Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
| Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete | |
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North American cover art of the PlayStation version | |
| Developer(s) | Game Arts Japan Art Media |
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| Artist(s) | Toshiyuki Kubooka |
| Composer(s) | Noriyuki Iwadare |
| Series | Lunar |
| Platform(s) | Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Release | Sega Saturn
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, originally released in Japan as simply Lunar: Silver Star Story, is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and Japan Art Media and published by Kadokawa Shoten. It is a remake of 1992's Lunar: The Silver Star. While the overall plot remains true to the original, accommodations are made to the game's story to allow for a larger, richer cast, as well as additional scenarios.
Initially released on the Sega Saturn in 1996, the game has gone through several variations, beginning with enhanced video support in conjunction with the Saturn's MPEG graphics add-on in 1997, and later being ported to Sony's PlayStation by Alfa System in 1998. In May 1999, the PlayStation version was published in North America by Working Designs, who had previously released the original game in the region. An enhanced version is included in the Lunar Remastered Collection, released in April 2025 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.
Like its forerunner, the game follows the exploits of Alex, a young boy from a small, humble town who enters a life of adventure and intrigue after being chosen as the heir-apparent to the title of "Dragonmaster", guardian of the forces of the planet. With the help of his expanding band of companions, Alex must pass the trials set by ancient dragons to claim his place in history, and stop a powerful sorcerer and former hero from controlling the world.
Since its English release, Silver Star Story has garnered much attention from critics for its use of fluid full-motion animated sequences, lavish game packaging, and quality of the English script. The game was followed by a sequel, Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete, in 1998. Two more remakes of Lunar: The Silver Star, Lunar Legend and Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, were released in 2002 by Media Rings and Ubisoft and in 2009 by GungHo Online Entertainment and Xseed Games, respectively.