Lunar Magic

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| developer = FuSoYa
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|09|24}}
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| latest release version = 3.33
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|10|01}}
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| genre = [[Level editor]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] software plus services
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'''Lunar Magic''' is a [[level editor]] created by FuSoYa for ''[[Super Mario World]]''.<ref name="turns20">{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/features/super-mario-world-turns-20?pager.offset=2 |title=Super Mario World Turns 20 from |publisher=1UP.com |date= |accessdate=2013-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722053306/http://www.1up.com/features/super-mario-world-turns-20?pager.offset=2 |archive-date=2015-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The program runs on [[Microsoft Windows]] and allows people to create custom graphics and easily edit block data, levels and the [[overworld|world map]].<ref name="O'reilly"/>

==History==
According to FuSoYa, he started the development of Lunar Magic for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] game ''Super Mario World'', in February 2000. <ref>{{cite web |title=FuSoYa's Niche - Lunar Magic SMW Editor Introduction |url=https://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lm/index.html |website=fusoya.eludevisibility.org |publisher=FuSoYa |accessdate=29 June 2020}}</ref> The first public release was on September 24, 2000. New releases with improvements continued over the years. It was last updated on October 1, 2022 to version 3.33.

=== Version history ===
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!Date
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|1.00
|September 24, 2000
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* First release
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|1.01
|October 2, 2000
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* Option for using joined GFX files
* Add Layer 3 options
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|1.02
|October 10, 2000
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* Implemented Enhanced Level Management
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|1.10
|December 25, 2000
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|1.20
|May 20, 2001
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|1.30
|September 24, 2001
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|1.40
|December 25, 2001
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|1.50
|September 24, 2002
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|1.60
|September 24, 2003
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|1.63
|September 24, 2005
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|1.64
|September 24, 2009<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-24|title=FuSoYa's Niche|url=http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/|access-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124034416/http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/|archive-date=2012-11-24}}</ref>
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|1.70
|April 1, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-04-01|title=FuSoYa's Niche|url=http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/oldarchive2/index2009-2011.html|access-date=2022-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113113205/http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/oldarchive2/index2009-2011.html|archive-date= November 13, 2021}}</ref>
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* Introduces a (optional, but enabled by default) modified tilemap update system, allowing the user to use two additional graphics files in levels.
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|2.00
|May 5, 2012<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-09|title=FuSoYa's Niche|url=http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/|access-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609015345/http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/|archive-date=2017-06-09}}</ref>
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|2.10
|December 25, 2012
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* Ability to use x2 zoom
* New 8x8 tile selector
* New Map16 editor
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|2.43
|December 25, 2016
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|2.53
|February 9, 2018
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|3.00
|December 25, 2018
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* New FG/BG init system<ref>{{Cite web|title=FuSoYa's Niche|url=http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=fusoya.eludevisibility.org}}</ref>
* Modification to game engine to allow custom horizontal level sizes
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|3.11
|February 9, 2020
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|3.20
|September 24, 2020
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* Fix an issue with .s16 file
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|3.21
|October 24, 2020
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|3.30
|May 1, 2021
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|3.31
|September 24, 2021
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|3.32
|September 24, 2022
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|3.33
|October 1, 2022
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==Reception==
Reception for ''Lunar Magic'' has been positive. [[Kotaku]] praised it, noting it was a "Cool level editor for Super Mario World" and stated "Lunar Magic is sure to revive the seemingly, never-flagging love for the ultimate side-scroller." [[Boing Boing]] thanked the editor's creator for making it.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cory Doctorow at 3:26 am Thu, Oct 20 |url=http://boingboing.net/2005/10/20/super-mario-world-le.html |title=Super Mario World level-editor |publisher=Boing Boing |date= 19 October 2005|accessdate=2013-02-10}}</ref> [[Simon Carless]]' 2005 book ''Gaming Hacks'' by [[O'Reilly Media]] describes it as "One of the most spectacular, fully formed level editor hacks of all time".<ref name="O'reilly">{{cite book|title=Gaming Hacks|publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]|author=Carless, Simon|year=2004|authorlink=Simon Carless|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrqz84QUuSEC&dq=%22Lunar+Magic%22++level+editor+-wikipedia&pg=PA270|page=270|isbn=9780596007140}}</ref> [[1UP.com]] stated that "This unprecedented editor allows for easy creation of brand new levels for Super Mario World."<ref name="turns20"/> The website Super Mario World Central, or SMW Central, was created in 2006 and is mostly dedicated to showing off ROM hacks made using Lunar Magic, and is very well received by its users.

==See also==
* ''[[Kaizo Mario World]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lm/index.html FuSoYa's Niche]
*[https://www.smwcentral.net/ SMW Central]

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