In My Collection - Chrono Trigger
In My Collection is a series where I take some pictures and talk about the physical media I own, try to remember how much I paid for it, the current value of the item and where and when I obtained the item. Physical media forever!
Chrono Trigger
Publisher: Square
Developer: Square
Year of Release: 1995
System: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Item Type: Loose
Price Paid: $110
Current Value (Pricecharting): $234.85
Chrono Trigger - Thoughts
Chrono Trigger was released on March 11, 1995, on the Super Nintendo. We are approaching 30 years since the initial release. The game was designed by famed video game personality Hironobu Sakaguchi, the “father of Final Fantasy”. The game was a smash hit critically, receiving glowing reviews from many of the outlets of the mid 90s. It also sold very wel…
Having gone through most of my Zelda collection with previous posts, it is refreshing to get to move on to another game outside of the heroic elven lad who wears a green tunic. And what a game this is, both in notoriety and in collectability. That game is Chrono Trigger.
Chrono Trigger is hailed by many, including myself, as one of the best JRPGs ever made if not one of the best video games ever made. It was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy), Yuji Horii (Dragon Quest) and the art style was of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest). It’s like putting together an all star NBA team consisting of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
That’s just one reason this game is sought after. Other reasons include a lower print run due to being released late in the SNES life cycle, JRPG fever ramping up after the release of Final Fantasy VII, nostalgia for the game from people who grew up with it and now have money to spend because they have jobs, etc.
I purchased my copy several years ago, around the time the game was valued at a little over $100. At that time I thought goodness gracious, this is the most I will ever spend on a single video games. Oh how wrong I was. But, I am glad I have this in my collection. It is both a special game to me, a game I played with my cousin as a kid and a game that I can be proud to own.
