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Dec 29, 2009 09:56

Over Christmas vacation, I had the pleasure of discovering a fan project called "Crimson Echoes" (http://crimsonechoes.com/). Basically, its an unofficial sequel to Square Enix's SNES game "Chrono Trigger". The developers used a technique called "ROM hacking" to create the game. In other ( Read more... )

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cesarano December 29 2009, 17:11:33 UTC

They did the same a few years back with a project that recreated a limited number of scenes of Chrono Trigger in 3-D. The desire was to be more cinematic and such, and looked pretty cool. It wasn't a full remake at all. However, the Squenix lawyers came and stamped it out ( ... )

theotherbaldwin December 30 2009, 05:49:19 UTC

If it helps, there is an alpha of the project that got leaked to a torrent site or two.

nbda1997 January 2 2010, 14:10:02 UTC

Thanks.. From what I heard, the Alpha is not terribly playable. Watching the playthrough on youtube served to quench my curiosity.

ensign_amazing December 31 2009, 06:16:01 UTC

further alienate......

I don't really have my ear to the ground but....what else has square done that's so unfriendly? This is the first bad thing I've heard of.

Also: You can't make me play the crystal chronicles game down my throat. XIII is around the corner and I promise to fanboy up when it's released.