

The Analogue Super Nt is probably your best bet for enjoying the original pixel art and pleasing fonts upscaled onto a modern flatscreen. Actually, that's a lie now, thanks to the sudden deluge of SNES-like consoles appearing on the market.

If you want the definitive version of Chrono Trigger, then there's only one platform for it: the SNES it originally released on in 1995. Chrono Trigger on SNES (or modern equivalents) So here's how to play Chrono Trigger at its best. The PC version appears to be a port of the mobile port of the original, which is like watching Dunkirk in gif form on a 4K TV. The game is an obscure Chrono Trigger side story from original writer Masato Kato, with music from Yasunori Mitsuda, and it’s genuinely wild to see it included in this Chrono Cross remaster.Ĭhrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition will be available on Nintendo Switch on April 7.Chrono Trigger's surprise Steam release yesterday reminded us that Square Enix don't really care too much about doing justice to their old games. The biggest surprise here is that the game comes bundled with Radical Dreamers, a 1996 text-adventure game originally made for the little-known Satellaview, a satellite modem peripheral for the Super Famicom that was only released in Japan.

The acclaimed PlayStation JRPG and sequel to Chrono Trigger was divisive on its initial 2000 release, but in later years, its melancholy story and beautiful score earned it a cult following.Ĭhrono Cross will receive some visual upgrades, an enhanced soundtrack, and new quality-of-life features, like the ability to turn off random encounters. The game was announced during Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct event. Chrono Cross is coming to modern consoles, courtesy of a remaster called The Radical Dreamers Edition.
