Ports of Shining Force Chronicle I, II and III for Android devices have been preserved by fans, we're happy to report (thanks, RockmanCosmo).
The games are based on the Game Gear Shining Force Gaiden series of titles and were originally released on "keitai" phones in Japan before being ported to Android.
The first of the series launched in 2005, and the Android ports commenced in 2011. The Android versions could only be obtained through the PuyoSega subscription service.
The games were all removed from distribution some time ago, but Yeetdom101 has managed to recover the APK files and usernameak has removed the DRM that would ordinarily prevent the games from loading up.
They're all in Japanese, of course, but it's still cool that another piece of Shining Force history has been saved from oblivion.
[source x.com]
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Big love to the preservationists. The beers are always on me!
Someone has to preserve the Shining Force games since Sega obviously don't care. 😆
Ah damn, these look nice, and probably the best way to play Final Conflict. Sound quality + art seem better for sure.
I always wanted to play Shining Force. The action scenes were epic at the time. I never did get a chance though.
Just, ugh, come on Sega. You've got such LEGENDARY IP in your back catalog. You're sitting on a massive gold mind. Do something! I was really hoping the rumors about MS buying Sega might be true, only because you know MS would milk that back catalog for something. Some moves by Sega even kinda seemed like they were getting ready for a sale, but it never happened. BAH! I have little faith in the IP reboot they've mentioned. Seems too limited in scope.
Anyways, glad someone was able to preserve these classics. So sad it has to be this way though.
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