Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya

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Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
System(s): Sega Game Gear, Palm OS, Virtual Console
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic! Software Planning
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: 日本語 English
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-06-25 ¥5,5005,500 G-3409 US 1994-10 2524 US 2003-04-14 $19.95 ? JP ▼ 2013-11-06 ¥476 (500)476 (500) US ▼ 2013-06-13 $3.993.99 EU ▼ 2013-06-13 €3.993.99 DE ▼ 2013-06-13 €3.993.99 UK ▼ 2013-06-13 £3.593.59

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Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya, known as Shining Force Gaiden II: Jashin no Mezame (シャイニング・フォース外伝ＩＩ ～邪神の覚醒～) in Japan is a Sega Game Gear sequel to Shining Force Gaiden: Ensei Jashin no Kuni e. Unlike the original, this one was released in North America.

History

Legacy

The game was later re-released as one of the four games pre-installed on the yellow model Game Gear Micro.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya	Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
Japanese	シャイニング・フォース外伝II ～邪神の覚醒～	Shining Force Gaiden II: Jashin no Mezame

Production credits

• Programmers: Haruki Kodera, Kenji Numaya, Yutaka Yamamoto, Akira Takasaki, Yasuhiro Taguchi
• Subscript: Shugo Takahashi, Hiroyuki Takahashi
• Map Design: Shuji Shimizu, Tatsuya Niikura
• Character Design: Hiroshi Kajiyama
• Graphics: Kensuke Suzuki, Masanori Kaneko, Miyuki Matsumoto
• Music Composer: Motoaki Takenouchi
• Sound Effects: Dogen Shibuya
• Manual: Naoko Okada, Akio Nakajima
• Directed by: Shugo Takahashi
• Produced by: Hiroyuki Takahashi
• Special thanks to: Masayuki Hashimoto, Kouki Tamai, R.I.S. Co. Ltd., Rit's
• Created by: Sonic Co., Ltd.

Source:

Shining Force CD Book 2's ending credits (JP)

• Producer: Jerry Markota
• Product Manager: Ami Blaire
• Text Translation: Aline Alexander
• Text Editors: Jerry Markota, Ami Blaire
• Lead Tester: Crissi Albertson
• Assistant Lead Testers: John Jansen, Jeff Loney
• Testers: Rachel Bristol, Tony Lynch, Mike Callahan, Mike Griffin, Dermot Lyons
• Manual: Mike Deininger, Carol Ann Hanshaw
• Special Thanks: Shinobu Shindo, Steve Patterson, Jill Alexander

Source:

US manual

• Japanese cover artist: Hiroshi Kajiyama

Source:

Sega TV Game Genga Gallery

File:Sega TV Game Genga Gallery.pdf

Digital manuals

• 

  Palm OS manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-07: "July 1993" (1993-06-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-08: "August 1993" (1993-07-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-09: "September 1993" (1993-08-07)

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 83 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 67 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 68 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 63 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 91 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 70 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 85

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Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart Manual List

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 30374681 MD5 8857422e565412a59c77cb29550715e4 SHA-1 2dd374db661315e51e9eedebf346a5a4ded0c3be	512kB		Cartridge (JP)	24kB Backup
?	CRC32 a6ca6fa9 MD5 0a0fa9cbcc3db467191e907794c8c02b SHA-1 789734c4a837dffd2ad3e2c8de22cbd83836580d	512kB		Cartridge (US)	24kB Backup
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1994-07-20					Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1994-07-08					Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1994-06-27					Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1994-05-30					Page
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1994-04-27					Page

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Game Gear
• Sega of Japan 3DS VC catalogue pages: Game Gear
• Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, UK