Not sure how many classic gamers we have here, but Lunar: Silver Star Story was ported to iOS back in 2012. The developer started updating the crap out of it a few years back. As of yesterday, you can buy it once and play it across the following platforms with iCloud saves:
- iPhone
- iPod Touch
- iPad
- Mac (Apple Silicon only, uses iPad version)
- AppleTV
It’s $10 in the US. While the sequel isn’t available, this version is the definitive version and, hopefully, will be the basis of ports to the Switch, Steam, and more. This version of Lunar is enhanced greatly, pulling from the Saturn, PS1, and PSP releases and allowing you to change graphics, audio, and difficulty, among other settings.
During the 16-bit area, when it came to turn-based JRPGs, there were four that had enough of a following that they could be argued as the best of their genre - Chrono Trigger (SNES), Final Fantasy 6 (SNES), Phantasy Star IV (Genesis), and Lunar (SegaCD).
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Lunar: TSS (on SegaCD) was my favorite game as a kid! I liked it better even than SSS, but that’s a different convo altogether - I’m really stoked to check this one out on my TV. I’m crossing fingers it will lead eventually to a modern port of Eternal Blue.
Anyone know of any other JRPGs that work on AppleTV?
Chrono Trigger is the one that leaps to mind - though I haven’t tried it yet myself, I’d be interested to hear opinions on the port and how it does on AppleTV.
Any others?
I haven’t played this port, but I remember the game very fondly from the PS1 days and it was amazing. It is great to see that it is still getting support on iOS.