Difference between revisions of "Lunar Silver Star Story"

From Sega Retro
Line 5: Line 5:
 
| developer=[[Game Arts]]
 
| developer=[[Game Arts]]
 
| system=[[Sega Saturn]]
 
| system=[[Sega Saturn]]
−
| romsize=618MB/575MB(Complete)
+
| romsize=618MB/575MB (Complete)
−
| sounddriver=
+
| sounddriver=SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
−
| peripherals=[[Movie Card]](Complete)
+
| peripherals=[[Movie Card]] (Complete)
 
| players=1
 
| players=1
 
| genre=RPG
 
| genre=RPG
 +
| originalpublishers=[[Game Arts]]
 +
| consolescompilation=[[Sega Mega-CD]]
 
| releases={{releases
 
| releases={{releases
 
| sat_date_jp=1996-10-25
 
| sat_date_jp=1996-10-25
Line 21: Line 23:
 
| sega=all
 
| sega=all
 
}}
 
}}
−
'''''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 Sony PlayStation.
+
'''''{{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.
  
 
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.
 
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.
Line 32: Line 34:
 
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}}
 
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}}
  
−
==Production Credits==
+
==Production credits==
 +
{{multicol|
 
: '''Cast'''
 
: '''Cast'''
 
'''Alex:''' Akira Ishida<br>
 
'''Alex:''' Akira Ishida<br>
Line 111: Line 114:
 
'''Kadokawa Shoten Staff:''' <br>
 
'''Kadokawa Shoten Staff:''' <br>
 
'''Executive Producer:''' Tsuguhiko Kadokawa<br>
 
'''Executive Producer:''' Tsuguhiko Kadokawa<br>
 +
}}
  
−
==Promotional Material==
+
==Promotional material==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
−
File:LunarSSS Saturn JP Flyer.pdf|Flyer (complete)
+
LunarSSS Saturn JP Flyer.pdf|Flyer (complete)
 +
SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf|page=28|[[Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)]] Print advertisement
 +
SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf|page=29|[[Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)]] Print advertisement
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
−
==Physical Scans==
+
 
 +
==Physical scans==
 
{{ratings
 
{{ratings
 
| icon=SAT
 
| icon=SAT
 
| consolesplus=92
 
| consolesplus=92
−
| consolesplus_source={{num|61|page=94/95}}
+
| consolesplus_source={{num|61|page=94/95|pdf=ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf|pdfpage=94}}
 +
| famitsu=50
 +
| famitsu_source={{num|413|page=32|pdf=}}
 
| joypad=100
 
| joypad=100
−
| joypad_source=[http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joypad/joypad_numero059/Joypad%20059%20-%20Page%20086%20(1996-12).jpg {{num|59|page=86}}]
+
| joypad_source={{num|59|page=86|pdf=Joypad_FR_059.pdf|pdfpage=82}}
 +
| ssmjp=60
 +
| ssmjp_source={{num|1996-19|page=229|pdf=SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf|pdfpage=231}}
 +
| ssmjp_r=81
 +
| ssmjp_source_r={{num||page=10|pdf=SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf|pdfpage=12}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Scanbox
 
{{Scanbox
Line 144: Line 157:
 
| disc=LunarSSS_Saturn_JP_Disc_Complete.jpg
 
| disc=LunarSSS_Saturn_JP_Disc_Complete.jpg
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
==References==
 +
<references/>
  
 
{{Lunar}}
 
{{Lunar}}

Revision as of 02:27, 24 January 2016

This teeny-tiny article needs some work. You can help us by expanding it.

n/a

LunarSilverStarStory title.png

Lunar Silver Star Story
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Movie Card (Complete)
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

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 Sony PlayStation.

The Saturn version also had a special "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.

It had a sequel, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue, released in 1988.

Sales

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]

The PlayStation version sold over 223,000 units within its first year in North America,[2] making it the highest-selling Working Designs title and the second highest-selling PlayStation role-playing game of 1999 behind Final Fantasy VIII.[3]

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

Promotional material

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
92 №61, p94/95[4]
50 №413, p32
100 №59, p86[5]
60 №1996-19, p229[6]
81
Sega Saturn
 77
Based on
5 reviews
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
Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: /usr/bin/gs: Permission denied convert: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/587. convert: no images defined `/home/sonicret/domains/segaretro.org/public_html/images/temp/transform_635422167960.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.
Extra
Saturn, JP (Complete)
LunarSSS Saturn JP Box Back Complete.jpgLunarSSS Saturn JP Box Front Complete.jpg
Cover
LunarSSS Saturn JP Spinecard Complete.jpg
Spinecard
LunarSSS Saturn JP Disc Complete.jpg
Disc

References

  1. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2008-12-30 00:53)
  2. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2007-08-11 20:21)
  3. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-23 21:11)
  4. ↑ File:ConsolesPlus_FR_061.pdf, page 94
  5. ↑ File:Joypad_FR_059.pdf, page 82
  6. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19961108_1996-19.pdf, page 231
  7. ↑ Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 12
  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



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)
Retrieved from "https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=Lunar_Silver_Star_Story&oldid=299437"