Lunar Silver Star Story

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Lunar Silver Star Story

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten

Developer: Game Arts, JAM

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Movie Card (Complete)

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-10-25	¥6,8006,800	T-27901G
JP (Complete)	1997-07-04	¥6,8006,800	T-27904G

Sega

Lunar Silver Star Story (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 PlayStation. It had a sequel, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, released in 1988.

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.^[1]

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

Alex: Akira Ishida
Luna: Kyoko Hikami
Nall: Junko Hagimori
Ramus: Yasuhiro Takato
Nash: Daisuke Sakaguchi
Mia: Yoko Asada
Jessica: Haruna Ikezawa
Killy: Tomokazu Seki
Temujin: Yasunori Masuya
Xenobia/Remilia: Aya Hara
Phacia/Pilya: Sakura Tange
Royce: Machiko Toyoshima
Laike/Dyne: Akio Otsuka
Ghaleon: Kiyoyuki Yanada
Fidy/Mel/Myght: Yuusaku Yara
Producer: Youichi Miyaji
Scenario Director: Kei Shigema
Director of Event Movie: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Screen Play Director: Toshio Akashi (Ikusabune)
Game Director: Masaaki Ando (Japan Art Media)

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

Sound Producer: Isao Mizoguchi (Two Five)
Music: Noriyuki Iwadare (Two Five)
Sound Effect: Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Production), Sanae Kasahara (Two Five)

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

Flyer (complete)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-10: "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (1996-06-14)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-18: "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (1996-10-11)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-19: "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (1996-10-25)

Complete print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-13: "1997-13 (1997-04-25)" (1997-04-11)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

92

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

100

^[9]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[10]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

94

^[12]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[5]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

94

^[14]

	83
Based on 10 reviews

Lunar Silver Star Story

Saturn, JP
Cover
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Saturn, JP (Complete)
Cover
Spinecard Disc

References

↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2008-12-30 00:53)
↑ File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf, page 94
↑ File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf, page 82
↑ File:SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf, page 230
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Famitsu, "1996-11-01" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 1
↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-11" (JP; 1997-06-27), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 86
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 22" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 193
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70
↑ Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 59
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (JP; 1996-10-25), page 230
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10

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)

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[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf_p94-2] File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf, page 94

[:File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf_p82-3] File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf, page 82

[:File:SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf_p230-4] File:SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf, page 230

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf_p94-6] Consoles +, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[7] Famitsu, "1996-11-01" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 1

[8] Famitsu, "1997-07-11" (JP; 1997-06-27), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf_p86-9] Joypad, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 86

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-22_19961101.pdf_p193-10] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 22" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 193

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-25_19961213.pdf_p70-11] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70

[:File:SegaPower_UK_88.pdf_p59-12] Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 59

[:File:SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf_p230-13] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (JP; 1996-10-25), page 230

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p10-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10

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Lunar Silver Star Story

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Release

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References