om u ▁Y osh iz awa . ▁Pl anning ▁for ▁Moon ▁was ▁head ed ▁by ▁Jun ▁Ma eda , ▁who ▁also ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁game ' s ▁scenario ▁with ▁fellow ▁writer ▁Na oki ▁His aya . ▁Art ▁direction ▁and ▁character ▁design ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁It aru ▁Hin ou e , ▁while ▁the ▁computer ▁graphics ▁in ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁Mi racle ▁Mik ip on ▁and ▁Shin ory . ▁The ▁game ' s ▁sound track ▁was ▁primarily ▁composed ▁by ▁Shin ji ▁O rito , ▁with ▁two ▁tracks ▁composed ▁by ▁Y ET 1 1 , ▁and ▁one ▁track ▁each ▁composed ▁by ▁Ma eda ▁and ▁I sh isan . ▁Ex cluding ▁Y ET 1 1 ▁and ▁I sh isan , ▁the ▁staff ▁that ▁created ▁the ▁game ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁found ing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁visual ▁novel ▁brand ▁Key . M oon ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁play able ▁on ▁a ▁Windows ▁PC ▁as ▁a ▁CD - ROM . ▁Next on ▁released ▁Moon ▁Ren ew al ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁with ▁an ▁improved ▁game ▁engine . ▁A I ▁System ▁published ▁the ▁game ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Moon ▁Memorial ▁Selection ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁for ▁a ▁che aper ▁price . ▁Next on ▁released ▁Moon ▁DVD ▁Limited Ed ition ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁with ▁added ▁support ▁for ▁Windows ▁ 9 8 / Me / 2 0 0