Difference between revisions of "Lunar: The Silver Star"

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For the Sega Saturn version, see Lunar Silver Star Story.

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Lunar: The Silver Star

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Game Arts (JP), Working Designs (US)

Developer: Game Arts, Studio Alex, Working Designs (US)

Supporting companies: Cube

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: RPG^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-06-26^[1]	¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e^[2]	T-45014
US	1993-12^[3]^[4]^[5]	$59.9959.99^[3]	T-127015

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Lunar: The Silver Star (ルナザ・シルバースター) is a 1992 RPG by Game Arts for the Sega Mega-CD and the first in their Lunar series of RPGs. Working Designs translated it and released it overseas in 1993. Game Arts released an expanded remake for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation in 1996 as Lunar: Silver Star Story.

It had a sequel, Lunar: Eternal Blue, released in 1994.

Story

Characters

The game takes place in the fantasy land of Lunar, a small habitable world orbiting the massive, barren blue planet (known as the Blue Star), forming a loose parallel between the game's world and the Earth and its moon. Centuries before the start of the game, the Blue Star was rendered unlivable by years of war. The powerful and benevolent goddess Althena relocated humanity to the Silver Star, the world of Lunar, and entrusted four dragons to safeguard the elements of the new world. From this point on, those who would use the power of the dragons to serve the goddess and protect the world were known as "Dragonmasters", and no such Dragonmaster was more revered than Dyne, a legendary hero who defended the goddess and succumbed to an unknown fate.

The stories surrounding Dyne's exploits would form the life model for a young boy named Alex, the game's protagonist and central character, who aspires to become a Dragonmaster himself.

History

Release

Working Design's Victor Ireland said that the Sega CD version of Lunar sold 50,000 units.^[6]

Legacy

The game has been remade several times, including Lunar: Silver Star Story for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation in 1996, Lunar Legend for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, and Lunar: Silver Star Harmony for the PlayStation Portable in 2009.

Production credits

Japanese version

: Youichi Miyaji, Mitsuhiro Mazda, Kazunari Tomi, Kei Shigema, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Toshiyuki Uchida, Satoshi Uesaka, Takashi Hino, Ayano Koshiro, Hiroaki Okabe, Hiroyuki Koyama, Toshio Akashi, Takahiro Okano, Yuzo Sunaga, Takahiro Ohura, Akitoshi Satoh, Shunji Suzuki, Hajime Satoh, Sadao Kobayashi, Meiko Wada, Masatoshi Azumi, Masahiko Ikeya, Akiko Satoh, Harue Ohno, Daisuke Itoh, Kenzaburou Hirai, Katushirou Hirai, Itie Satoh, Makoto Satoh, Takeshi Takakura, Nobuaki Okachi, Mariko Uemura, Ari Kamijoh, Mr. Tom, Takeshi Miyaji, Tetsuya Amabiki, Kazuyuki Ohata, Toshimichi Masubuchi, Yoshihisa Segawa, Rika Okabe, Harumi Uesaka, Masae Satoh, Akira Kashiwagi, Hideki Kanai, Tsukasa Nishino, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Cube: Isao Mizoguchi, Noriyuki Iwadare, Hiroshi Fujioka, Yoshiaki Kubodera, Dougen Shibuya
Studio Page One: Eiji Minami
Vocal: Mayumi Sudou
Voice Actor: Kikuko Inoue, Rokurou Naya, Kouichi Kitamura, Rei Sakuma
Studio Ash: Souichi Tsuji

Source:

In-game credits

US version

Cast
- Alex: Ashley Angel
- Luna: Rhonda Gibson
- Nall: Jackie Powers
- Quark: Hal Delahousse
- Ghaleon: John Truitt

USA Team

Producer: Victor Ireland
Translation: Ryoji Mori, Hiroko Mori, Sayuri Howard, Victor Ireland
Proofing: Andy Hedman, Don Shirley
Assistants: Don Shirley, Dean Williams
Audio Re-Recording: Bill Staeck, Bill King, Victor Ireland
Opening Song
- Lyrics: Victor Ireland
- Performed by: Shiya

Japan Team

: Youichi Miyaji, Mitsuhiro Mazda, Kazunari Tomi, Kei Shigema, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Toshiyuki Uchida, Satoshi Uesaka, Takashi Hino, Ayano Koshiro, Hiroaki Okabe, Hiroyuki Koyama, Toshio Akashi, Takahiro Okano, Yuzo Sunaga, Takahiro Ohura, Akitoshi Satoh, Shunji Suzuki, Hajime Satoh, Sadao Kobayashi, Meiko Wada, Masatoshi Azumi, Masahiko Ikeya, Akiko Satoh, Harue Ohno, Daisuke Itoh, Kenzaburou Hirai, Katushirou Hirai, Itie Satoh, Makoto Satoh, Takeshi Takahura, Nobuaki Okashi, Mariko Uemura, Ari Kamijoh, Mr. Tom, Takeshi Miyaji, Tetsuya Amabiki, Kazuyuki Ohata, Toshimichi Masubuchi, Yoshihisa Segawa, Rika Okabe, Harumi Uesaka, Masae Satoh, Akira Kashiwagi, Hideki Kanai, Tsukasa Nishino, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Cube: Isao Mizoguchi, Noriyuki Iwadare, Hiroshi Fujioka, Yoshiaki Kubodera, Dougen Shibuya
Studio Page One: Eiji Minami
Studio Ash: Souichi Tsuji
Special Thanks: Cindy, Youichi Miyaji, S. Schmitt, Mike's Music & Sound, Jane Chaney, Sega, ...and You!

"Wheaties" Is a Registered Trademark of General Mills, Inc. Used with Permission.

Game Arts/Studio Alex

Source:

In-game credits^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Lunar: The Silver Star/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Lunar: The Silver Star/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[8]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

77

^[10]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[11]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[14]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

97

^[15]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[3]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

88

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

88

^[19]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

83

^[20]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

87

^[21]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[22]

Mega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

79

^[23]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

82

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

86

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

91

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

93

^[27]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

91

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[29]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

83

^[30]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

88

^[31]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[32]

	82
Based on 26 reviews

Lunar: The Silver Star

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card Alt disc 1 Alt disc 2 Alt disc 3 Alt disc 4 Alt disc 5 Alt disc 6

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

517,298,880

CD (JP)

T-45014

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

498,555,792

CD (US)

T-127015

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega CD

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 12
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 258
↑ http://www.workingdesigns.com/museum/sega_cd/ourgames/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-13 22:47)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/K13rcfhdLO0/m/0lVPzsWqd4oJ
↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-19 16:52)
↑ File:Lunar Silver Star MCD credits.pdf
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-08), page 35
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 144
↑ Edge, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 75
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 115
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 51
↑ Famitsu, "1992-07-03" (JP; 1992-06-19), page 40
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 85
↑ Hippon Super, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-04), page 39
↑ Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 59
↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 37
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 90
↑ Mega Fun, "02/94" (DE; 1994-01-19), page 46
↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 68
↑ Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 78
↑ MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 38
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 50
↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 62
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 46
↑ Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 52
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 108
↑ Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 74
↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62

Lunar: The Silver Star

Books: Lunar: The Silver Star Koushiki Guide Book (1992) | Lunar: The Silver Star - Lunar no Sekai to Kouryaku Guide (1992) | Lunar: The Silver Star - The Official Strategy Guide (1994) | Lunar I and II Koushiki Settei Shiryoushuu (1995)

Lunar games for Sega systems
	Lunar: The Silver Star (1992) \| Lunar: Eternal Blue (1994)
	Lunar Silver Star Story (1996) \| Mahou Gakuen Lunar! (1997) \| Lunar 2 Eternal Blue (1998)
	Lunar: Sanpo-suru Gakuen (1996)
Sampler Discs
Lunar: Eternal Blue Hibaihin Auto Demo (1994)
Lunar Silver Star Story Hibaihin Auto Demo (1997)
Lunar related media
	Lunar: The Silver Star Koushiki Guide Book (1992) \| Lunar: The Silver Star - Lunar no Sekai to Kouryaku Guide (1992) \| Lunar: The Silver Star - The Official Strategy Guide (1994) \| Lunar I and II Koushiki Settei Shiryoushuu (1995) \| Lunar: Eternal Blue - The Official Strategy Guide (1995) \| Lunar Silver Star Story Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (1996) \| Lunar Silver Star Story Game Guide Book (1997) \| Mahou Gakuen Lunar! Koushiki Guide Book (1997) \| Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Kanzen Kouryaku Guide (1998) \| Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Koushiki Kouryaku Guide Book (1998)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-01.pdf_p12-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 12

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p258-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 258

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20020813224707.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.workingdesigns.com.2Fmuseum.2Fsega_cd.2Fourgames.2Findex.html-4] ttp://www.workingdesigns.com/museum/sega_cd/ourgames/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-13 22:47)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FK13rcfhdLO0.2Fm.2F0lVPzsWqd4oJ-5] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/K13rcfhdLO0/m/0lVPzsWqd4oJ

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20000819165206.2Fsegaweb.com.2Fnews.2F0500.2F062.html-6] tt (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-19 16:52)

[:File:Lunar_Silver_Star_MCD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Lunar Silver Star MCD credits.pdf

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-07.pdf_p35-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-08), page 35

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_031.pdf_p144-10] Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 144

[:File:Edge_UK_007.pdf_p75-11] Edge, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 75

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_16.pdf_p115-12] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 115

[:File:EGM_US_053.pdf_p51-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0185.pdf_p40-14] Famitsu, "1992-07-03" (JP; 1992-06-19), page 40

[:File:GameFan_US_0201.pdf_p27-15] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p85-16] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 85

[17] Hippon Super, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-04), page 39

[:File:Joypad_FR_032.pdf_p59-18] Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_18.pdf_p37-19] Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 37

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p90-20] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 90

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-02.pdf_p46-21] Mega Fun, "02/94" (DE; 1994-01-19), page 46

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0406.pdf_p68-22] Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 68

[:File:MegaPower_UK_08.pdf_p78-23] Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 78

[:File:MegaTech_UK_27.pdf_p38-24] MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 38

[:File:MeanMachinesSega17UK.pdf_p50-25] Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 50

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p62-26] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p46-27] Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 46

[:File:SegaZone_UK_16.pdf_p52-28] Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 52

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[30] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 108

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-03.pdf_p74-31] Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 74

[:File:VideoGames_US_61.pdf_p62-32] VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62

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Difference between revisions of "Lunar: The Silver Star"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 10:12, 18 September 2022

Contents

Story

History

Release

Legacy

Production credits

Japanese version

US version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References