Lunicus (ルニカス) is a CD-ROM-based adventure game for Macintosh and Windows 3.1.[1] A Pippin version had been described in media coverage as being in development,[2] but is not known to have been released.[3]
Features[]
The gameplay takes place on a moon base, from which missions are staged to combat aliens on Earth.[4]
Releases[]
Jewelcase cover of the U.S. Windows version.
Lunicus was authored with DreamFactory by CyberFlix and initially self-published in April 1993 for Macintosh and Windows 3.1.[5] It was awarded 1993 CD-ROM game of the year by MacWorld magazine. Paramount Interactive was then signed as the publisher for the United States.[6] Bandai Emotion released the official Japanese version,[7] in which the characters were redesigned by manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋).[8]
References[]
- ↑ Lunicus Releases, MobyGames.
- ↑ Playtime for Pippin by Carolyn Bickford, MacUser p.27. Ziff-Davis. 1995-09.
- ↑ PIPPIN@MARK software release list (Japanese), Retrogeme.
- ↑ Lunicus, MobyGames.
- ↑ Game Over by Jack Neely, p.2-3, Metro Pulse. 1999-10-21.
- ↑ Garage-Band Programmers by Barbara Kantrowitz, Newsweek. 1994-08-28.
- ↑ ルニカス (日本語版), Suruga-Ya (Japanese).
- ↑ CHARACTER DESIGN● LUNICUS (ルニカス) Japanese version, ChronOtomo.
See also[]
- Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
- Jump Raven
- Power Rangers Zeo Versus The Machine Empire
- Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
