Chrono Tragger: SL99, New Game+++++++

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Sally: Jan 9, 2007; Don't post Small Dash!

Chrono Trigger was awesome, and I think everyone should have the chance to play it--so here it is!

I have the cartridge with me right here.

Unfortunately, I don't have a controller, so I'm going to reconstruct the game from memory.

And, sadly, the game is supposed to run in DOS, and MSPaint doesn't emulate the sound correctly.

The game starts off with one of those clock thingies ticking against a black screen.*

When it stops moving, the title card appears on screen and you are prompted to start. Ominous! We'll be playing the New Game+++++++ option. This allows us to keep all items and levels from previous playthroughs, but ramps up the difficulty while unlocking extra areas and bosses. This is necessary if you want to view all 30 of the potential endings.

The opening track is one of my favourites of all time. It's a brilliant jazz-fusion opening, reminiscent of simpler times.

:megadeath:

Chrono Trigger OST - Opening Theme :megadeath:

Anyways, Chrono Trigger doesn't waste time boring the player with a lengthy intro. No, it tosses you in right away to start having fun, leaving it up to the player to discover the storyline by exploring the environment and reading description on items. But first, it asks you to name your character. The default name is supposed to be "Chrono", but because of limitations in the Super Nintendo cartridges, they had to conserve memory, and they did that by limiting how many characters you can use in a name. That always annoyed me, but hey, what are you gonna do?

There he is, our hero.

Well, shall we keep the default name or call him something else? If you want to call him something else, please specify. Also note that "something else" will not work as a name because we are limited to only four characters.

Like I said, straight into the game. Your mom wakes you up in time to hear Lean's bell ring and you're kicked out the door to enjoy the Millenial Fair. Interesting thing to note: the game deals with a lot of hard-hitting sociological issues. You might not catch this if you don't pay attention to the environmental details or read item descriptions, but the two major cities in the game are called Lean and Poor on purpose, as a commentary on homelessness and poverty in major metropolitan areas. But we'll get into that later.

A particularly laid-back track plays as we are awoken.

:megadeath:

Chrono Trigger OST - Morning Sunlight :megadeath:

What shall we do some exploring, or head straight to the fair?

A) Explore your house.
B) Explore the town of Lean.
C) Go to Luca's house.
D) Man, don't mess about--go straight to the fair.

_{*All updates appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to a real LP, live or archived, is purely coincidental.}

_{courtesy of FactsAreUseless}

FactsAreUseless posted:

My name is Gato and I'm hear to say
Fighting robots is the only way.
Don't do drugs or go to school
Beat up robots and you'll be cool.
People say you should learn to read
Fighting robots is all you need!

Level Seven posted:

He's a metal cat
And a big robot
It's time to say
You fought a lot

_{courtesy of nine-gear crow}

_{courtesy of poorlywrittennovel}

Sally fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Sep 9, 2015

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:33

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 20:39

darealkooky: Sep 15, 2011; You sayin' I like dubs?!?

Cron said he would support Luca, and I think you should do a paragon run and keep your promises.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:39

kalonZombie: May 24, 2010; D&D 3.5 Book of Erotic Fantasy

Choice A. Our mom owes us money for our chores.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:40

Orange Fluffy Sheep: Jul 26, 2008; Bad EXP received

A) Explore your house we have a cat and clearly we must investigate said cat and its issues in Obama's America.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:40

Obscil: Feb 28, 2012; PLEASE LIKE ME!

Name him NERD because he still lives with his mom.

A. I seem to remember there being some easter eggs in the house.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:41

Level Seven: Feb 14, 2013; Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.; Megamarm

A. Loot the house for items.

As if any RPG hero would start by doing something else.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:50

McDragon: Sep 11, 2007

A, Pet That Cat.

Also call him Len.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 02:55

macfam: Dec 22, 2012

Option A

I've legitimately never played Chrono Tragger before but seeing how this is sure to be a 100% run with multiple playthroughs I'm certain I won't have to play it myself once this is over.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 03:07

Rabbi Raccoon: Mar 31, 2009; I stabbed you dude!

Caulk the wagon and float it.

We'll get to the fair eventually.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 03:23

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

McDragon posted:

Also call him Len.

That or LNRD.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 03:29

Aishlinn: Mar 31, 2011; This might hurt a bit..

E) go and beat up the local wildlife for a while, violence is always the answer

# ? Sep 20, 2014 03:33

Captain Swiss: Jul 9, 2008; This thread needs to be about twenty percent cooler.

You should name our hero what he was meant to be called, CORN

Also Feed the cat like your mother told you to, you brat!

# ? Sep 20, 2014 03:49

life_source: May 11, 2008; i got tired of looking at your edgy baby avatar that a 14-year old would be proud of

Aishlinn posted:

E) go and beat up the local wildlife for a while, violence is always the answer

I don't really remember this game too well, but I'm pretty sure this isn't what it is about.

In addition to the socio- and political commentary there is also exploration of several fields of science, extensive time travel theorizations, linguistic examinations, and a small animal husbandry simulator.

Also the tutorial takes like... 45 minutes? before combat is allowed. There is still gameplay, but other than punching a pink robot for bitcoins it's just minigames and cutscenes.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 03:58

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

This thread gets a thumbs up!

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:41

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

B, I want to see more of the hard-hitting social commentary.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:47

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Please name him Goku, which is 4 letters long.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 04:50

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

Really? You didn't even have the sense to pick the "Repeat" thread tag?

0/10. Disliked. Unsubscribed.

Also D - go to the fair and get Marl pregnant by bumping into her.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 05:01

Materant: Jul 22, 2010; see, what you don't understand is he now has

THE MANLIEST MUSTACHE

_{_{_{_{it defies physics}}}}

F - crunk out on the best poo poo you can find.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 05:28

Kemix: Dec 1, 2013; Because change

Pffft. This is a no brainer. A Because mommy needs to give us our lunch money too.

Also. I second the naming of our protag NERD

Kemix fucked around with this message at 07:16 on Sep 20, 2014

# ? Sep 20, 2014 06:56

Carbon dioxide: Oct 9, 2012

This sounds like a job for Cron. A cron job, if you will.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 07:06

Broken Box: Jan 29, 2009

Goku has an obligation to pette all cattes so start with the one in your house.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 07:41

I Am Just a Box: Jul 20, 2011; I belong here. I contain only inanimate objects. Nothing is amiss.

God, I remember playing this on a bunch of 3.5" floppies. If you can't get the emulation right, make sure to link the best tracks when they come up. This game's soundtrack was ahead of its time.

Levelling up is for wimps, show us your MLG skills and do a Richter run. Your name is RICH. You should A) Explore your house because you might find ancient ruins and you're going to fall behind if you don't clear those out before Mags does.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 07:43

Schwartzcough: Aug 12, 2009; Don't tease the Octopus, kids!

I hope you picked the Master Key as your starting gift, so you can sequence break and E) Head on a trip of self-discovery down to Poor, to see how the other half lives.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 08:00

Ratoslov: Feb 15, 2012; Now prepare yourselves! You're the guests of honor at the Greatest Kung Fu Cannibal BBQ Ever!

A) EXPLORE YOUR HOUSE and make sure to grab a little sump'n sump'n. Under your bed. You know what I mean. :wiggle:

# ? Sep 20, 2014 08:19

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

3:16) Hey mom! *KICK WHAM STUNNER*

Forgot. Name SCSA

Senerio fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Sep 20, 2014

# ? Sep 20, 2014 08:35

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; The greatest of feasts

What would Dash Rendar do?

# ? Sep 20, 2014 10:02

cant cook creole bream: Aug 15, 2011; I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

D Who cares for cats?

Also give him a more sensible name. Maybe "crow".
In honour of this guy.

nine-gear crow posted:

# ? Sep 20, 2014 10:11

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Go get some coins so that you can insert them to continue. You'd think that would be obvious.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 10:23

Rexides: Jul 25, 2011

Name yourself Luca for maximum LP efficiency.

A) Explore your house for potions and poo poo.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 10:24

cant cook creole bream: Aug 15, 2011; I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

Rexides posted:

Name yourself Luca for maximum LP efficiency.

A) Explore your house for potions and poo poo.

Actually, yes do that. And then you may do A and C at the same time.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 10:57

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

> Take careful inventory of your cats

# ? Sep 20, 2014 11:21

skoolmunkee: Jun 27, 2004; Tell your friends we're coming for them

I'm on team cat so let's go with A

I also think we should eat our lunch immediately and then complain about being hungry.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 12:49

Bregor: May 31, 2013; People are idiots, Leslie.

Option A

Keep default name of CRON

# ? Sep 20, 2014 13:32

Kite Pride Worldwide: Apr 20, 2009

Option A. Acquire cat.

Also Goku.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 14:04

Tunahead: Mar 26, 2010

You should call yourself Crom and start your adventure by exploring your house. You gotta let people know you'd even rob your own mother. Crom is cruel and unforgiving because that's what it takes for the barbarian tribes to worship him.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 14:07

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; The greatest of feasts

Tunahead posted:

You should call yourself Crom and start your adventure by exploring your house. You gotta let people know you'd even rob your own mother. Crom is cruel and unforgiving because that's what it takes for the barbarian tribes to worship him.

How does Crom feel on the subject of cats? This is vital.

# ? Sep 20, 2014 14:13