download chrono cross the radical dreamers edition

Scars of timeĪnother big technical challenge that we faced on Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition came from the static backgrounds used in the game. Still, there were some upsides to it too, of course, including the fact that Chrono Cross has always been a great game – so playing though it again was actually quite a lot of fun.

That required an enormous amount of effort from all the companies involved in development. We had to pore through the data that had been preserved and play through the original game ourselves to work out what was missing and restore it. That meant across the start of development, it was impossible to recreate the original version of the game across multiple platforms. It is at least typically easier to port original PlayStation games than PlayStation 2 titles (the chip inside the PS2 is really unique, and difficult to emulate well), but we faced an additional challenge when it came to Chrono Cross, as the game program and graphical data weren’t preserved in a complete form.

Developers used their technical knowledge and skills to overcome barriers that hardware presented them with, which makes it difficult to break that code down and analyze what it’s actually doing. Some gamers might expect that creating a remastered version is simply a case of taking a game from one system and moving it onto another – but it’s far more difficult than that! I’ve worked on a number of remaster projects, and they’re often very challenging.įor example, original PlayStation games – especially late-era games like Chrono Cross – really pushed what the hardware was capable of. Working on this remaster has been a real labor of love for both me and the team, but you may be wondering, “how exactly do you remaster a game as beloved as Chrono Cross?” To celebrate the game’s release, I thought it would be interesting to give you some insight into how it all came together. In addition to the original adventure, the new release includes some additional features, including the never-before released in the West: Radical Dreamers – Le Trésor Interdit. I’m excited to announce that our new remastered version of this classic RPG is out tomorrow on PlayStation 4!

Hello everyone – this is Koichiro Sakamoto, Producer of Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition.

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