Lunar Magic is a
level editor
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created by FuSoYa for ''
Super Mario World
''Super Mario World,'' known in Japan as is a platform game, platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1991 and Europe and A ...
''.
The program runs on
Microsoft Windows
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and allows people to create custom graphics and easily edit block data, levels and the
world map
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.
History
According to FuSoYa, he started the development of Lunar Magic for the
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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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 October 1, 2022 to version 3.33.
Version history
Reception
Reception for ''Lunar Magic'' has been positive.
Kotaku
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History
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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
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thanked the editor's creator for making it.
Simon Carless
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' 2005 book ''Gaming Hacks'' by
O'Reilly Media
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describes it as "One of the most spectacular, fully formed level editor hacks of all time".
stated that "This unprecedented editor allows for easy creation of brand new levels for Super Mario World."
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
also known as ''Asshole Mario'', is a series of three ROM hacks of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game ''Super Mario World'', created by T. Takemoto. The term "Kaizo Mario World" is a shortened form of The series was created by T ...
''
* ''
Super Mario Maker
is a 2015 side-scrolling platform game and game creation system developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U, released worldwide in September 2015. Players can create, play, and share courses online, free of charge, based on the styles ...
''
* ''
Super Mario Maker 2''
References
External links
FuSoYa's NicheSMW Central
{{Unofficial Mario media
Video game level editors