Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki is a 1996 text-based adventure video game developed and published by Square for the Satellaview. It forms part of the Chrono series, acting as a side story to the 1995 game Chrono Trigger. The game centers around an infiltration carried out by the titular thief gang led by Kid.
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Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki is a 1996 text-based adventure video game developed and published by Square for the Satellaview, a satellite peripheral for the Super Famicom. It forms part of the Chrono series, acting as a side story to the 1995 game Chrono Trigger. The game centers around an infiltration carried out by the titular thief gang led by Kid; aided by Serge and Gil, she seeks an artifact called the Frozen Flame and revenge on its keeper Lord Lynx. Players navigate the mansion’s environments and impact the story’s progression through text choices. Only one scenario is available on the first play-through; after finishing it and obtaining one of three possible endings, players can explore six others. Gameplay consists of word-based scenarios presented to the player through the narration of the main character, Serge. Some decisions must be made before an invisible timer runs out; in combat, hesitation results in injury or death. Radical Dreamers features minimal graphics and animation; most areas are rendered with dim, static backgrounds. The game also uses atmospheric music and sounds. Like other Chrono games, it contains a variant of New Game + mode. It did not receive a lasting commercial release, and was exclusive to Japan. The ROM for the game was released onto the web, allowing for the production of an English fan translation.
While limited, its coverage in news and fan sites have praised its narrative and tone. The music was scored by Yasunori Mitsuda, who had worked on ChronoTrigger, and Kato was left unsatisfied with its quality. Kato would later used plot elements from RadicalDreamers in his next game, Chrono Cross. These later stories often feature comical situations or allusions to Chrono. Cross was released in 1998 and was the first game in the series to be released on the Game Boy Advance, the GameCube, the PlayStation, and the Nintendo 3DS. It was not released in the United States, but was later released in Europe and North America. It is the only Chrono game to have been released in both Japan and the U.S., and the only one to be available in both countries at the same time. It has been described as one of the most influential games of all time, along with the likes of Chrono and Chrono: The Last Emperor. The player can choose from a list of possible actions and the player may enter a new area, be presented with a new situation or character, or have to choose again if the previous selection was incorrect. It also tracks Kid’s affection for Serge, influenced by battles and scripted events. They seek the Frozen flame, a mythic artifact capable of granting any wish.
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