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Proto:Chrono Trigger (SNES)/Gameplay Differences
This is a sub-page of Proto:Chrono Trigger (SNES).
- Most of the game's events are (deliberately or otherwise) locked out and sealed off by one of five methods:
- NPCs block the entrance, informing you that you can't go beyond this point.
- The area is completely empty.
- Automatic blackout crash.
- The game resets.
- The game loads Crono's Name Entry screen and forces a New Game.
Codes have been made to unlock these areas. A good 95% of the game has been completed at this point, though large chunks were later redone.
Options Menu
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The option menu is quite different at this point.
- Three options are missing: "Battle Cursor Memory", "Item/Tech Cursor Memory", and "Item/Tech Descriptions". The icon for the "Menu Cursor Memory" option was also changed from a finger to a small menu graphic in the final.
- The left side of the menu was narrower, and the options were arranged in a single row of seven, instead of two rows of five.
- There is only a single Battle Speed option in the prototype, which appears to control both the messages and gauge. This was split into two separate options in the final.
- The background color/pattern option was moved to the top of the menu.
- The ATB gauge could only be toggled on or off. There was no option for an alternate setup.
The Epoch
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While the Epoch is fully capable of flight in both the prototype and final, it had an extra feature earlier in development: before its wings, it acted as a hovercraft! This wasn't very well-implemented, however: the time travel effect is a simple fade to white, and if the destination point in another era turns out to be on invalid terrain (ocean, mountains, etc.), you'll promptly be dumped back to the place you were when you tried to warp.
It was likely due to how awkward this entire setup was (and the fact that there's really no need for a land-based vehicle in Chrono Trigger anyhow) that the Epoch remains stationary before it's modified for flight in the final. (A video can be seen here.)
Tech Differences
 | To do: Somebody should put up some YouTube videos here, if possible. |
A good 95% of the Techs are graphically different or unfinished at this point.
