/vr/ - Retro Games

CONTENTS

Part 1 includes:

Vidya
>US and Japanese SNES versions of the game

Artwork
>Collection of Akira Toriyama's art for the game, most of it in high res
>Character illustrations for both the SNES and DS versions (which are slightly different)
>NPC illustrations
>Original concept art and illustrated scenes from the game
>Stills from the PlayStation cutscenes

Commercial
>The original Japanese Super Famicom commercial

Cutscenes
>The cutscenes from the PlayStation version of the game

Hacks
>Difficulty hacks, including Hardtype and Impossibletype
>Full hacks including Flames of Eternity (Crimson Echoes revision) and Prophet's Guile
>Miscellaneous hacks including a Coliseum and a full remix of the game
>Spoofs that insert humorous dialogue and other things into the game

Lunar IPS
>Patching utility to apply patches and hacks to the ROM

Magazines & Guides
>Scans from magazines including promotional material from Japanese magazines V-Jump and Famitsu
>Scans from Ultimania showing very early character design sketches
>Scans from Nintendo Power issues #73 & 74
>A short manga produced by Square Enix
>PDF of the official Nintendo Power Player's Guide

Maps
>Full maps of all overworlds
>Full maps of all dungeons

Packaging
>High res Japanese and American box art
>PDF of the US instruction manual

Patches
>Includes bug fixes, a retranslation, and a patch that allows you to load a file from save points

>>1086693
Part 2 includes:

Vidya
>Japanese and English versions of Radical Dreamers (Demiforce English translation version 1.4)
>Jet Bike Special, a Japan-only Satellaview add-on based on the jet bike race with Jonny

Orchestra Extra Soundtrack
>two orchestral pieces released in promotion of the DS version of the game

OVA
>A short anime by Production I.G. released in Japan to promote the game, with subs

Patches
>Includes the patcher for Radical Dreamers, if, for whatever reason, you wanted to patch the Japanese version yourself

The Brink Of Time Arranged Soundtrack
>Really neat and unique soundtrack done by Square that consits of acid jazz arrangements of music from the game. Suave as fuck

I'm downloading, nigga. Not 'cause I'm new, CT is one of the best games I ever played in my youth...but because this 400mb piece of balls is one of the --no, the neatest compilation of any game I've ever seen. I'm gonna get it and then I'm gonna think about why I got it.

>>1086693
Does it ever bother anyone else that Marie is using fire to power Crono's fire sword attack, when her element in the game is ice?

>>1086718
Yeah, I think the artist was a little confused

>>1086717
Glad you appreciate it!

Yeah, I'm doing these on /vr/ not really to expose younger people to these games, but just to pay tribute to these classics with other people that have played them and enjoyed them. So the goal here is slightly different than it was on /v/

>>1086718
Apparently that's a scene from the beta. I think a screenshot of her using it is floating around somewhere on the internet, I'll see if I can't track it down. I'm glad they changed it and gave Lucca the fire spells though, they seem so much more fitting for her.

>>1086718
Found it. Not sure which magazine it's from, but it was from before the game was released. Really interesting how many changes it must have gone through!

Speaking of stuff that got cut, the second battle theme is fucking amazing. The bass is catchy as fuck. Mitsuda is easily my favorite video game composer, he really knows how to create memorable tracks!

http://youtu.be/e7Vs1JSRiGs

anyone remember that song, "My name is Lucca, I live on the second floor.." ?

>>1086704
Gotta love the Sweet Time Ride. STR-95 for short.

What's everyone's favorite track from the game?

Here's a really good cover of Corridors of Time

http://youtu.be/p636Rw_L3XU

Can't download now, but this better still be here when I come back later at night.

>>1086784
This is /vr/, don't think you'll have to worry much about that!

Anybody else disappointed by the bonus dungeons in the DS version ? They feel rushed and it's all about back tracking back tracking, not to mention the places which were already existing places...

The arena is cool but the rest sucked.

>>1086810
Never played the DS version, but I've heard it was a disappointment in a

>>1086832
Sorry, meant to say I heard it was a disappointment in a lot of ways. I just can't imagine playing through the game without Frog speaking in old English, even if that isn't an accurate translation.

Thanks so much OP. This is a great collection and I hope to have a chance to DL it once I get home from work.

>>1086810
>up the hill
>down the hill
>up the hill
>down the hill
>back to middle ages
>up the hill
>down the hill
>up the hill
>down the hill
>travel back in time
>up the hill
>fight a palette-swapped Cyrus
>down the hill

That dungeon in particular was annoying as fuck, but I kind of enjoyed the Dimensional Vortex, at least there was some story behind it.

Thank you, man.

>>1086725
god how has no one turned this into a tv show yet

>>1086848
The Hill itself sucked as well and was completely uninteresting.

Just awful.

>>1086691
I think I remember you. Done any other compilation packs since? I think I recall you having done some for Link's Awakening, FFVI, and a few others.

Thanks again for dumping.

>>1086691
Any reason why the archive for part 2 won't open? And why mediafire is telling me the link is broken?

>>1088315
>Be sure to download and save BOTH archives, highlight BOTH, and extract BOTH at ONCE.

Did you make sure to do this?

>>1086691
part 2 Permission Denied.

fix please.

>>1088323
Yeah. The zip was corrupted. I did eventually get the zip to work with a zip repair tool.

>>1086697
God damn that's some smooth, suave as fuck shit.

>>1088336
I've seen their packs before, good stuff in them. Hopefully they might post the rest in other threads soon, and perhaps start making new packs.

>>1086693
>dat based Toriyama art
Is there a Chrono Trigger artbook? I guess if it exists it surely is a collectors item by now

>>1088340
Not real sure. Maybe someone at Square Enix uploaded the official art files at some point, or maybe some scans were made/cropped from a guidebook or something.

Posting an excellent piano rendition of Corridors of Time.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSgst7Pq7w4

not reading thread, just started CT thought, during my commute/lunch breaks, reached the future, fuck is it desolate. Found a spaceship I want to ride. Nothing but alarms and tons of fucking robots.

Also what the fuck cancels that MYSTERIOUS FORCE I want to open all the boxes goddamnit.

>>1086691
That was one bitchin' OVA.

>>1088348
An item you get later in the game. Also, you can open chests in later time periods, and come back and open them in earlier ones to double your loot from them, as I recall. Hope you're enjoying the game; it can be fairly simple, but it has a good deal of charm to it, along with the sprites and music.

>>1086718
The game was designed around on the concept art so I guess Marle's details weren't quite nailed down at that point.

The funny part is, the triple-tech between Crono, Frog, and Marle in that concept art is in the game. It's called Arc Impulse and the in-game effect on Crono's sword still shows the fire. It may be a case of the devs going out of their way to match the concept art despite the fact it doesn't make any sense.
Here's the youtube link showing Arc Impulse in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i47OZOgIL3k#t=73

>>1088362
Crap, I should have mentioned, it starts at the 1:13 mark.

This thread reminds me of old /v/. You used to see shit like this constantly. /vr/ is nice. Good thread, OP.

>>1088391
Yeah, I used to look forward to OP doing these threads back when they used to do so, always wondered why he'd stopped. Don't blame him for doing so, if trying to fight the tide of shit was his reasoning. Hoping to see more of these in the future.

>>1088362
Speaking of art/game dissociation, I still remember a beta screenshot (not in the beta, but published in a magazine scan posted here some weeks ago). That screenshot included the scene from >>1086697 except without the whole team.

Anyone got any ideas on this?

>>1086691
excuse me OP , you made a compilaton pack of WHAT ?

>>1091075
oh um nvmnd this post i replied in the main page

>>1086691
>Here are the links to the compilation. Be sure to download and save BOTH archives, highlight BOTH, and extract BOTH at ONCE.

Thanks for Mac users, your thing won't even download.

Seriously, I've had this mac for one year and there is not a single zip/rar/ace/w/ever file I could not open, until yours came my way.

No, I can't highlight both and extract both at once. I don't even understand why one is a 7z and the other is a zip. Maybe using two RAR's would've been better.

Anyway, Part 2 extracts fine by itself but Part 1 just won't submit.

Thanks again for nothing.

>>1086691

I still have those packs from when they were first shared. Great stuff!

The second download was blocked due to the sound track.

What other compilations did you complete, OP?

I'm also having trouble with part 2, which sucks because I really want everything in it. If other people have managed to open it, maybe someone could re-up it as a less weird file?

>>1086691

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0Ul-y-gD8

Toriyama's faces...they're all the same

>>1092057
>Lucca
>TITS
I'm okay with this.

>>1092325
As an owner of two smallish breasts, I actually feel sorry for women whose boobs are head-turningly big. I would kill to have green skin though.

>>1091062
You're referring to this shot, specifically.

The screenshots you see on the old magazine scans are a mix of actual screenshots and mock-ups. Mock-ups being scenes that weren't ever programmed into the game but instead were existing art assets just thrown together for the sole purpose of promotional material and nothing more.

Whether this shot and >>1086729 were ever actually intended story-scenes in the game or just mock-ups, we don't know: But the fact they go out of their way to mimic Akira Toriyama's concept art makes me think they're just mock-ups... :( Which sucks, because I would like to believe otherwise that there's a beta prototype still floating around out there somewhere with these scenes coded in.

I had the Chrono Trigger strategy guide at a time when it was really rare to have I guess. When I was in highschool I sold it on ebay for 200 dollars and even though I think that's pretty decent money for a 12 dollar strategy guide, man do I regret it now. :(

>>1088351


I'm having an absolute ball. I don't really enjoy typical turn based RPG's but this is really drawing me in. The trial was a fantastic sequence and there are constant little touches that just fill the game with character. I won't lie though, if ever fight was DUNUNUN warp to static battle field with team in a row taking turns to sword a monster I doubt I'd have gotten so far into it. I love the fact that it's not as blatantly rail road-y as some jrpg's I've played, and there seems to be some jabs at the typical JRPG in there from what I can tell. [that factory where they stick you on a conveyor belt and you're dragged through three rooms each containing a fight struck me as a jab against the conventions of the genre, I might be wrong though]

This and the Phantasy Star series are the only combat RPG's I've really enjoyed that I can recall off hand. [and paper mario: thousand year door]

>>1092712
>Dat Ayla

>>1091487
Fellow mac user here. Back when OP was doing these threads on /v/ I had no issues downloading and extracting them, though it does sound as if something might be bugged after all this time or something. What program are you trying to use to extract?

>>1091729
As I recall, they also did packs for Final Fantasy VI, Earthbound, Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening, and Majora's Mask.

>>1092721
Yeah something about Chrono Trigger seems to be able to hold people's attention, even if they don't necessarily like the turn based playstyle that much. I personally enjoyed how the dual techs and such actually felt like combo attacks, and that the way the game handles kind of makes one think about which they should use for a given situation, or whether it would be smarter to use a dual tech this turn, or just use two individual ones (though again, the gameplay is still fairly simple, yet rather enjoyable). Also probably helps that on the whole, you can actually see (and at times avoid) enemy encounters on the field.

>>1092551
hahaha, it even has the pot belly and slouch.

>>1095014

>>1086691
>let's have a thread to pay tribute to one of the best (arguably the best) RPGs on the Super Nintendo, Chrono Trigger!
I'd like to disagree. While chrono trigger was a good game it wasnt nearly as good as people tend to say. The artstyle is horrible, it seems like many people transfer their (strange) love for dbz to chrono trigger. The timetravel system was also very disapointing, only 5 eras to travel to is lost potential.
The best snes rpg is clearly Terranigma(imo) which induced way more feelings in me and was more fun to play. Sadly rarely anyone outside of eu played it because it was neevr released in us and therefore missed a huge nostalgia market.

Also please condense your chrono trigger threads, there is anotehr one right abouve this thread.

>>1095530

>The artstyle is horrible, it seems like many people transfer their (strange) love for dbz to chrono trigger.

The only time you see that art style is in the portraits for the main cast. The game's art style looks good.

> only 5 eras
But because of that the individual era's felt more developed.

>The best snes rpg is clearly Terranigma[...]Sadly rarely anyone outside of eu played
The irony here is that you are unable to appreciate CT because it wasn't released in your region when you were young.

I played both Terranigma and Chrono Trigger on early emulators and they were both very good, but I'd give the edge to CT for having better character development, story, music, atmosphere. Though I agree Terranigma's gameplay is much more fun. Anyway, the point is moot since Earthbound was the best SNES RPG by far.

>>1095530
I never watched DBZ, and I played Chrono Trigger for the first time last May on a SNES emulator. It's still one of my favorite games ever, because of dat lucca and dat zeal.

>>1086769
This seriously makes me bawl, which is really embarrassing because I'm in my late 20's and am about to get married.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfUYZmydl8I&list=PL21BAA7C6EDEB63A3

I don't even care though. This game (as pathetic as it sounds) helped me become who I am today, and so it reminds me of all of the good times, the childhood dreams, and the magic that used to be a part of life before I became old and jaded.

>>1095760
Earthbound isn't even good, let alone the best. Have you even played any if the DQ games?

>>1095530
Well the SNES could only do so much. And I consider the 5 it already has to be pretty impressive considering they each have their own overworld filled with towns and castles and dungeons of all sorts.

I remember downloading this a while back. Great stuff.

>>1096623
You're talking to emulator babbys. They can't understand the context or the hardware adequately. Most of these people grew up with N64, not SNES.

>>1095530
>I don't like Chrono Trigger
>I know, I'll post about it in the Chrono Trigger Tribute thread, a thread full of people who like Chrono Trigger!
Arguing about how good or bad CT is is not the purpose of this thread. Post your opinions elsewhere.

>>1096659
/v/ has been leaking egregiously these past few months.

>>1096737
/vr/ is a new board. Almist all of us come from /v/ and /vg/, including you.

>>1095530
>only 5 eras to travel to is lost potential.
It was on a 32MB cartridge. It wasn't really possible for them to add any more.

>>1097474
>32MB
It was actually 32 megaBITS, not 32 megabytes. That equals 4 megabytes, so it's even smaller than you said.

>>1097474
It was a 32Mb cart, not 32MB. A megabit is about 8 times smaller than a megabyte. A Chrono Trigger cart holds around 4 megabytes of data.

>>1086729
>http://youtu.be/e7Vs1JSRiGs

That truly is an amazing battle track

sounds a bit more boss fighty to me though

>>1098375

Sounds familiar to me like Iv heard it before

Is it a minor variant of an ingame track ?

>>1086697
>good night crono

>>1086769
Corridors of time definitely. Really good cover btw, thanks. I use to listen to it from time to time.

The whole idea of Zeal is one of my favourite things about the game. Having mastered magic and survival, the wizards just... dreamt. There was nothing else to do, nowhere else to look. I find that notion profoundly enticing in a way.

>>1098068
Which actually does sound a lot if you consider that the majority of the graphics are 16x16 pixels with less than 8-bit colour (at best; in practice they are more likely to use less colour fidelity for things things like sprites because its faster and they don't need many colours anyway).

And the majority of the special effects don't even use images, they are mathematically generated transparent vectors.

>>1095530
The whole point of the limited eras is that there's a story going on through the whole thing. The eras you can access have meaning to them. I thought I liked CT solely on nostalgia, but after not playing it for nearly 10 years I picked it back up and could not put it down until I played through the whole thing. Other games I picked up for nostalgic reasons, but could not get through them.

(That being said, I did not grow up with Terranigma but played it much later on and I thought it was an amazing game. It's one of those titles that sticks with you after it's over.)

>>1096608
Don't feel bad. That might be my favorite game song ever made. I would love to hear it performed by an orchestra. Apparently, the story floating around about To Far Away Times is:
> Mitsuda slept in his studio several nights, and attributed certain songs, such as "To Far Away Times", to inspiring dreams. ... [T]he song was made in dedication to "a certain person with whom I wanted to share a generation."
> Mitsuda returned to watch the ending with the staff before the game's release, crying upon seeing the finished scene.
credit, Wikipedia

So yeah, I'm under the impression that the 2nd quote meant that the ending/To Far Away Times made even Mitsuda cry.

>>1098375
This should have been a boss sountrack.

>>1098745
I believe they used it along with the other cut song for Chrono Trigger DS.

If you all haven't listened to it, you should grab Chrono Symphonic from OCRemix.org. Some great sings in there, gotta love the Undersea Palace theme.

http://ocremix.org/album/7/chrono-trigger-chrono-symphonic

Thanks OP, this stuff is great.
I just got an NES with a bunch of games and I'm very excited to play it, but man do I feel like playing just a little Chrono trigger. Maybe just a few moments.. or hours..

>>1091487
>Thanks for Mac users, your thing won't even download.

>Thanks again for nothing.


Quiet swine, OP is a saint. You deserve everything you get macfag.

>>1100105
Not him, but I'm stuck using a mac (and an old, handmedown one at that) myself and have gotten it to download and extract just fine back when OP did this stuff on /v/. OP is indeed a saint, not only for this but the other compilation packs he's done in the past.

Thanks to the op indeed. I have most of this, but i grabbed both to fill in some gaps and see if im missing some artwork.
In return have some old unfinished work i did on a non toriyama looking Ayla.
It is the download from my deviant art page as i dont have the file anymore on my comp, but im not proud enough of it to care if you think i didnt do it or not. Just tossing back some CT love to the group.
That entire explanation seems too self concious, sorry.

>>1086706
>Epoch blueprints
Oh, sweet. I remember seeing this being displayed on a big screen in the background of one of the promotional videos and had wanted a clean copy.

Thanks for all this awesome Chrono stuff OP.

>>1093262
I would love to see all of those if someone could link me to them.

>>1098375
Doesn't sound grand enough to me to be a boss theme, if that makes any sense. It definitely sounds like a latter half/endgame battle theme in my opinion. Like you're nearing the final areas, and it's getting you pumped to keep going. Your characters are strong, and your goal is in sight, you just have to go and finish the job.

I love RPGs that change the battle theme like that towards the end of the game, it always gives them a much more epic feel.

>>1100984
I would, but last time I can remember trying to link to the pastebin with all of them in it, the system said it was a banned URL for spam or some stupid shit. It's done the same in the past when trying to post links to Oddworld artbook scans and such.

Plus I figure that OP probably might want to provide links to these as they see fit in order to gauge interest in continuing this project with new compilation packs.

>>1101028
Agreed. I feel like they should have changed the battle music after Chrono dies because after that everythng is pretty much optional, all that is left is a ton of side quests and Lavos. I feel that changing the battle music sometime later in the game like that would have added just that much more depth.

>29s to download 198 MB
I wish my broadband was that fast.

>>1086691

Are you the same guy who did the Link's Awakening compilation pack? If so, thank you because that pack was fucking awesome. Please keep posting these, they're fantastic.

This game bring me sooo much nostalgia.

Thanks op for the awesome compilation!

Finished the Chrono series a couple nights ago (CT, RD and CC).
Those soul-crushing moments were too much. I just...damn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5rnBRTEEfBw#t=80

>>1086691
Fuck it, I'm just gonna go ahead and ask.

What is Frog supposed to be doing in that pic? Tripping over books?

You guys could use some Smooth McGroove.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKCt8Afk9s

>>1093262
Downloaded fine. Using Keka because that's all I got for 7z extraction. The .zip extracts fine but not the .7z. Can't select both and use any "Extract both at once".

Any *NIx users out there using some CLI magic to extract this?

>>1101753
that girl stole my stars...

>>1102273
Are you aware you can vote for him in the Golden Joystick's awards?

Guy fucking deserves it if you ask me.

>>1086691
>Naturally, that was like attempting to purify a torrential river of shit that never stops flowing, so I stopped the project.
well you convinced me to play it
I like your collections OP

>>1086691
I remember you, OP. I downloaded your compilation back then when you posted on /v/, and had plenty of fun with it. I really appreciate your effort. If you could share any of your other packs, I believe the community and myself would be really pleased.

>>1086769
Corridors of time is my favourite track too.

Here's another really good cover of Corridors of Time (until I learned to play this, I swore this guy had a secret third hand).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSgst7Pq7w4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tjeu2Yp9Fs

>>1108387
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ8xce9HtD8

2nd link doesn't work, OP. Check it yourself.

>>1108390
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frDd9Lkj5dU

>>1108406

Mirror of the part 2: https://mega.co.nz/#!Us4DGRoa!bgMRuGW37_QxsWt73u-1tVsYvdwZE-ImUPiiFYLZd7A

>>1108406
I had the same problem. Refreshed the page a few times and hit repair download and it ended up working

IDK what's wrong with it but keep trying.

Anyway, this is some cool shit OP. I like what you're doing. The Brink of Time is fucking great, I didn't even know it existed

>>1108413
Thanks! :)

Enjoying the hell out of this thread by the way.

I first played CT in 2008 after moving out of a bad family situation, and the game really helped me transition into being on my own for the first time.

Fuck, I wanna play it again. Time to load it onto my psp.

>>1086713
How can a person not love Toriyama's art is beyond me.

I think people base their hate on the animation or something. Or maybe they're just following the crowd unthinkingly.

You think SE will ever ressurect the series?

Up until like 2010 I really held out hope for a sequel, but the way the industry is now and the way SE handles shit, we would probably end up with a shitty mobile game.

Plus we'll never get the dream team back together ;(

>>1108963
Following the crowd? But not the crowd that loves DBZ, right?

>>1109001
Yes, the different crowd. The /v/ crowd.

>>1108998
I seriously, seriously hope SE doesn't revive it. It would be fucking horrible. I hope another company, like Mistwalker, buys the rights, reunites the Dream Team (which should be easy because 2/3 are freelance now), and makes a new installment.

Either that or the Dream Team reunites to make a new RPG that's a sort of spiritual successor.

>>1108963
The biggest problem with his art is lack of diversity, although it still has charm.

And then theres this little thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=233kmUiW-Rc

I didn't realize that the DQIX pictures are done in the same type of style as Chrono's

>>1109989
That's because Toriyama did the art for the Dragon Quest series as well as Chrono Trigger.

>>1109992
Yeah I know that, but I mean lots of the art is done similarly.

>>1109989
It's not the "same type of style", it's the exact same artist: Akira Toriyama, they guy who wrote the Dragon Ball manga.

All Dragon Quest characters and monsters are his work.

>>1110760
Once again... that's because Toriyama did the art. He only knows like 5 face/hair types to draw. Just watch dragonball, you'll understand.

>>1109989
The panorama scene promo art is pretty rare, isn't it? He never did that for DQ6, 7, 8 etc.

I don't know what he's up to these days, but some say his numerous unnamed assistants are the ones behind most of modern DQ's artwork.

I can sorta see that, but I just think his digital coloring is up to par with his traditional medium style.

I played it for the first time about a year ago on the DS. Unlike the SNES, you have to give names to your characters. I named my frog guy Skates, and now every time I see a frog I'm like, OMG Skates!

>>1110807
>Unlike the SNES, you have to give names to your characters.
What? That's not true at all.

>>1110807
>Unlike the SNES, you have to give names to your characters.
In all versions - SNES, PS1, DS, Android - you can rename playable characters or go with default names.

>>1110810 Well, I gave them names anyway then.

>>1113250
Does Crono's mom sleep in his bed

>>1113272
She sleeps on a raft of cats.

>>1113250
Did Lucca found Crono's secret porn stash?

OP should add the BS Chrono Trigger Character Library and the BS Chrono Trigger Music Library.

>the realization that Cross is far superior to Trigger

Some day it'll happen to you, as well.

>>1113318
>go to 1000 AD
>look under Crono's bed
>his porn collection starts glowing
>go to 2600 AD
>it turns into even better porn

OP, you are doing God's work.

>>1086697
Brink of Time is an amazing record, just make sure you get a good copy of it. What is OPs encode like? For years there are some absolutely fucking terrible versions floating around but there are now 100% perfect lossless copies available pretty readily.

Such a classic, but it pisses me off so much that gameplay-wise Frog is such a low-tier character...

OP, I remember you from back when. I downloaded every one of your compilations and enjoyed them very much. Thank you for all of them, I really appreciate them.

>>1095530
In my opinion, Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, and Live-A-Live form the holy trilogy of "larger-than-life" SNES rpgs. They literally take you to the end of existence and back, and are easily the system's top three RPGs, besides of Earthbound. FFVI is overrated tripe, but that's another topic for another thread

do you still have those other compilation pack op?

Chrono trigger is probably one of the most overrated games ever, also most overpriced people try to get ridiculous amounts for it.

>>1120775
I'll give you that it's slightly overrated, but I'm completely on your side about the prices.

wordfilter "overrated" mods please

>>1122169
It's overrated deal with it.

>>1108998
Every re-hash SE does now is a mobile. Just like they are releasing a 3D port of The After Years, but only for iOS and Android. It's like fuck that shit, consoles should come before phones.

If you feel that Chrono Trigger is not a good enough game, either explain why or refrain from psoting. Saying it's "overrated" is shitposting.

>>1122745
CT is a solid game with decent mechanics that held up to the test of time pun intended.

You can not comprehend how absurdly rare that is.

>>1100723
The Lavos that you see is only the head, its body runs through the entire planet by 1999AD

>>1122852
>tfw there will never be a sequel where you modify the Epoch and got into outer space to destroy all Lavoses ever with the final boss fight being against a solar system sized being.

>>1086691
OP, do you plan on sharing more compilations? This is awesome!

>>1091487
go fuck yourself you daft cunt

thanks op

>>1123750
Fixed

I've never played Chrono Trigger, but I just picked up Chrono Cross. Should I play Trigger first? Will I be completely lost if I just jump into Cross?

>>1125852

depends on your age

trigger is the relevant game

cross is a generic ps1 rpg, and its not even a 'good' one

so by ps1 rpg standards its a 7
by absolute standards its a 4? whatever tedious crap is

but if you are young and liked other ps1 rpgs then you might like it a lot

I can't possibly recommend cross, but I also sort of understand how someone could play it

understand that all the innovations of trigger were instantly adopted by all other rpgs, so anyone who is young will find it quite difficult to understand what was innovative or impressive about it

>>1125852
Cross doesn't go very heavily into Trigger and what happened. Knowing the general plot is all that's really necessary.

My main problem with Cross is that there are too many extra characters. Many of them don't differ from each other in a very meaningful way except they might have a different element and be more strength than magic. Many of the characters never felt that useful to me, and a few just appear and have no real use.
Contrast this with Trigger having a small set of characters, all differing greatly, and each having strengths. Each is memorable right off. Some people might argue that this character is that character, but the mere fact that they can argue about it and that there is an actual debate means the characters are somewhat balanced.

Cross also felt to me like it was trying to have too many subplots that detracted from a main theme.

>>1125881
>>1125932
Thanks guys, you've convinced me to play Trigger first.

>>1125881

>Cross is a generic PS1 RPG, and its not even a 'good' one

Confirmed for never having played Chrono Cross. It's gameplay is unique. No game has even done what Cross has, before or after it's release. It is as far removed from generic as possible

>>1126826
>>1125881

>No proof or points from either side

Well this is going nowhere.

>>1125881
>"I'm Old" - The Post

>>1126868

Show me another game that has:

-The Stamina system
-Elements (single use spells and limited use items)
-No level system
-Summons based on the element field
-Turn Based

All in one game. My proof is that Chrono Cross is the only game with all of these things in one game, making it unique and therefore not generic.

Especially since the element system is entirely unique, it's never been repeated

>>1126914
You know being unique doesn't automatically make things good, right?

>>1126826
When most people accuse RPGs of being generic, it's usually concerning the typically drawn out, shitty plots that both WRPGs and JRPGs utilize. I haven't play Cross, so I have no reason to say that it has this, but I know a huge reason people stay away from RPGs are the really plot heavy but substance-less plots.

>tfw you will never return to the floating kingdom of zeal

>>1128173

>They both briefly giggled at the idea of a vibrating robo-dildo, but now they can't get the idea out of their head

>Prometheus is confused

This is good stuff, OP. Thanks.

>>1125881
>innovations of trigger

What innovations?

>>1130347

im playing a harder rom cut of this called CT Impossible. it's not much harder except for some early bosses and some later on get pretty hard too.

i think Crono and Lucca/Marle vs. the 6 blue R-Series bots is the hardest fight in CT Impossible.

It's 2 on 6 and they counter everything and your characters are still in low levels...and marle or lucca are not all-stars or anything. So yeah, I had the most trouble with that fight on CT impossible.

character ranks:

Crono 10
Robo 10
Ayla 10
Frog 9
Lucca 7
Magus 6
Marle 6

Especially if you're playing a harder hack...you should tend to use the top 4 characters (Crono, Ayla, Robo, and Frog) more than the other chars.

>>1126918

His point was that it is generic. I am showing that is it not generic. Whether you think it's good or not has no relevance whatsoever in this regard.

>>1130485
>posts stupid face instead of a list of those alleged innovations

>>1086717
>I'm gonna get it and then I'm gonna think about why I got it.
I'm doing that as well. Too bad the game's shit.

Hey man i remember you as well.

Could you upload the other compilation packs? I changed computers and i would really like to have them again...

Thanks for the hard work!

>>1137687
Can you upload them, man? Please!

>>1086739
"These tits right here."

>>1108413
Thank you good sir.

Why is this site downloading the file as webapp data rather than a direct http file download? Shit's a bit sketchy, yo.

>>1096763
I remember browsing this board when it was actually new (a year ago?) and it was a completely different atmosphere. I've never been a regular on /v/ or /vg/, and it seemed like a lot of the population was old /r9k/ refugees. Now everyone just calls you "bitchtits" and insults you out of reflex.

Maybe trying to introduce all the teenagers checking out this board to good old games is backfiring. It might be better to adopt /a/'s elitist attitude and focus on games that are less accessible to people who are just bored of /v/ but still need to be entitled shitheads wherever they go.

So how many of you got a purple cat to hang out in your room? I've only done it using emulators to speed up the game. No clue how you would do it legitimately without sinking a good 24 hours on it.

>>1138492
Ages ago before I had ever emulated anything, I played through the game getting cat food and visiting home after every last little thing I did, no matter how small. My mom ended up chasing an enormous horde of cats through the portal at the end. I don't remember any of them looking like Alfador, but I might not have thought that it was noteworthy at the time.

>>1138543
You could get extra cats? I didn't knew that.

Actually, I think you could get 1 more cat, I recall having two of them in the house, but I'm not sure where from.

>>1138568
Play that carnival game over and over to get more cat food. You can get a lot more than two cats in the house.

>>1138483
>I remember browsing this board when it was actually new (a year ago?)
/vr/ started in March of this year.

>>1138728
>http://www.mediafire.com/?xicj41ytq28c8ub
it says permission denied for part 2

I don't think there is a game that spawned better art, or, art I find interesting and enjoy

>>1139162
You probably don't play a lot of games

>>1139173
I guess you could have that make sense if you wanted to.

>>1138483
>It might be better to adopt /a/'s elitist attitude

>>1138483
As long as it doesn't turn into /tg/ where if you start anything other than a 40k thread, a WoD thread, or a QUEST thread you get insulted

>>1086691

How long ago was this? I seem to remember someone doing Zelda dumps like this in 2007~

>>1086691
Hey, does anyone know about the differences in translations between releases?
Because apparently CT was translated in a hurry for the SNES version. Is the Playstation version different?

Also, I'd like to try the playstation version. Any tips on how to play that on PC?

>>1138728
Wow my memory is playing tricks on me. I guess I began browsing just after I started a job in March, which seems like ages ago. God damn I'm glad I quit that job.

>>1138568
I'm fairly certain it was the eighth or tenth cat you get. I thought it was the last cat you can get, but I may have just given up after I got my purple cat.

>>1139159
An alternate mirror has been posted in this thread.

>>1113318
No, that's her porn. Lucca be kinky.

>>1139337
There's the Woolsey original and then there's the DS retranslation on the DS and iOS/Android.

The Woolsey translation takes some liberties, but it's great. It renames a few characters, cuts some dialogue, but one thing it keeps perfectly intact is the soul of the game. The retranslation is fine, it uses quite a bit of woolseisms, because those were jsut so good, it doesn't omit anything, but it's not better than the SNES translation.

In short, the Woolsey translation (1995 SNES US release, PSOne updated port) is a bit imprecise, but still professional, of high quality and is lots of fun.
The retranslation is a bit more precise, but slightly less energetic.

Both are good. There's no real need to prefer any one from another.

And then there's the unofficial retranslation that keeps 100% of text, uses the original Japanese names (Magus is called "Maou-sama", lit. His Magesty the Demon Lord). The translator himself explains that the translation is almost literal by design. It's not for enjoying the game, it's there for borderline scientific precision for "future analysis" and things.

>>1139343
>God damn I'm glad I quit that job.
Was it sucking dicks? Or something less dignified?

>>1139349
Something less dignified. Contract work for a biomed company.

>>1141391
Catalack is losing like shit.

>>1086769
600 AD and Frog's Theme

>>1086769
I love the End of Time music and the Enhasa theme. And the theme song, of course.

Would anyone want the Blake Robinson Orchestra Vol 1+2 for Chrono Trigger?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM_KEnu2TJU

>>1141516
Out of interest, how the hell did the southeastern continent get populated? It has no ferry port, and I don't recall if they had ferries back in 600AD anyway.

>>1141552

Probably just sailed

>>1139346
For some reason, I couldn't get into the game until I read the DS translation. Maybe it's because I hated the load times on the PSX, or maybe I actually didn't like the script; but I think it's because Chrono Trigger is fairly lighthearted, and I wanted everything to be super edgy and grimdark. I'm glad I grew out of that phase.

Thank you for the pack, OP. Great stuff.

>>1138492
Like 7 minutes ago.

>>1141534
>synthetic orchestra
I really don't understand the appeal of these albums, or why there are so many of them. It's still MIDI, just higher quality samples. Still sounds nothing like a real orchestra.

But cool link for those who are into this stuff.

>>1143934
Nice. How long did that take?

>>1138492
Huh, you can get more cats? How does that work? I never even knew you could.

>>1138483
Except /a/ only ever watches moeshit. There's nothing elitist about them, they have the most simple tastes.

>>1147638
See this >>1138619
I believe it's the same game that first awards you the clone doll.

>>1095428
what the shit is that?

>>1086769
That gave me chills bro

>>1143934

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYQoai5jfB0

>implying Lucca isn't best girl

>>1150729
I think she's pretty great.

>>1150729
That reminds me. Who has the bigger bust, Lucca or Marle? Marle was teased by Ayla for heaving small breasts, but Lucca is even younger than her.

>>1092721
>trial scene

mah nigga. Is it just me or did anyone else hear echoes of Pink Floyd in that scene?

Aww FUCK I remember you dude!

Thanks again for these stuff.

Although, I don't think it's a good idea to just give up on /v/ like that.

We're never getting Chrono Break are we, I just want to kill Dalton.

>browsing this thread
>Brink of Time track comes up on shuffle
>Not To Far Away Times
>soclose.jpeg

>>1123967
my god that pic is fucking beautiful

i still hate marle though

>>1149495
>"you gonna get raped"

THIS FUCKING GUY RIGHT HERE

thanks for being the king of OC today

<3

holy shit i check out this thread and start talking to my friend about ct and he tells me it was because of this game he met his girlfirned. details are below:

>be 4 years ago
>friend stuck in CT after crono's death
>one day finally beats it
>bestgameever.avi
>days later goes to anime event
>gets to know this computer graphics school
>signs with them because wants to make his own awesome game like CT
>during classes meets mcderp
>becomes fast friends with mcderp and most of class who, unsurprisingly, is full of nerdotakus
>fastfoward two years, during which i met this friend and mcderp
>mcderp goes to this anime event and meets faggotress
>introduces faggotress to my friend some time later
>friend and faggotress hit it off
>become lovers a few months later, roughly 2 years before today

my brains are all over the place.

>>1095428
this project died didn't it.

>>1147631
is that really all of them?

seems like there should be more?

>>1155135
That was just a mockup

part 2 is down, can anybody reupload it?

>>1155130
Your post made Lucca's mom lose her legs.