Celebrating Chrono Trigger’s 15th anniversary
November 30, 2007
Some of RPG fans might hate me for saying this but Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest of its genre I had ever played. As a person who is obsessed with Role playing games (well I actually prefer Japanese RPG), great graphics do not make a great game but of course it’s always a bonus if it’s good looking and all. Dragon Quest 8 is awesome though.
It’s easy to recognize Akira Toriyama’s artwork if you are an avid fan of the Dragon Ball manga. Yeah he was involved in Chrono Trigger’s character design like he did in the Dragon Quest series.
Chrono Trigger is one of the old school Japanese RPGs released on the SNES platform. Well actually it’s not THAT old school since it was released in 1995, 2 years before the Super Nintendo platform went bonkers with the emergence of Sony Playstation. Of course there are still older japanese RPGs available on NES. I am beginning to suspect Micro Genius is the pirated version of NES.
Many thanks to the termites for desecrating this poster.
Maybe some of you can enlighten me with this old console. I think Micro Genius can be considered an antique in the video game console bloodline. Going back to Chrono Trigger, it was a fun game and it still is. Hey, whenever I am bored, I still play it on my computer okay? Many thanks to the technology of console emulators. Being a part of the old school RPG, I don’t mind reading the good ol` text dialogues and the replayable value is high due it’s large numbers of multiple endings.
I never get to see the different endings 11 years ago because the game cartridge is not mine and it belongs to my friend. It was damn expensive to buy that junk back then so all we can do is exchange games or borrow around. I had to sacrifice my 150 ringgit Fighting Eleven cartridge or better known as International Superstar Soccer Deluxe, arghhhhhh……….. The BGM of CT is awesome as usual. The quality of the music sounded good enough in 32 bit. My brother even had the one of the opening songs as his ringtone.
I must be crazy by saying this, but I still enjoy this game over RPGs that were released on Playstation and Playstation 2. I even enjoyed it more than the sequel itself, Chrono Cross. Chrono Cross is a good game but some how it still lacked something from its predecessor. Well I actually prefer most of the old school RPGs than the newer 3D graphic driven ones anyway.
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November 30th, 2007 at 6:53 am
I’ve been playing Chrono Trigger abit, on the Nintendo DS with the help of an emulator and flash cart
And the Micro Genius is a Famicom clone.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Played both games and i think they have good storyline, its amazing how the characters from Chrono Trigger links with the Chrono Cross storyline.
I prefer Chrono Cross in terms of graphics (but not to say sprite animations aren’t nice..) and also its diversity of events ^^
Sometimes its nice to go back into playing the old games, although the graphics aren’t complex like 3D games today but the storyline is mostly what makes an RPG interesting
November 30th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Look mcm dragon ball je…like no difference only..lolz…
November 30th, 2007 at 10:23 am
It’s Toriyama….. all his characters are based on his Dragonball series… even the current Blue Dragon game for the Xbox 360 and the Blue Dragon anime series………
he just can’t take away Dragonball from anything else……
November 30th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Toriyama got no variations..only noe how to draw same kind of pplz..lolz…
November 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
wahh.. i miss DRAGON BALL so much…
December 1st, 2007 at 12:31 am
The artist still alive eh.
December 1st, 2007 at 1:35 am
Jason:- I heard a lot of great stuffs on Nintendo DS. Maybe I should get one.
Jason mumbles:- Yeah dude. Dunno which asshole told he’s dead lol. He’s considered young for a veteran mangaka. That Initial D artist is older than him.
missironic:- haha true but those people like his character designs lor.
kljs:- Yeah lor, but his character design for Dr Slump was slightly different though.
AR:- I also replayed Final Fintasy 2 to 6. They are still great despite being 2D. Ever since it made a transition into 3D, it somehow lost touch what a FF game should be.
Superhero W:- I miss Dragon Ball too. Still unsurpassed.
December 1st, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Supporter..it feels weird when u type..”missironic: bla bla bla”..usually akan type “president: bla bla bla” lolz….
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:44 am
lol if you didn’t tell me, I also didn’t realize. Too preoccupied in replying comments.