Lunatik for Playstation / PC / Saturn

sh13ld · Post by **sh13ld** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:04 pm

My first post, yay!

I recently read some old Playstation magazines from 1997 and I noticed a shmup called Lunatik. The game was presented in E3 in 1997. It was published by Eidos Interactive and developed by Pure.

I tried to google it but found virtually no information. IGN says that the game was published to Playstation and PC in 1998.

http://psx.ign.com/objects/002/002075.html
http://pc.ign.com/objects/003/003114.html

Does anyone know what happened to this game? Was it really published? Better yet, does anyone own this game? All I've seen is a few screenshots from these magazines. It actually looks pretty decent.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:29 am

Welcome sh13ld!

Never heard of it!

Post by **Ghegs** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:37 am

Heh, another Finn

Welcome.

Curious thing, that Lunatik. I did spot few (loose) copies of it on eBay, so I guess if somebody's feeling adventurous enough they could easily grab one and see what it's like.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:39 am

Picking up the PC version...I'll post some impressions when I get it.

sh13ld · Post by **sh13ld** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:53 am

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I found a small presskit from finnish Mikrobitti -magazine's download section with 17 screenshots and a short press info which stated that the game was being released for Saturn as well. I will add the press info and screenshots to my site at http://www.kilpelainen.info later today.

sh13ld · Post by **sh13ld** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:38 pm

Ok, posted the screenshots and magazine scans to my blog at http://www.kilpelainen.info . Feel free to comment!

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:31 pm

My curiosity was peeked because I had never heard of this one.

All I can say is... 3D graphics from the 90s do not age well.

Reminds me of an uglier Armada on Dreamcast.

sh13ld · Post by **sh13ld** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:30 pm

Bumping an old thread.

I received a message from one of the game's developers. He confirmed that the game was not released on Playstation or Saturn.

Check http://www.kilpelainen.info/ for the whole message.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:57 pm

I remember Lunatik - I was waiting for it, and I have pics of it in some italian magazines too.