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It had a sequel, ''[[Lunar: Eternal Blue]]'', released in 1994.
 
It had a sequel, ''[[Lunar: Eternal Blue]]'', released in 1994.
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===Release===
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Working Design's Vic Ireland said that the Sega CD version of Lunar sold 50,000 units.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000819165206/segaweb.com/news/0500/062.html}}
  
 
==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==

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Lunar: The Silver Star
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Game Arts (JP), Working Designs (US)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: RPG[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP
¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e[2] T-45014
Sega Mega-CD
US
$59.9959.99[3] T-127015
Videogame Rating Council: MA-13

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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.

History

Release

Working Design's Vic Ireland said that the Sega CD version of Lunar sold 50,000 units.[4]

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
Copyright©1992 Game Arts/Studio Alex
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
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.
Copyright 1993 Working Designs
Game Arts/Studio Alex
Source:
In-game credits

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 Score Source
80 [5]
88 [6]
77 [7]
60 [8]
86 [9]
76 [10]
98
65 №185, [1]
97
97
95 Vol 2, №12
90 [11]
60 №1992-07, p39
88 №18, p36/37
87 [12]
82 №27, p38-40
86 [13]
91 №52, p62/63
93 [14]
88 [15]
90 Vol 6, №12
Sega Mega-CD
84
Based on
21 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[16]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[17]
Consoles + (FR)
77
[7]
Edge (UK) NTSC-U
60
[8]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
86
[18]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
76
[19]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[20]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
97
[21]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
75
[22]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
90
[3]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[23]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
88
[24]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
88
[25]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
83
[26]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
87
[12]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
83
[27]
Mega Power (UK) NTSC-J
79
[28]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
82
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
86
[30]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
91
[31]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
93
[32]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
91
[33]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
88
[34]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
83
[35]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
88
[36]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[37]
Sega Mega-CD
82
Based on
26 reviews

Lunar: The Silver Star

Mega-CD, JP
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Cover
LunarTheSilverStar MCD JP Spinecard.JPG
Spinecard
LunarTSS MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc
LunarTheSilverStar MCD JP manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, US
LunarTSS MCD US Box Back.jpgLunarTSS MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
LunarTSS MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Lunarss mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
LunarTSS MCD US RegCard.pdf
Reg Card
Lunar MCD US disc alt1.jpg
Alt disc 1
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Alt disc 2
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Alt disc 3
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Alt disc 4
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Alt disc 5
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Alt disc 6

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
517,298,880 CD (JP) T-45014
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
498,555,792 CD (US) T-127015

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
  2. Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 12
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 258
  4. htt (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-19 16:52)
  5. Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-08), page 33 (35)
  6. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 82 (84)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Consoles +, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 144
  8. 8.0 8.1 Edge, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 75
  9. Edge, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 115
  10. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50 (51)
  11. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 252/253 (258)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Mega Fun, "02/94" (DE; 1994-01-19), page 46
  13. Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 50-52 (50)
  14. Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 46-48 (46)
  15. Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 74 (72)
  16. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 168
  17. Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-08), page 35
  18. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 115
  19. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 51
  20. Famitsu, "1992-07-03" (JP; 1992-06-19), page 40
  21. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
  22. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 85
  23. Hippon Super, "July 1992" (JP; 1992-06-04), page 39
  24. Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 59
  25. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 37
  26. Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 90
  27. Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 68
  28. Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 78
  29. MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 38
  30. Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 50
  31. Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 62
  32. Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 46
  33. Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 52
  34. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
  35. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 108
  36. Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 74
  37. VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62


Lunar: The Silver Star

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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)

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Lunar games for Sega systems
Sega Mega-CD
Lunar: The Silver Star (1992) | Lunar: Eternal Blue (1994)
Sega Saturn
Lunar Silver Star Story (1996) | Mahou Gakuen Lunar! (1997) | Lunar 2 Eternal Blue (1998)
Sega Game Gear
Lunar: Sanpo-suru Gakuen (1996)
Sampler Discs
Sega Mega-CD
Lunar: Eternal Blue Hibaihin Auto Demo (1994)
Sega Saturn
Lunar Silver Star Story Hibaihin Auto Demo (1997)
Lunar related media
Book
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)