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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ルナ シルバースターストーリー) is an update to ''[[Lunar: The Silver Star]]'' released by [[Game Arts]] in 1996. It was first released on the [[Sega Saturn]] exclusively in Japan before receiving a worldwide release on the Sony PlayStation.
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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ルナ シルバースターストーリー) is a role-playing game released by [[Game Arts]] in 1996. It is a remake of the [[Mega-CD]] game ''[[Lunar: The Silver Star]]''. It was first released on the [[Sega Saturn]] exclusively in Japan before receiving a Japanese and North American release on the [[PlayStation]]. It had a sequel, ''[[Lunar 2: Eternal Blue]]'', released in 1998.
  
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The Saturn version also had a special "[[Video CD Card|MPEG Ban]]"/"MPEG-ban"/"MPEG Edition" (ルナ シルバースターストーリー ＭＰＥＧ版) released for it.
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An improved version called '''Complete''' or '''[[Video CD Card|MPEG-Ban]]''' (ルナ シルバースターストーリー ＭＰＥＧ版) was released later.
  
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It had a sequel, ''[[Lunar 2: Eternal Blue]]'', released in 1988.
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==History==
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===Release===
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The Saturn version sold 115,343 units during its first week on sale in 1996 and went on to sell 200,035 units in Japan overall as of April 1999.{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20081230005343/www.japan-gamecharts.com/sat.php}}
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[[Working Designs]] had planned to localise this game for the North American market as '''''Lunar: Director's Cut''''' (with a planned release date of March 1997{{magref|egm|88|140}}), but while featuring in some form at [[E3 1997]], this version was not released.
  
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==Sales==
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==Versions==
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The Saturn version sold 115,343 units during its first week on sale in 1996 and went on to sell 200,035 units in Japan overall as of April 1999.{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20081230005343/www.japan-gamecharts.com/sat.php}}
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The Saturn and PlayStation versions of ''Lunar Silver Star Story'' are broadly the same, however without the [[Video CD Card]], all full motion videos in the Saturn version are played at a lower resolution than on the PlayStation. With the Video CD card, the roles are reversed.
  
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The PlayStation version sold over 223,000 units within its first year in North America,{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20070811202112/www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml}} making it the highest-selling Working Designs title and the second highest-selling PlayStation role-playing game of 1999 behind ''[[wikia:w:c:finalfantasy:Final Fantasy VIII|Final Fantasy VIII]]''.{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20010623211116/www.workingdesigns.com/about_us.html}}
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Being released a two years later later in late 1998, the PlayStation version offers a number of minor enhancements over its Saturn counterpart, including shorter loading times and minor changes to graphics and audio (the logo, for example, has a strip of silver on the PlayStation). In the US, the PlayStation version refers to itself as ''Lunar Silver Star Story Complete'', presumably to highlight the enhancements, though from a gameplay perspective is not thought to be any more "complete" than the Saturn original.
  
 
==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==
 
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: '''Cast'''
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{{creditstable|
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'''Alex:''' Akira Ishida<br>
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{{creditsheader|Cast}}
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'''Luna:''' Kyoko Hikami<br>
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*'''Alex:''' [[Akira Ishida]]
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'''Nall:''' Junko Hagimori<br>
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*'''Luna:''' [[Kyoko Hikami]]
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'''Ramus:''' Yasuhiro Takato<br>
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*'''Nall:''' Junko Hagimori
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'''Nash:''' Daisuke Sakaguchi<br>
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*'''Ramus:''' [[Yasuhiro Takato]]
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'''Mia:''' Yoko Asada<br>
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*'''Nash:''' [[Daisuke Sakaguchi]]
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'''Jessica:''' Haruna Ikezawa<br>
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*'''Mia:''' Yoko Asada
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'''Killy:''' Tomokazu Seki<br>
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*'''Jessica:''' Haruna Ikezawa
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'''Temujin:''' Yasunori Masuya<br>
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*'''Killy:''' [[Tomokazu Seki]]
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'''Xenobia/Remilia:''' Aya Hara<br>
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*'''Temujin:''' [[Yasunori Masutani]]
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'''Phacia/Pilya:''' Sakura Tange<br>
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*'''Xenobia/Remilia:''' [[Teiya Ichiryusai|Aya Hara]]
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'''Royce:''' Machiko Toyoshima<br>
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*'''Phacia/Pilya:''' [[Sakura Tange]]
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'''Laike/Dyne:''' Akio Otsuka<br>
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*'''Royce:''' Machiko Toyoshima
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'''Ghaleon:''' Kiyoyuki Yanada<br>
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*'''Laike/Dyne:''' [[Akio Otsuka]]
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'''Fidy/Mel/Myght:''' Yuusaku Yara<br><br>
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*'''Ghaleon:''' [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]]
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'''Producer:''' Youichi Miyaji<br>
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*'''Fidy/Mel/Myght:''' [[Yusaku Yara]]
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'''Scenario Director:''' Kei Shigema<br>
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*'''Producer:''' [[Youichi Miyaji]]
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'''Director of Event Movie:''' Toshiyuki Kubooka<br>
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*'''Scenario Director:''' Kei Shigema
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'''Screen Play Director:''' Toshio Akashi (Ikusabune)<br>
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*'''Director of Event Movie:''' Toshiyuki Kubooka
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'''Game Director:''' Masaaki Ando (Japan Art Media)<br>
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*'''Screen Play Director:''' Toshio Akashi ([[Ikusabune]])
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: '''Scenario Staff'''
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*'''Game Director:''' Masaaki Ando ([[Japan Art Media]])
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'''Original Story:''' Studio Alex<br>
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{{creditsheader|Scenario Staff}}
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'''Story:''' Kei Shigema, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Toshio Akashi, Takashi Hino<br>
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*'''Original Story:''' Studio Alex
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'''Main Game Scenario:''' Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu)<br>
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*'''Story:''' Kei Shigema, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Toshio Akashi, Takashi Hino
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'''Game Scenario:''' Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu), Daisuke Tazawa, Takahiro Hasebe, Kei Shigema<br>
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*'''Main Game Scenario:''' Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu)
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'''Image Board:''' Hajime Sato<br>
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*'''Game Scenario:''' Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu), Daisuke Tazawa, Takahiro Hasebe, Kei Shigema
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: '''Game Staff'''
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*'''Image Board:''' Hajime Sato
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'''Game Design:''' Japan Art Media<br>
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{{creditsheader|Game Staff}}
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'''Main Programmer:''' Shigeyuki Sata<br>
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*'''Game Design:''' [[Japan Art Media]]
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'''Battle Programmer:''' Masaaki Ando, Tsuyoshi Tanaka<br>
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*'''Main Programmer:''' Shigeyuki Sata
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'''System Programmer:''' Miyuki Inoue<br>
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*'''Battle Programmer:''' Masaaki Ando, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
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'''Music Programmer:''' Tsuyoshi Tanaka<br>
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*'''System Programmer:''' Miyuki Inoue
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'''System Design:''' Tomonori Sugiyama (Vanguard), Shin Ito (Vanguard)<br>
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*'''Music Programmer:''' Tsuyoshi Tanaka
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'''Battle Balance:''' Go Sugiyama (Vanguard), Toru Yamazaki (Vanguard)<br>
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*'''System Design:''' Tomonori Sugiyama ([[Vanguard]]), Shin Ito ([[Vanguard]])
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'''Trap Design:''' Tomonori Sugiyama (Vanguard), Kazuhiro Ohtahara (Vanguard)<br>
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*'''Battle Balance:''' Go Sugiyama ([[Vanguard]]), Toru Yamazaki ([[Vanguard]])
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'''Text:''' Mitsuru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Sata<br>
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*'''Trap Design:''' Tomonori Sugiyama ([[Vanguard]]), Kazuhiro Ohtahara ([[Vanguard]])
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'''Character Demonstration:''' Mitsuru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Sata, Masaaki Ando<br>
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*'''Text:''' [[Mitsuru Takahashi]], Shigeyuki Sata
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'''Map Designer:''' Junichi Kamiya, Ryuichi Nawamura, Hidenori Sato, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Kyosuke Naito, Shinichi Shibazaki, Kouzi Shinozaki, Junichi Kashiwagi, Masaki Kurosawa, Erika Kame (Neverland)<br>
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*'''Character Demonstration:''' [[Mitsuru Takahashi]], Shigeyuki Sata, Masaaki Ando
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'''Battle Map Designer:''' Ryuichi Nawamura, Kazumitsu Bokuzen<br>
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*'''Map Designer:''' Junichi Kamiya, Ryuichi Nawamura, Hidenori Sato, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Kyosuke Naito, Shinichi Shibazaki, Kouzi Shinozaki, Junichi Kashiwagi, Masaki Kurosawa, Erika Kame (Neverland)
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'''Character Graphic:''' Naoko Sakurada, Daisuke Ito, Hirohisa Suzuki, Sachiko Yokose, Toshimasa Fukuyama<br>
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*'''Battle Map Designer:''' Ryuichi Nawamura, Kazumitsu Bokuzen
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: '''Animation Staff'''
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*'''Character Graphic:''' Naoko Sakurada, Daisuke Ito, Hirohisa Suzuki, Sachiko Yokose, Toshimasa Fukuyama
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'''Storyboard/Character Design:''' Toshiyuki Kubooka<br>
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{{creditsheader|Animation Staff}}
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'''Key Animation Supervisor:''' Takeshi Honda, Masami Ozone, Moriyuki Matsutane, Keiichi Sato, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka<br>
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*'''Storyboard/Character Design:''' Toshiyuki Kubooka
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'''Animater:''' Tomohiro Hirata, Masami Ozone, Shoichi Masuo, Kunihiro Abe, Masahiko Okura, Hiroko Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Gouda, Yasushi Shingo, Tatsuo Yamada, Susumu Yamaguchi, Junichi Hayama, Koji Sugiura, Michinori Chiba, Tomohiro Kawahara, Ritsuko Watanabe, Takaaki Fukuyo, Toshiharu Murata, Noriyuki Matsutane, Akeri Funato, Takeshi Honda, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka<br>
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*'''Key Animation Supervisor:''' Takeshi Honda, Masami Ozone, Moriyuki Matsutane, Keiichi Sato, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka
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'''Inbetween Checker:''' Tomoyuki Hou, Sachiyo Hiraide, Sachiko Kobayashi<br>
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*'''Animater:''' Tomohiro Hirata, Masami Ozone, Shoichi Masuo, Kunihiro Abe, Masahiko Okura, Hiroko Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Gouda, Yasushi Shingo, Tatsuo Yamada, Susumu Yamaguchi, Junichi Hayama, Koji Sugiura, Michinori Chiba, Tomohiro Kawahara, Ritsuko Watanabe, Takaaki Fukuyo, Toshiharu Murata, Noriyuki Matsutane, Akeri Funato, Takeshi Honda, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka
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'''Inbetweeners Thanks to:''' Triangle Staff, Oh! Production, Wonbat, Studio Takuranke, Zero G Room, Studio Live, Dangun Pictures, Whisky Studio, Liberty, Line, production I.G, Denki Gonzo<br>
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*'''Inbetween Checker:''' Tomoyuki Hou, Sachiyo Hiraide, Sachiko Kobayashi
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'''Character Color Designer:''' Waka Mizuho<br>
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*'''Inbetweeners Thanks to:''' Triangle Staff, [[Oh! Production]], Wonbat, [[Studio Takuranke]], [[Zero G Room]], [[Studio Live]], [[Dangun Pictures]], Whisky Studio, Liberty, Line, [[Production I.G]], [[Denki Gonzo]]
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'''Scan/Paint/2D Rendered:''' Raretrick, Jitensha, Daumu, Takahashi Production, T-2 studio, Tokyo Kids, Visual Work Shop, OLM, Denki Gonzo<br>
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*'''Character Color Designer:''' Waka Mizuho
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'''Art Director:''' Masanori Kikuchi<br>
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*'''Scan/Paint/2D Rendered:''' Raretrick, Jitensha, Daumu, Takahashi Production, T-2 studio, Tokyo Kids, Visual Work Shop, OLM, [[Denki Gonzo]]
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'''Background Artists:''' Kusanagi, Studio Uni<br>
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*'''Art Director:''' Masanori Kikuchi
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'''2D Digital Effect:''' Tudo Koubo, Big X<br>
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*'''Background Artists:''' [[Kusanagi]], [[Studio Uni]]
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'''3D C.G.:''' Toshio Akashi, Taku Sakuragawa, Hidenori Tanaka, Kenichi Iwaida<br>
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*'''2D Digital Effect:''' Tudo Koubo, Big X
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'''CGI:''' Denki Gonzo<br>
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*'''3D C.G.:''' Toshio Akashi, Taku Sakuragawa, Hidenori Tanaka, Kenichi Iwaida
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'''Publicity Poster Thanks to:''' <br>
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*'''CGI:''' Denki Gonzo
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'''Animation Director:''' Keiichi Sugiyama<br>
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*'''Publicity Poster Thanks to:'''
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'''Assistant Producer:''' Keiichi Kitada, Kazuki Tsunoda, Koji Nakano<br>
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*'''Animation Director:''' Keiichi Sugiyama
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'''Animation Producer:''' Shoji Murahama<br>
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*'''Assistant Producer:''' Keiichi Kitada, Kazuki Tsunoda, Koji Nakano
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'''Cinepak Data Creation:''' [[Sega Digital Studio]]<br>
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*'''Animation Producer:''' Shoji Murahama
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'''Animation Production:''' Gonzo<br>
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*'''Cinepak Data Creation:''' [[Sega Digital Studio]]
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: '''Face Windows Staff'''
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*'''Animation Production:''' [[Gonzo]]
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'''Illustrator:''' Takeshi Mori<br>
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{{creditsheader|Face Windows Staff}}
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'''Graphicker:''' Waka Mizuho<br>
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*'''Illustrator:''' Takeshi Mori
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: '''Battle Mode Background Art Staff'''
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*'''Graphicker:''' Waka Mizuho
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'''Illustrator:''' Umanosuke Iida<br>
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{{creditsheader|Battle Mode Background Art Staff}}
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'''Background Artists:''' Kazuo Ogura, Yuji Kihara, Yoji Nakaza, Nobuhito Sue, Kusanagi<br>
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*'''Illustrator:''' Umanosuke Iida
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: '''Music Staff'''
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*'''Background Artists:''' Kazuo Ogura, Yuji Kihara, Yoji Nakaza, Nobuhito Sue, [[Kusanagi]]
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'''Sound Producer:''' [[Isao Mizoguchi]] (Two Five)<br>
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{{creditsheader|Music Staff}}
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'''Music:''' [[Noriyuki Iwadare]] (Two Five)<br>
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*'''Sound Producer:''' [[Isao Mizoguchi]] ([[Two Five]])
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'''Sound Effect:''' Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Production), Sanae Kasahara (Two Five)<br>
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*'''Music:''' [[Noriyuki Iwadare]] ([[Two Five]])
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: '''Debugging Staff'''
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*'''Sound Effect:''' Yasuyuki Konno ([[Swara Production]]), Sanae Kasahara ([[Two Five]])
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'''Chief Debugger:''' <br>
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{{creditsheader|Debugging Staff}}
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'''Test Player:''' <br>
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*'''Chief Debugger:'''
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'''Title Logo Designer:'''<br>
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*'''Test Player:'''
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'''Supervisor:''' <br>
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*'''Title Logo Designer:'''
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'''Special Thanks to:''' <br>
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*'''Supervisor:'''
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'''Kadokawa Shoten Staff:''' <br>
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*'''Special Thanks to:'''
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'''Executive Producer:''' Tsuguhiko Kadokawa<br>
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*'''Kadokawa Shoten Staff:'''
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*'''Executive Producer:''' Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
  
 
==Promotional material==
 
==Promotional material==
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{{gallery
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LunarSSS Saturn JP Flyer.pdf|Flyer (complete)
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SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf|page=28|[[Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)]] Print advertisement
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SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf|page=29|[[Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)]] Print advertisement
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==Physical scans==
 
==Physical scans==
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==Technical information==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
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===ROM dump status===
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====T-27904G (Complete)====
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{{track|data}}
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{{track|(Music 01)|time=2:27}}
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{{track|{{CDWarning|special=yes}}|time=0:09}}
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===Extra content===
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{{ExtraTable|console=SAT|region=JP|
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{{ExtraTableRow|\TEXT\AR_BOOK.TXT|TXT|25,089|Post recording sctipt.}}
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For the Mega-CD version, see Lunar: The Silver Star.

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Lunar Silver Star Story
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Licensor: Game Arts
Original system(s): Sega Mega-CD
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory, Video CD Card (Complete)
Genre: RPG[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e[3] T-27901G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
JP
(Complete) 		¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e[5] T-27904G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

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Lunar Silver Star Story (ルナ シルバースターストーリー) is a role-playing game released by Game Arts in 1996. It is a remake of the Mega-CD game Lunar: The Silver Star. It was first released on the Sega Saturn exclusively in Japan before receiving a Japanese and North American release on the PlayStation. It had a sequel, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, released in 1998.

An improved version called Complete or MPEG-Ban (ルナ シルバースターストーリー ＭＰＥＧ版) was released later.

History

Release

The Saturn version sold 115,343 units during its first week on sale in 1996 and went on to sell 200,035 units in Japan overall as of April 1999.[6]

Working Designs had planned to localise this game for the North American market as Lunar: Director's Cut (with a planned release date of March 1997[7]), but while featuring in some form at E3 1997, this version was not released.

Versions

The Saturn and PlayStation versions of Lunar Silver Star Story are broadly the same, however without the Video CD Card, all full motion videos in the Saturn version are played at a lower resolution than on the PlayStation. With the Video CD card, the roles are reversed.

Being released a two years later later in late 1998, the PlayStation version offers a number of minor enhancements over its Saturn counterpart, including shorter loading times and minor changes to graphics and audio (the logo, for example, has a strip of silver on the PlayStation). In the US, the PlayStation version refers to itself as Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, presumably to highlight the enhancements, though from a gameplay perspective is not thought to be any more "complete" than the Saturn original.

Production credits

Cast
Scenario Staff
  • Original Story: Studio Alex
  • Story: Kei Shigema, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Toshio Akashi, Takashi Hino
  • Main Game Scenario: Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu)
  • Game Scenario: Ryoushirou Hasukawa (Tenpu), Daisuke Tazawa, Takahiro Hasebe, Kei Shigema
  • Image Board: Hajime Sato
Game Staff
  • Game Design: Japan Art Media
  • Main Programmer: Shigeyuki Sata
  • Battle Programmer: Masaaki Ando, Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • System Programmer: Miyuki Inoue
  • Music Programmer: Tsuyoshi Tanaka
  • System Design: Tomonori Sugiyama (Vanguard), Shin Ito (Vanguard)
  • Battle Balance: Go Sugiyama (Vanguard), Toru Yamazaki (Vanguard)
  • Trap Design: Tomonori Sugiyama (Vanguard), Kazuhiro Ohtahara (Vanguard)
  • Text: Mitsuru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Sata
  • Character Demonstration: Mitsuru Takahashi, Shigeyuki Sata, Masaaki Ando
  • Map Designer: Junichi Kamiya, Ryuichi Nawamura, Hidenori Sato, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Kyosuke Naito, Shinichi Shibazaki, Kouzi Shinozaki, Junichi Kashiwagi, Masaki Kurosawa, Erika Kame (Neverland)
  • Battle Map Designer: Ryuichi Nawamura, Kazumitsu Bokuzen
  • Character Graphic: Naoko Sakurada, Daisuke Ito, Hirohisa Suzuki, Sachiko Yokose, Toshimasa Fukuyama
Animation Staff
  • Storyboard/Character Design: Toshiyuki Kubooka
  • Key Animation Supervisor: Takeshi Honda, Masami Ozone, Moriyuki Matsutane, Keiichi Sato, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka
  • Animater: Tomohiro Hirata, Masami Ozone, Shoichi Masuo, Kunihiro Abe, Masahiko Okura, Hiroko Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Gouda, Yasushi Shingo, Tatsuo Yamada, Susumu Yamaguchi, Junichi Hayama, Koji Sugiura, Michinori Chiba, Tomohiro Kawahara, Ritsuko Watanabe, Takaaki Fukuyo, Toshiharu Murata, Noriyuki Matsutane, Akeri Funato, Takeshi Honda, Mahiro Maeda, Toshiyuki Kubooka
  • Inbetween Checker: Tomoyuki Hou, Sachiyo Hiraide, Sachiko Kobayashi
  • Inbetweeners Thanks to: Triangle Staff, Oh! Production, Wonbat, Studio Takuranke, Zero G Room, Studio Live, Dangun Pictures, Whisky Studio, Liberty, Line, Production I.G, Denki Gonzo
  • Character Color Designer: Waka Mizuho
  • Scan/Paint/2D Rendered: Raretrick, Jitensha, Daumu, Takahashi Production, T-2 studio, Tokyo Kids, Visual Work Shop, OLM, Denki Gonzo
  • Art Director: Masanori Kikuchi
  • Background Artists: Kusanagi, Studio Uni
  • 2D Digital Effect: Tudo Koubo, Big X
  • 3D C.G.: Toshio Akashi, Taku Sakuragawa, Hidenori Tanaka, Kenichi Iwaida
  • CGI: Denki Gonzo
  • Publicity Poster Thanks to:
  • Animation Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
  • Assistant Producer: Keiichi Kitada, Kazuki Tsunoda, Koji Nakano
  • Animation Producer: Shoji Murahama
  • Cinepak Data Creation: Sega Digital Studio
  • Animation Production: Gonzo
Face Windows Staff
  • Illustrator: Takeshi Mori
  • Graphicker: Waka Mizuho
Battle Mode Background Art Staff
  • Illustrator: Umanosuke Iida
  • Background Artists: Kazuo Ogura, Yuji Kihara, Yoji Nakaza, Nobuhito Sue, Kusanagi
Music Staff
Debugging Staff
  • Chief Debugger:
  • Test Player:
  • Title Logo Designer:
  • Supervisor:
  • Special Thanks to:
  • Kadokawa Shoten Staff:
  • Executive Producer: Tsuguhiko Kadokawa

Magazine articles

Main article: Lunar Silver Star Story/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

LunarSSS Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Flyer (complete)
LunarSSS Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-10: "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (1996-06-14)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-18: "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (1996-10-11)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-19: "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (1996-10-25)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-13: "1997-13 (1997-04-25)" (1997-04-11)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
92
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[9]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[10]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
100
[11]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
74
[12]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
80
[13]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
94
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
90
[16]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
94
[17]
Sega Saturn
 83
Based on
10 reviews

Lunar Silver Star Story

Saturn, JP
LunarSSS Saturn JP Box Back.jpgLunarSSS Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
LunarSSS Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
LunarSSS Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
LunarSSS Saturn JP Manual.pdf
Manual
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Extra
Saturn, JP (Complete)
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Cover
LunarSSS Saturn JP Spinecard Complete.jpg
Spinecard
LunarSSS Saturn JP Disc Complete.jpg
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Lunar Silver Star Story/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
648,716,880 1996-09-30 CD-ROM (JP) T-27901G V1.05
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
603,384,432 1997-05-27 CD-ROM (JP) T-27904G V1.00

Track list

T-27901G

1. Data track  
2. (Music 01) (2:27) 
3. CD Warning message (special) (0:09) 
► Running time: 2:36

T-27904G (Complete)

1. Data track  
2. Data track  
3. (Music 01) (2:27) 
4. CD Warning message (special) (0:09) 
► Running time: 2:36

Extra content

T-27901G

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File Type Size description
\TEXT\AR_BOOK.TXT TXT 25,089 Post recording sctipt.

T-27904G (Complete)

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File Type Size description
ABSTRACT.TXT TXT (Abstract) 35 Title
AR_BOOK.TXT TXT 25,089 Post recording sctipt.
BIB.TXT TXT (Bibliographiced) 4 No message
CPYRIGHT.TXT TXT (Copyright) 100 Copyright


References

  1. ↑ File:LunarSSS Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  3. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (JP; 1996-06-14), page 14
  4. ↑ https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
  5. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-13 (1997-04-25)" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 8
  6. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2008-12-30 00:53)
  7. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 140
  8. ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-11-01" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 1
  10. ↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-11" (JP; 1997-06-27), page 1
  11. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 86
  12. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 22" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 193
  13. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70
  14. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 59
  15. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (JP; 1996-10-25), page 230
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
  17. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10


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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)
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