The 2012 iOS port of the RPG classic Lunar: Silver Star Story is heading to Android devices later this month on January 26th (as reported by Pocket Gamer).
Originally released for the Sega CD as Lunar: The Silver Star in 1992, the RPG later received an enhanced remake called Lunar Silver Star Story for the Sega Saturn in 1996, before eventually being ported to the PlayStation 1 in 1998. Since then, it has also received three further remakes/ports, including Lunar Legend for the Game Boy Advance, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony for the PSP, and the previously mentioned iOS port (which is pretty much an amalgam of the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and PSP versions).
According to the game's publisher SoMoGa, Inc, the decision to bring Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch is part of a wider strategy that will see the company bring "titles both old and new beyond iOS". More information on this initiative will be available soon and the company is also teasing another separate announcement that will be unveiled sometime this Spring.
The Android port of Lunar: The Silver Star Story Touch is expected to be nearly identical to the iOS version and will include a bunch of quality-of-life updates You'll be able to pick it up from the Google Play Store on Android devices for $11.99.
[source pocketgamer.com]
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I'm hoping they also get around to porting this version to Steam and Switch.
The iOS version can already run on Apple TV and macOS.
i wish theyd do a straight port for android and just let me figure out the controls situation.
also i wish these games worked on my chromecast, i feel like they are really f'd it up on purpose and i dont understand it.
(if i could play my purchased "copies" of huntdown, SOTN, stardew valley, and downwell on chromecast natively [seems really plausible] it would instantly become one of my favorite games consoles of all time lol)
PS - anybody have anything to say on the 2012 ios version of this game? this is one of my favorites of all time and im curious how it stacks up to my beloved ps1 version. 👍
I’m play the SegaCD version on my Genesis mini right now and I’m trying to figure out why I love it so. Maybe it’s because of the super simple systems in the game and me not wanting to think very hard right before bed 😆. I do hope the modernized versions at least have descriptions of items and equipment.
@-wc- I played it a little when it came out on ios. Was pretty choppy, but this was a decade ago now. I would hope it runs perfect on modern devices. Seemed just like the PSX version otherwise
Wish they had Gamecenter support. I love collecting achievements.
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