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This game is truly a classic in every respect, with the most memorable characters ever featured in an RPG and a storyline that surpasses that of any other game in its genre. Since the release of Chrono Trigger many other interesting and unique games have emerged with graphics so advanced that in comparison Chrono Trigger is almost laughable. Therefore if you're only interested in appearance then this is the wrong game for you, however if you are interested in original RPG's with a compelling storyline then I assure you that Chrono Trigger remains unrivalled.

{Warning: plot summary} The underlining plot is simplistic in that a group of teenagers stumble upon a time gate where they learn of an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999, and subsequently decide to join forces to prevent the demise of there beloved planet {end of plot summary}. However the game features so many twists that the storyline is never predictable and the multiple endings available, enable the game to alter according to the players own personality. Side quests and a special New Game+ option (accessible once completing the game) also enhance its replay value.

Furthermore the characters integrate into the storyline magnificently, with each having there own side quests that allow for immense character development. The game illustrates the emotions and ambitions of each character which gives the player a true understanding of each playable character and there relationship with the others in the group.

It should also be noted that although the graphics in Chrono Trigger are now dated, at the time they were impressive in comparison to other RPG games released for the SNES. The character designs also blend in well with the personality of the characters. Therefore it's no surprise Chrono Trigger has such an enormous fan base and I can certainly say that it has established itself as one of my favourite games of all time.

I remember when this was advertised and reviewed that this was a massive RPG with time travel elements. Many stores were sold out of it and the price of the game was pricey. Thankfully I got it as part of a two disc set for Playstation called Final Fantasy Anthology featuring Final Fantasy IV (released as Final Fantasy II for the US release) and Chrono Trigger, in 2001 a year after Chrono Cross became the best selling title in the franchise. Despite the long loading times and frequent fmv cutscenes that looks like something out of an anime, this game has great music, good controls, amazing graphics for the time, and challenging gameplay. The story is pretty simple and there are multiple endings to the game, sorta like before the Witcher changed everything about endings. You can also download the rom if you own the game at your own risk!!!

This game is honestly legendary....a game with really great and memorable characters that are very well written and very well developed, the story is just amazing...possibly the greatest time travelling story I have ever experienced. People of imdb, thank you so much, the fact that this game is still at a rating of 9.5 really says a lot...if I had never read these reviews I wouldve never known or even tried the game...so again...thank you.

This game deserves the name CLASSIC. Made by "the dream team" of Yuji Hori("Dragon Quest"), Hironobu Sakaguchi("Final Fantasy"), and Akira Toriyama(TV's "Dragonball Z"), this game immediately climbed the top and was loved by millions. Even if the graphics were outdated, the game took 3 years to make and a lot of effort was put into it.

Chrono Trigger is one of the first real RPG's i ever played. when i beat the game, i knew that it was an amazing experience and that i would continue to explore the RPG world. after playing a countless number of RPG's since, i always return to Chrono Trigger and marvel at it's greatness. i've played tons of adventure, action and other games too, but no mix of story and gameplay etc. delivers like Chrono Trigger. this is a must play for all fans of RPG's. i also recommend it for beginner RPG players or people who want an amazing story and overall gaming experience. without a doubt, Chrono Trigger is my favorite game ever!

This game is beyond any other role playing game that has ever existed. Even its sequels don't live up to the purest thrill of adventure and discovery that you find in this game. The story, unique and twisting, draws you in like an addiction. The characters are some of the coolest ever drawn, with personalities that will make you both smile and squeal. Magus will eternally be the coolest wizard ever. It has the potential to be very philosophical as well--the game has left me discussing time travel and physics, so that's a plus for any philosophers out there. Truly magnificent!

Play it if you haven't. If you haven't played then you are missing the single best game ever made. After all, a dream-team game between the Dragon Warrior(Quest) people and the Final Fantasy people would have to hold the title of "BEST GAME EVER CREATED".

This game has everything you possibly want in game like great Characters,amazing story and beautiful graphics.This is in my Top 5 favorite games of all time.When I first played this game I was very amazed how great a game can be that a lot of people didn't even know about.The more I play Chrono Trigger the more I love it.This is the most underrated game I ever played in my whole life.One thing I really like about this game is that is really long.This game is good in every category there is in games.I hope sooner or later SQUARESOFT does a true sequel for this great game.A Classic forever.I give it a:(A+)

I've heard about the hype surrounding this game for decades, but never played it until recently. And this is the most overhyped gamed I've ever come across.

Reviews like "great story", "Amazing story", "thought provoking" makes me wonder WTF game did they play?

Story is mid at best, not thought provoking in the slightest. Combat is on the dull side, but not the worst. Combat is dull. Story is dull. Characters are forgettable.

I loved the old FF series and most of the old Dragon Warrior series, and still play retro games now and then. Some of the new 'retro' games I like, some I don't. Chronotrigger is on the weak side.

Is it terrible? No.

Is it good? No.

Is it worth buying? NO.

Is it worth trying out if you happen to have it laying around? Sure.

I think the people who reviewed this game played it 20+ years ago as a kid and have fond memories... cause there simply wasn't much around back then to play.

Maybe Chrono Trigger is the greatest video game ever. Never have strong story and strong game play been so well matched.

The game play is great, classic stuff. The many side quests and endings make CT replayable.

The story is one of the best ever put in a game. It goes beyond being a cute yarn about time travel: it's ultimately life-affirming and beautiful, with memorable characters that struggle with identity, loss, and relationships. It's haunting.

The graphics are excellent for the time. The soundtrack is beautiful; it amazes me how much video game composers could get so much out of such limited sound technology back in the 16-bit days.

Overall, this is a classic. Not to be missed by those who call themselves JRPG fans.

You can't get a hold of this game anymore. Not new, anyway. Last month on Ebay a copy in the shrinkwrap went for $300 plus. & you know why? Because this game is fantastic! You go on an epic adventure through time to save the world & fix up a few other problems here & there. You get to control 7 unique characters, & you fall absolutely in love with all of them! This game is full of mysteries and adventures and quests that will leave you entertained and wanting more. It's a masterpeice! Do whatever you can to get a hold of this game!

By 1995, the 16 bit wars were long over with Nintendo coming out on top the winner. The reason for this was their ability to give gamers an experience that they could never forget. Sega was making RPGs too, but While sega concentrated on just the action, Nintendo concentrated on everything - Music, Story, Art, action, and most of all, Fun. that's the main reason Chrono trigger, has so much staying power. Even years later, gamers young and old have extended conversations about it.

My experience with Chrono Trigger dates back to September of this year. I walked into a thrift store and just happened to come across a complete copy on display (Box, Cart, Manual, maps, even the original receipt from 1995) and only for 4$. If only they knew what they had. A typical copy of Chrono Trigger goes for nearly 100$ on the internet, and a complete copy can go for even more. So I bought it, and i was going to play it on a SNES i had recently Acquired that i was going to donate to the church. I started playing the game, and got sucked in so quickly it wasn't funny. for a good week & a half, i spent hours just going through the game, with the help of a walkthrough, i eventually got to the end.

In Chrono trigger, you play as Crono, a young man who lives in the peaceful kingdom of guardia, along with your best friend, a young lady named Lucca. This year, lucca has spent countless days building a machine that can teleport things and people. She's showcasing it at the local fair. so what begins as a day at the fair turns into an adventure that will take you hours to finish, but every minute is worth it.

Folks, Go download this on VC for 800 Nintendo points, or download the PS version with cutscenes on Playstation network for $9.99.

When I first put in the cartridge for this game and powered on my Super Nintendo I knew I was in for a great game as the music started playing and you got to see many of the adventures you would soon be having. Sure enough, this game had me hooked and I enjoyed every minute of it. I wish I still had my cartridge of this game; however, I lent it to someone who failed to return it so now I am really hesitant to lend anything to anyone and I am stuck having to revisit this fine game on the Playstation on a two disc set called, "Final Fantasy: Chronicles". Strange inclusion as this game is not a Final Fantasy game, just made by the same company. The game still holds up rather well, a few things surprised me on my latest play through of the game and I am sure some of my disappointment came from being stuck playing this on the Playstation rather than the Super Nintendo. However, the graphics still look good, sure they are not super realistic by today's standards, but they still have a charm to them. Games back before the high resolution graphics of today were almost more of an art form while today it is more like a movie. The music is great in it too, even by today's standards as too many games these days seem to simply use popular music or simply have virtually none.

The story has a young man named Crono going to the town he lives in, Millennial Fair. It is there he is joined by Marla, a young woman that seems to be hiding something. They partake in some of the festivities before going to see a friend of Crono's, Lucca's latest invention. A couple of pods that one can teleport from one to the other in. Well, Marla volunteers, but something goes wrong and she vanishes. Crono follows her and soon finds himself back in the same area, only it is in the past! Soon he, Marla and Lucca will be joined by a knight frog, a prehistoric woman named Ayala and a robot from the future called Robo. You can also be joined by a foe turned somewhat friend, but he is purely optional. Together, they try to find a way to destroy a strange being called Lavos as it will emerge at some point in the future and spell disaster for mankind! Along the way they will also have to help the people in the future survive, defeat a magician and ensure a kingdom's survival, help the humans of the past battle dinosaurs and figure out the mysteries of a strange kingdom in the sky!

Amazing game as it does some things differently than a lot of role playing games of the era. No random encounters where you are walking and you hit an invisible enemy. Here you see them, though some do pop out of nowhere. The towns are on the map and you do not enter an entire town, but houses in it. Basically, what you see is what you get as far as towns. The game also featured multiple endings. Which is good, because the game is on the short side. One of the things that surprised me on this play through was how short it was. I was at like 14 hours and I had already completed the bulk of the game and only a few of the side quests remained. Had it won in just over 20 hours. Final Fantasy VI takes nearly 30 and even part IV, while not long, lasted longer than this one. My main complaint this time has little to do with the actual game itself, but rather the format I was playing it on, the Playstation. I am not sure how they transferred this game, but it just doesn't work well as there is a lag, especially when you encounter enemies as it takes a minute for the battle to begin. Made it almost a chore at times getting through it. So, definitely play it on a cartridge! Or may the DS version as I would think it would not have this problem either. The only thing I will say is that they incorporated the extra cinematic cut scenes in this one better than FF IV, V and VI, but it really adds nothing to the game and I would just assume play it without them on the Super Nintendo so the battles more quickly.

So yes, after all these years this is still my favorite time travel video game. It sure was not going to be Final Fantasy XIII-2. There haven't been too many time traveling games I have played though, but still this one is the best, even beating Ocarina of Time as the time traveling here just offers more variety. You get five different eras that you can explore and there are two other eras present as well. One a staging area known as the end of time and one where Lavos emerges. The characters in this game are fun, the game is fun, pretty much everything about this game is fun. It would spawn a sequel on the Super Nintendo called either Radical Dreamers or Rainbow Dreamers; however, it was never released in the U.S. I've tried downloading it to no avail, all that will play is like a title screen on any version I download of it. Then there is Chrono Cross which was for the Playstation and has wonderful music, but the story is a bit muddled and there are a few too many characters in it. One of the reasons I want to play the Super Nintendo sequel is that I would like to see if it clears up a few of the plot holes in Cross. So, despite not having a super awesome sequel, Chrono Trigger itself is at least an awesome time traveling epic game!

To be honest, this game has a certain element sometimes used in RPGs that I downright loathe: and that is that the main character does not talk, so he has no personality (I assume this is done so you can imagine YOU are the character, but I don't go for that at all). Additionally, you don't feel as much for the supporting cast as you would in, say, a Final Fantasy. But all of this aside, the rest of the game is stunning. The game is extremely large, with many subplots, yet it somehow still remains easy to follow.

The battle system is great, not as free-flowingly fun as perhaps a zelda game, but much less tedious and repetitive than FF's battles can be. The Battles also stay fresh with unique backgrounds, sometimes even at different angles. The battle system is simple, but not dull. The combo attacks add flair and do not require an exhaustive amount of brainwork to understand. Except for the odd looking caricature that represents you on the world map, the games graphics are fun and beautiful (Akira Toriyama, of Dragonball fame, did the character design). Taking all of the games amazing elements into consideration, it's hard to believe this was a Super Nintendo game. A must play.

Many of you think Final fantasy VI was the best rpg ever crafted, but you're wrong. Unlike FF6,Chrono Trigger is not a chore to play again since it's story, character development, and action move at a very high Pace! The only that Chrono Trigger suffers in is lack of characters, Otherwise it's the best game ever.

P.S CT is very hard to find if you do find it,buy it you won't regret it!

This may be a hard to find game for the Super Nintendo, but it's a great one. Crono is a boy who meets a peculiar girl in the Millenial Fair, and the two of them go to see his friend Lucca's new invention that's being shown off at the fair. However, something goes terribly wrong, and the girl he meets (Marle,) gets transported back into 600AD. Crono goes into the transport as well to save her. After Crono has been transported, Lucca also transport back into 600AD to help Crono, and to tell him that Marle is the princess of the nearby castle of their village! Once they save her, Marle asks Crono to escort her home. When they come to the castle Marle lives in, the people accuse Crono of kidnapping her, and bring him to trial. He is put into jail for a couple of days, and will be executed afterwords. Lucca comes in to help Crono again, and the two of them escape into the nearby forest, with Marle joining them as well. While running away from the guards and Chancellor, they find another transport, this one taking them into 2300AD. They find the world to be very dark and depressing. It seems as if technology and monsters have overtaken man. While further exploring the area, they find a computer that shows them how the earth had been attacked by a monster named Lavos in 1999, which left it in its sorry state. Devastated, Marle, Lucca, and Crono swear that they will not let this happen to the world, no matter what it takes. Their heroic quest takes them to many different areas of time, including the End of Time. They meet many new friends to help them along the way, including Robo, Frog, Ayla, and the dark magician and former enemy Magus. They also help out many generations of people along the way, all in order to stop the evil that has corrupted the world since the dawn of time. This is one of the best video games ever made, and you should really give it a try.

Chrono Trigger for the SNES is nothing short of breathtaking, especially for the year it was made. This game will eat up countless hours of time, as the player fights the master enemy, Lavos, to prevent him from destroying the planet. You travel through six time periods, each with its own unique characters and environment. The plot keeps you involved the whole way, as Chrono, the hero, meets up with Marle, Lucca, Robo, Glenn, Ayla, and my personal favorite, Magus. The graphics are clean and are actually very good for a SNES RPG. The games strongest point is probably its outstanding music, which ties together all of the games strengths to make a very powerful and long-lasting game experience. You must play this game, even if you don't want to buy it.

This is a great game!Its not that challenging but it is fun and exiting. This game is now on Playstation(Final Fantasy Chronichals).When this game was on SNES it sold over 31 million copies that was a record in video game history.The creator of DRAGON BALL Z drew all the characters. This game is fantastic!