the Holy Ark

	System:	Sega Saturn
	Gameplay:	First person dungeon crawler
	Developer:	Sonic Co.

Release and Version Information

Shining the Holy Ark Japanese Version Language: Japanese System: Sega Saturn Publisher: Sega Japan Release Date: 20 December 1996 Release Price: Unknown Availability: Common Current Value: US$10-$15.00 Highest Value: US$25.00	Shining the Holy Ark USA Version Language: English System: Sega Saturn Publisher: Sega USA Release Date: 1997 Release Price: Unknown Availability: Uncommon Current Value: US$30-$60.00 Highest Value: US$60.00
Shining the Holy Ark European Version Language: English System: Sega Saturn Publisher: Sega Europe Release Date: June 1997 Release Price: UK£39.99 Availability: Hard to find Current Value: US$30-$60.00 Highest Value: US$60.00

Game Introduction

Shining the Holy Ark is often considered to be the big brother of Shining in the Darkness, as they're both essentially first person dungeon/labyrinth games. The graphics are lovely, the music (by Motoi Sakuraba, who also worked on Shining Force III) is very atmospheric and the game is great fun. However, if you didn't like Shining in the Darkness, it's quite possible you won't like this... but, you do get to see all the attacks in glorious 3D!

Shining the Holy Ark has a great plot too, linking in with Shining Force III (which is set 10 years after Holy Ark), but there's really too much to go into here. I suggest you play the game (it's not too hard to find and not too pricey) or read on it at one of the sites listed here at SFC.