I’m hoping to type up the Premium Disc credits today (having located my save file at the weekend – thanks, Cull 😉 ), as well as getting up some more magazine scans and perhaps some fanart.
I think I’ll have lunch first though 😉

Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback (and bug reports *lol*) about the new SFC, it’s much appreciated!

Though the new site has only been online for a few days, I’ve already received a number of new additions!

• New Magazine Article scans for Shining Force II, Shining Wisdom, Shining the Holy Ark and Shining Force III
• Two new Shining Force midi files
• Some more games Similar to Shining Force
• More places to buy Shining goods

Also, the DarkswordS have created a lovely picture, dedicated to the new SFC! Take a look at it, here.

The SFC Forums are now redesigned too, to match with the new SFC colour scheme. I’ve also created a set of Shining emoticons, based on Domingo, Jogurt and Kiwi. Why not drop by and take a look?

I should probably update my collection page sometime, as I’ve received a couple of books recently… but I’m expecting several more items in the coming weeks, so I’ll probably wait until then and do a big update.

There are a few pieces of fanart to be added to the site, but I’ll wait until there’s a larger batch of them before putting them up.

That’s about all for now 😉

It’s been a long while in the making, but it’s finally ready 🙂

Yes, after two months of work, the new, improved SFC is here. There’s so much I’ve added while developing it that I’m sure I won’t be able to list it all here, but I’ll certainly give you an overview of what’s new!

For starters, the site is now PHP based, making it much quicker for me to make global site changes. We’re also on a new server, many thanks to Practical Hosting for their excellent hosting deal! So, things should be generally running much faster, and with far fewer ads.

Here are some of the noticable changes at the new SFC!

• New design (like that wasn’t obvious!)
• Release Information added to game introduction pages
• Artwork sections now include image thumbnails
• Shining magazine article scans now available
• Existing areas expanded/added to (Fan Art, Downloads, Reviews, Collectables, Game Scripts)
• Database of site listings updated, now just over 400 sites listed & categorised
• New site listing category added – Fan Fiction
• Information about the series developers added
• “Where to buy…” page now has far more listings
• Page about Shining Emulation added
• Prominent link for major fan-game site added
• Prominent link for Shining
• MP3s/soundtrack info added

• Page about games similar to the
• Shining Force games added

• New SFC Introduction written
• Polls, Comics, Contests and News now properly archived
• “About Moogie” page updated
• Collection updated, now with “want list”
• Shining Chronology has expanded into a whole new section, called “Shining Studies”, covering all sorts of extra information about the games and their development

…and those are just the things that spring to mind! Far more has been added, and the only way to see it is to take a good browse around the new site.

Note that all of my other Shining sites have now been relocated to this domain, and can be accessed at the following URLs:

Shining in the Darkness
sitd.shiningforcecentral.com

Shining Force
sf1.shiningforcecentral.com

Shining Force II
sf2.shiningforcecentral.com

Final Conflict
finalconflict.shiningforcecentral.com

I hope you enjoy the new SFC – feedback is of course welcome!