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Not very well known these days Lunar is a RPG game series that got its start on Sega CD. It started with Lunar the Silver Star and was followed by Lunar Eternal Blue.

The first game follows a young boy named Alex who wants to become a Dragon Master like his hero Dyne. A Dragon Master protects the Goddess Althena who is the Goddess of the world of Lunar and protects it, and every so often takes a human form.

Years later the first two games were remade for Playstation/Saturn (Japan) as Lunar Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete. The first Lunar also made its way onto Gameboy Advance as Lunar Legend (with a couple different story elements from the novels and super cute sprites) and onto PSP as Lunar Silver Star Harmony, and finally onto iOS as Lunar Silver Star Story Touch.

There was also a spin off only released in Japan first for Game Gear as Lunar Walking School and then as Lunar Magic School for Saturn. Finally there was a prequel for the DS Lunar Dragon Song.

I'm a HUGE fan of this series. It's my favorite ever, and in particular Lunar Eternal Blue/Lunar Eternal Blue Complete. It was the first one I played (the original one of Eternal Blue) and it got me hooked. It's a little funny since my brother had picked it up for my mom at a flea market cause she wanted to play it (as she had played the first game) and it was hard to find. She kept telling us all to play it. I vaguely remember messing around on the first but never playing much on it. But when I saw the box art for the second and saw the anime art (I was just getting into anime at the time) I decided to play and got hooked. I don't think my mom ever did end up playing it as she was busy and stuff.

I love nearly everything about the series. The battle system is a little different than most RPG's. It had awesome music, and the voice acting was pretty decent.

I have a decent collection of stuff from the games. A decent portion of the soundtracks, the manga and novels, and one of my prized possessions two Lunar keychains of Alex and All and of Althena. The keychains are especially cool since they came with little stands and are like mini figures.

Sadly never got to play it myself. I really should look into ways to play it myself someday.

Juneberry wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:42 pm Sadly never got to play it myself. I really should look into ways to play it myself someday.

Sadly the easiest way is Lunar Silver Star Story Touch. It’s on iOS and android. It’s still as awesome though.

You could find the games probably off eBay and stuff but might be expensive. Not sure what they go for now.

Megan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:05 pm

Juneberry wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:42 pm Sadly never got to play it myself. I really should look into ways to play it myself someday.

Sadly the easiest way is Lunar Silver Star Story Touch. It’s on iOS and android. It’s still as awesome though.

You could find the games probably off eBay and stuff but might be expensive. Not sure what they go for now.

Even if I went for the ebay options, the only ones I could potentially play are the DS version (on my 3DS) or the Playstation version (on my PS3 that's backwards compatible with PS1 and PS2- which I almost never use these days). Android might be my only option, if I can afford even that right now xD It'd be neat if they make a PC port for steam someday. Then I can get it there. xD

Juneberry wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:52 pm

Megan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:05 pm

Juneberry wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:42 pm Sadly never got to play it myself. I really should look into ways to play it myself someday.

Sadly the easiest way is Lunar Silver Star Story Touch. It’s on iOS and android. It’s still as awesome though.

You could find the games probably off eBay and stuff but might be expensive. Not sure what they go for now.

Even if I went for the ebay options, the only ones I could potentially play are the DS version (on my 3DS) or the Playstation version (on my PS3 that's backwards compatible with PS1 and PS2- which I almost never use these days). Android might be my only option, if I can afford even that right now xD It'd be neat if they make a PC port for steam someday. Then I can get it there. xD

The DS one isn’t like bad, but it’s no where near as good as the other ones. They tried some new stuff that didn’t really go over well. It’s not a bad game by any means though. I’d go with the PlayStation ones if you can find em for a good price.

I don’t remember how much the android one is. I got it for my iPad yeeears ago. Literally probably the first thing I downloaded. I don’t recall it being expensive. I wanna say it was less than $10. Not sure what it is now, but I’d guess not super expensive. That one is basically a port of the PlayStation one that just uses the voices from the PSP version. And it’s nice cause even after all these years they still update it. So that’s probably the best way to play it.

Only downside is no Ghaleon’s original voice actor (villain from the first one). His English voice was freaking awesome. He literally had the best evil laugh and stuff.

I do wish they’d make a modern port of the first two games.

I loved the Lunar series. While I have copies of the SegaCD versions on my polymega, I prefer the PS1 "Complete" versions of the games as those were the first ones I experienced as a kid. I remember calling up my local EB Games every day to see if they had Lunar Silver Star Story Complete in stock. It got to the point where the guy started to hang up on me.

Smokey wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 1:42 pm I loved the Lunar series. While I have copies of the SegaCD versions on my polymega, I prefer the PS1 "Complete" versions of the games as those were the first ones I experienced as a kid. I remember calling up my local EB Games every day to see if they had Lunar Silver Star Story Complete in stock. It got to the point where the guy started to hang up on me.

Ha, I lucked out since my mom got the original and the Complete versions. I like them all honestly.