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Revision as of 15:49, 11 October 2009
Chrono Cross Timeline
- March 11 - Chrono Trigger is released in Japan.
- August 22 - Chrono Trigger is released to eager North American fans.
- Radical Dreamers debuts to wrap up Schala's fate.
- Masato Kato draws a sketch of Kid while imagining a new game.
- April 4 - Hiromichi Tanaka states in an interview that a sequel isn't likely.
- February 11 - Xenogears is released; Square turns its attention to a Chrono sequel and hires Tanaka and Kato.
- The Chrono Cross team reaches 80 members at its peak, and is quality-tested by 100 others.
- November 18 - Chrono Cross debuts in Japan to fanfare.
- Richard Honeywood and others begin working on Chrono Cross's US release.
- August 15 - Chrono Cross (and an accompanying music preview CD & clock) is released in the United States and exceeds sales expectations.
- December 18 - The Chrono Cross OST, a major achievement for Mitsuda, is released.
- Mitsuda wins the Gold Prize for the 2000 PlayStation Awards for his work on Chrono Cross.
- December 5 - Square Enix files two trademark licenses -- Chrono Brake in Japan, Chrono Break in the United States.
- Mitsuda releases Hopeful Weeds Vol. 003 to his fan club; it contains two songs performed on guitar.
- April 15 - Neo Demiforce releases the English translation of Radical Dreamers.
- July 23 - The Chrono Compendium is officially founded.
- August 21 - Chrono Cross is re-released as a greatest hits title for the second time.
- November 13 - Square Enix withdraws the patent for Chrono Break in the United States; the Japanese license for "Chrono Brake" still stands.
- December - Final Fantasy Chronicles and Chrono Cross (again) are re-released as greatest hits titles.
- January - Mitsuda announces a new arranged album of Chrono Cross works.
- June 29 - Square re-releases the soundtrack of Chrono Cross thanks to popular demand.
- November 20 - Square re-releases Chrono Trigger DS with a new tie-in ending to Chrono Cross.
- July 26 - The Chrono Brake trademark is set to expire in Japan.
The rest of history is up to you to write! Have fun, and keep on playing!
Birthday Specials
Chrono Cross Arrange Sample
Since 2005, fans have been waiting for a new Chrono Cross arranged album. Mitsuda's run into difficulties and has been busy with other projects since then, but he's still making progress! Earlier this year, he posted a sample of A Narrow Space Between Dimensions on his website. A Compendiumite extracted the audio from the flash for your listening pleasure!
Chrono Cross Recollections
Over the last ten years, Chrono Cross has touched and inspired various generations of gamers. Share in their experiences by reading Chrono Cross Recollections, a chronicle of experiences had by community members!
Renowned mangaka and illustrator Nobuteru Yūki designed the characters of Chrono Cross, creating a vibrant, colorful style right at home among the beautiful landscapes of El Nido. The Compendium has collected art from both Ultimania and Missing Piece, and there are even a couple interesting pieces made before and after Chrono Cross's production. Check it out!
The Chrono Compendium has established an expansive encyclopedia on the series, complete with art, quotes, stats, and biographies. Feel free to peruse the writings, and follow the Analysis and Theory links on each page to mysteries for the characters! The Frozen Flame quotes offer especially interesting insights.
Square packaged a Chrono Cross Demo with Legend of Mana to promote interest in the game. Like the Chrono Trigger Prerelease, the demo contained some beta content, such as art for characters that don't appear in the final version, and beta versions of certain textures. There's also a debug room, complete with location art! Check the page out for a fascinating look at these elements, and check out the unused location art from Yasuyuki Honne, too!
What better way to celebrate than have the scripts of all three Chrono series games at your disposal? The complete text of each game has been edited, organized, and chronologically arranged in these documents. Search archives of dialogue and listings for quotes, plot information, or just for fun! Everything's here and ready to be perused by loving fans' eyes.
Get the five new songs by Mitsuda used in Chrono Trigger PSX!
- Rat-A-Tat-Tat It's...Mitsuda
- One Sunny Day When We Met
- Scattering Blossoms
- A Meeting With Destiny
- Time To Rest -After The Battle-
Before Chrono Trigger was released, a beta version was sent to game reviewers and stores to guarantee sales support. The Compendium's explored every inch of the beta, and has documented all the findings! See for yourself the lost areas, such as Singing Mountain or Zeal Dungeon, or read about how Gaspar may have been an eighth playable character at one time!
Lavos vs. JENOVA is a hot DnB track by abg on VGMix. abg touched up the song and made a new ending just for the Compendium; we owe him a big thanks! Credit also goes to IoG, who made a Chrono Trigger AMV using the popular "Whistle Song."
'Lavos vs. JENOVA (Compendium Edition)' by abg
'Chrono Trigger Whistle AMV' by IoG
As the Crimson Echoes demo has proved, anyone can now pick up his or her Chrono Trigger ROM and sculpt new worlds and events. The only limit is your desire to learn! In addition to Temporal Flux, select many tools and resources to select you in the Compendium's modification section, which boasts tutorials, utilities, offset listings and an archive of completed hacks.
The Chrono Trigger Testament was a Geocities site run by Xathael until 2003. It made a case for the game being a parable of the bible; though some of the points may be a stretch, and Masato Kato has stated that the game isn't such an allegory, it is nonetheless a very interesting and engaging read! It's been backed up on the Compendium's encyclopedia for your viewing.
So there...Now that you've browsed our best, what do you plan to do to celebrate? Do you have a running piece of fanfiction you're writing, or a drawing to finish? Are you part of a fan project team dedicated to making a remake or sequel in a new engine? Will you bust out Chrono Trigger for a totally new playthrough, or complete an old file by attaining level ** for all characters and getting 99 of every item? Or will you create your own "playthrough" by using Temporal Flux to modify the locations and events in the game? Anything's possible, and I wish you well! Stay tuned in to the Compendium for Chrono series news, features, analysis, and developing community projects. I hope you've had a good time celebrating at the site; I'll see you around!
Several banners were made in preparation for the birthday, and have been used at several Chrono forums. You can see them all at Birthday Banners. Don't miss LHA's wallpapers!
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