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Chrono Trigger (SNES)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Role-playing/Third-Person 2D Action RPG

RELEASE DATE

--/--/95

ESRB RATING

EVERYONE, Mild Animated Violence

DEVELOPER

Dream Project

PUBLISHER

Square Soft, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation, Nintendo DS

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

epic 188
gripping 57
awesome 52

DESCRIPTION

Chrono Trigger puts a spin on the traditional RPG battle system by joining more than one character's attacks to create a "combination" attack. As you travel through the game, you will earn more of these and eventally learn the ultimate in combinations: the triple attack.

This game follows a long and twisting tale because the element of time travel is used. If you screw up in the past, it will greatly affect the future.

Once you have beaten the game, a new game mode opens up: the "+" mode. In "+" mode, you retain all the weapons, levels, and items you had when you beat the game, but you get to use them at the beginning of the game instead. This allows you to get some of the game's 15 secret endings. The "+" mode is also loaded with many side-quests and hidden treasures. ~ Clark Phelan, All Game Guide

Chrono Trigger (SNES)

GENRE/STYLE:

Role-playing/Third-Person 2D Action RPG
RELEASE DATE:

--/--/95
TOP TRAITS:

RPG, epic, time travel
DESCRIPTION:

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players 390

followers 2

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Chrono Trigger (SNES) by: Roxas-UrBoxas

“Don't play this game and you're missing out on the greatest game of all time.”

created 13/NOV/2009

CynicalAssassin played Chrono Trigger on 09/NOV/09

“Always nice to take a break from the sophisticated graphics and Anti-Aliasing of modern games to go and play probably (in my opinion) the best JRPG for the SNES, or probably in the history of the...”

created 10/NOV/2009

Child's Play. I hope. by: mykalgaidin

“On the November 19th, kotaku is hosting a Child's Play event (if I have to tell you what that is, please hand in your gamer card or at the very least raise that rock a crack) practically in my...”

created 23/OCT/2009

mykalgaidin was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Sheesh. The irony is palpable.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I have no idea what a Child's Play event is.”

xoaks was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“xoaks with the save!
http://www.childsplaycharity.org/about.php”

xoaks was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@EarthboundX ;_;”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Ah, one of those, I remember the Speed Gamers did something like that.”

Mishy was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I would but urgh a whole kinda sea is in the way”

MrVista360 was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@ mykalgaidin nice to see there is still some sort of humanity out there and not just greedy internet trolls....{sorry I am at least 1800 miles away}...the east coast to Mile high stadium. Nice overall kids cause though.....kudos...8^)
”

arislyn was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I'd love to go but I'm on the east coast. :(”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Uh, well, I will be in the Rocky Mountains...but I have to stay north... I wish something like that would take place up here, but I think most of the people are too poor...”

Avitron was the last to comment - 29 days ago...

“I LOVE this charity. Plain and simple. way back 20 years ago when I was much younger, I was in the hospital for surgery. During my recovery, the best part of the recovery, was walking down to this room they had at the hospital. A hugh projection tv with a Nintendo hooked up and a bunch of games. It helped pass the time and eased my recovery (even if I had that [i]tasty[/i] hospital food).
Close to every year this is one of the charity's I donate to, others being the 501st and Toys for Tots. Unfortunately Colorado is a bit far away and I have a personal hatred for that state (long story-starts with a girl like they always do).”

mykalgaidin was the last to comment - 29 days ago...

“@Avitron I like CO, but if I had my way I'd be living in Seattle. The sun hurts my eyes, and I prefer the rain.

I'd encourage everyone who is not able to attend a Child's Play event in their area to visit their site and make a donation to a local hospital. They have a list of every affiliated hospital in the nation, and you can donate more than just cash, but games, systems and accessories as well. They usually also run an online charity auction in addition to the main auction in Seattle.

Here's the Child's Play address:
http://www.childsplaycharity.org/”

SnowWolf75 was the last to comment - 28 days ago...

“I just looked at their Events page and don't see anything past July. Where are you getting the updated information?”

CthulhuDreams was the last to comment - 28 days ago...

“I wish I could be there, but the hand of a state that I live in isn't really an afternoon drive away. Hope everything goes great with your childs play event.”

mykalgaidin was the last to comment - 28 days ago...

“@SnowWolf75 Kotaku is sponsoring the event, with all proceeds going to Child's Play. Here's the article, which I should have posted in the first place. Oh well.

http://kotaku.com/5390180/kotakus-denver-fundraiser-why-you-should-come/gallery/

Cervantes' is on Colfax, just to the east of downtown Denver.
”

n3rd was the last to comment - 27 days ago... show previous hide previous

“http://sig.gamerdna.com/quizzes/INFLU_elitist-jerks/n3rd.png

That's what gamerDNA did with Childsplay.. Something more like that would also be nice i guess :P”

5 most influential by: WILDMAMMOTH

“I have no intention of entering the contest. But I think that since everyone else is sharing this information I should do the same. #5 Balloon Fight I played this game obsessively at my cousin's...”

created 09/OCT/2009

DarthOdium was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“Nice classic list.”

My Top 5 Influential Games by: tibbon

“1) Ultima Online - Totally broke the mold and pushed for a world of immense freedom and flexibility. I feel they screwed it up later on. I miss the anarchy of 1997's beta. 2) Betrayal at Krondor -...”

created 09/OCT/2009

colliny2k was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I need to take a step back in time and try most of these. Growing up I seem to have missed a few big ones...only one of the 5 of you picked I actually played, which is Quake.

I actually own Ultima Online...new and still sealed in wrapper. I won it in at one of the ctrl-alt-del lan parties a couple years ago...but figured it's one of those games that was amazing for its time, but just wouldn't translate over the years.”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@colliny2k Krondor is now freely downloadable (legally) online somewhere. I tried it out again and it is impressive, but it does show its age quite a bit. If you can get past that, its pretty damn good still.

Baldur's Gate is still freaking amazing. Another great one (maybe even better?) is Planescape.

I'm not sure how well UO has translated. Its still maintained and they just released another content pack, so that's pretty cool. They also have a 3d-hybrid client that I think is supposed to work pretty well.

And FFII is still well worth playing.

One thing I've noticed about older games is that they are actually hard! New games step you through simple tutorials, have tons of carebear stages and easy monsters. Everything is also intutitive and well explained. Older games (for better or worse) don't have this and aren't as welcoming to new users always.

I'm playing Fallout 1/2 right now and DAMN, those are 100x harder than Fallout 3. Fallout 3 I didn't die until I was out of the vault and ran into a super mutant while all I had was a crappy rifle. Fallout 1, there's a good chance of dying on your first monster. ”

a2nt was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Quake blew me away. I ran it on a very low end PC, slow LAN and it still looked great.”

ChangeAgent was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Man, some RPG madness in there. I keep trying to put together my top 5 but that is a small list :)”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@a2nt Yea, I remember that it was the de-facto lan party game because it could run on nearly anything unless you had a 386SX or 286.

I also remember when Sony came out with their first netbook like computers in 1996 dreaming about getting a tiny computer to run Quake on and travel. ”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@ChangeAgent Yea its definitely RPG heavy, but I was really thinking about what influenced me. I've been really happy to see a lot of newer games incorporate RPG elements (levels, skills, etc) even if they aren't RPGs.

I had an NES/SNES and C64 when I was a kid, but never got as much into the newer systems until recently. I missed the N64/Playstation thing and was entirely PC then. Zelda 1 was influential on my imagination more than anything else, but not as much for story, depth or gameplay.

Other things that were big for me were Nethack, Braid, 7th Guest and early Sierra games.

I'm REALLY enjoying playing through the new Monkey Island game too. I <3 Steam. ”

Tarinth was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Baldur's Gate = teh awesome. Can you say 'Butt Kicking for Goodness'?

I'm glad you also included Betrayal at Krondor. One of the best RPG's of the 90's, but mostly forgotten. Great game. They tried to make a sequel but forgot about everything that made the first one so good...”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“@Tarinth Krondor was also one of the first games that offered a fully voice acted script if you bought the CD (I didn't, so I missed on it).

The sequels (there were actually two) were definitely bad. I did however get a bit into Feist's books in my early teens, which were fun. ”

Chrono Trigger (SNES) by: Destin-x

“Best JRPG i've ever played”

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Chrono Trigger (SNES) by: Raubtier

“I consider this as the best SNES RPG I have ever played.”

created 13/SEP/2009

Chrono Trigger (SNES) by: XavierThirtyTwo

“Where do I begin? This is my favorite video game of all time. I could write a huge review, but I don't feel I need to. Most people agree that this is one of the best games of all time. Great gameplay, awesome characters and story, nice replay...”

created 03/SEP/2009

Chrono Trigger (SNES) by: KaKaVegeGurl

“A more complicated RPG from the SNES, Chrono Trigger is by far Akira's best. This game is complex and has a great plot behind it, the characters are great and the skills are just fun to mess around with, I just got this for the DS as well and it is...”

created 02/SEP/2009