
Chrono Trigger was the second best-selling game of 1995 in Japan, and shipped 2.65 million copies worldwide by March 2003. Nintendo Power magazine described aspects of the game as revolutionary, including its multiple endings, plot-related side-quests focusing on character development, unique battle system, and detailed graphics. The game's story follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe.Ĭhrono Trigger was a critical and commercial success upon release and is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. In addition, Takashi Tokita co-directed the game and co-wrote the scenario, Kazuhiko Aoki produced the game, Masato Kato wrote most of the story, while composer Yasunori Mitsuda wrote most of the soundtrack before falling ill and deferring the remaining tracks to Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu. The game's development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Square's Final Fantasy series Yuji Horii, creator of Enix's Dragon Quest series and Akira Toriyama, character designer of Dragon Quest and author of the Dragon Ball manga series. It was originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as the first game in the Chrono series. Update: Chrono Trigger’s Steam release a port of the mobile version, which hasn’t been well received by longtime fans in the past.Chrono Trigger is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square. Check out that feature to see where it landed. We put the original Super Nintendo release of Chrono Trigger on our list of the 500 greatest games of all time. The game is also now out on the Amazon App Store. The iOS and Android versions of Chrono Trigger will also receive these features and upgrades, Square Enix said it also now supports Apple TV and cloud saves. These bonuses are available at no added cost through the end of the availability window. With the limited edition of Chrono Trigger, buyers will get a medley of music to download, as well as PC wallpapers.



These include the Nintendo DS version’s pair of bonus dungeons, along with optimized graphics and sound, keyboard and mouse support, and an autosave feature. The Windows PC release includes features previously exclusive to the games’ Nintendo DS, Android and iOS releases, as well as new, additional updates. The game is now available on the storefront for $14.99, with a limited-edition version available until April 2. Square Enix has released Chrono Trigger, one of the most beloved role-playing games of all time, on Steam.
