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The Shining the Holy Rhythm Challenge 2025-06-18

This is a patch for the NTSC-J version of Shining the Holy Ark that enables a sound matching game on the name entry screen.

After the game starts, begin a new save. On the name entry screen, press the R button.A series of sound effects will play. Your job is to press X; Y; or Z along with them, depending on which sound plays.

The first sounds you'll hear correspond to this sequence: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, X, Z.

The first five sounds are just for practice and don't count. The next 21 do count,and you have to get at least 19 right. The reward for completing the challenge is the debug menu that's described on The Cutting Room Floor.

This seems to be an unused game element. The patch changes one byte to restore it. Apply the patch with Delta Patcher:
  • Original file: Shining the Holy Ark (Japan) (1M) (Track 1).bin
  • Xdelta patch: shining-rhythm.xdelta
A writeup with technical details is available at my website.
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