<s>
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Lunar	B-Application
series	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	O
Game	O
Gear	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
after	O
Lunar	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Star	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
set	O
hundreds	O
of	O
years	O
before	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
remade	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
as	O
Mahō	B-Application
Gakuen	I-Application
Lunar	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Studio	O
Alex	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
Game	O
Arts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
ESP	O
Software	O
and	O
Kadokawa	O
Shoten	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magic	B-Application
School	I-Application
Lunar	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
released	O
about	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
other	O
Lunar	B-Application
remakes	O
,	O
Lunar	B-Application
:	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Star	I-Application
Story	I-Application
Complete	I-Application
and	O
Lunar	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Eternal	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Complete	I-Application
,	O
and	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
mildly	O
successful	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
made	O
available	O
outside	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
restrictions	O
of	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
boasts	O
a	O
larger	O
color	O
palette	O
,	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
handle	O
full-motion	O
animated	O
sequences	O
placed	O
sporadically	O
throughout	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
Saturn	B-Device
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
could	O
also	O
ensure	O
more	O
save	O
slots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
battle	O
interface	O
of	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
version	O
is	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
signature	O
Lunar	B-Application
battle	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
