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Genesis Shining in the Darkness (USA) in 43:27.2 by Kyle Thomson (aka. DarkKobold).
MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 95.65 MB, length: 45:49)
Gens movie file (.gmv) (date: 2009-08-15)
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Rating: 5.5 (12 votes)
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- Uses death to save time
- Heavy luck manipulation
- Genre: RPG
Shining in the Darkness is the first in the "Shining" series which includes Shining Force. Unlike the later games, it is a first person dungeon crawler.

The author dissected the game with the help of Lua scripts to find optimal battles and avoid random encounters.


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