The Analogue Super Nt is probably your best bet for enjoying the original pixel art and pleasing fonts upscaled onto a modern flatscreen. Actually, that's a lie now, thanks to the sudden deluge of SNES-like consoles appearing on the market. If you want the definitive version of Chrono Trigger, then there's only one platform for it: the SNES it originally released on in 1995. Chrono Trigger on SNES (or modern equivalents) So here's how to play Chrono Trigger at its best. The PC version appears to be a port of the mobile port of the original, which is like watching Dunkirk in gif form on a 4K TV. I suspect the game will keep flourishing decades from now since it runs so well on modern hardware.Chrono Trigger's surprise Steam release yesterday reminded us that Square Enix don't really care too much about doing justice to their old games. Among games that use NG+, this was one of my favorite games to complete thanks to the effort they put in all the endings. Additionally, CT has excellent replayability in the many different endings that can pose a healthy challenge depending on when you choose to pursue them. By keeping the battle mechanics simple, the game keeps itself fresh as you explore tech combos while not distracting from the substantial storytelling. I really appreciated the tech combat mechanic which translates well several decades later. From the first couple of hours, you can tell that the game places great importance on exploration and storytelling wherein your decisions render ripples in time as part of the time travel theme. It had a very forward-thinking expression of time travel in the genre and is complemented by the decision to have enemy encounters on contact for the most part.

As many other reviews have asserted, Chrono Trigger is a timeless (no pun intended) JRPG.

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