Lunar Magic

2018-12-25T12:37:29Z

93.225.240.2: Updated latest release

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| developer = FuSoYa
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|09|24}}
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| latest release version = 2018
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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}}</ref> The interface runs on [[Microsoft Windows]] and allows people to create custom graphics and edit 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. The first public release was on September 24, 2000. New releases with improvements continued over the years. It was last updated on February 9, 2018 to version 2.53.

==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= |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|authorlink=Simon Carless|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrqz84QUuSEC&lpg=PA270&dq=%22Lunar%20Magic%22%20%20level%20editor%20-wikipedia&hl=en&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q=%22Lunar%20Magic%22%20%20level%20editor%20-wikipedia&f=false|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.

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

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

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