too bad it isnt the latest version:
http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0902

Haven't you heard it received a Ceast and Desist letter from Squeenix a few months back?

 


 

You can tell the difference with the text boxes too. In the leaked version they are completely red but in the final version there's a white outline around them. Also the leaked version's ending sucked so much I thought it was a joke ending punishing me for playing a wrong version of the game or something. The ending on YouTube was better.

badinsults, this is precisely the reason why the leak of the late alpha was an embarrassment to the CE team. The completed game dramatically improved between February and May (I mean, dramatically). The reason is, the work prior to February was all Agent 12 working on the event code to complete the game's basic framework, and the work thereafter was bent completely on polishing, gameplay balance, and final dialogue insertion. Even though the CEMemorial videos were recorded via New Game + to cut down on watch time, the game was definitely fun with the exception of the solo Marle episodes (those would have been fun too with some new techs for Marle, I was remiss on that).

Nevertheless, it's interesting to see just how valued the leaked late alpha is. People are literally going crazy about it and posting Youtube videos when they get their hands on it. It's really a testament to just how worthwhile fan culture has become, and more importantly, a testament to the fierce desire for a Chrono sequel.

I was under the impression it was because they hadn't balanced anything in the game yet. They said they just coded the events and placed the enemies first, and would have edited the enemies' stats later on in development. If you look at the game's data pretty much every enemy's stats are the same as they were in CT. After all why bother editing the stats in a WIP version that's likely to change anyway? You'd better off doing it last.

Anyway I agree with Dragonsbrethren. Many people outside the hacking community don't even know this is a different game than CT: Resurrection (*insert facepalm*).

I'm just surprised no one has leaked the final version yet, you can't honestly expect me to believe that it was deleted, so it's out there somewhere, with the beta leaked, does anyone honestly think squeenix would care if the real thing came out?

all SE cared about was the attention, publicity, and fanfare, it made them look bad.

Personally, I didn't see the need for a fan made sequel to Chrono Trigger.  Why not make something original that would not have been scrutinized and blocked by Square Enix?  Chrono Trigger's game engine is very novel, but I thought the game had a good enough ending that the need for a sequel was unnecessary.  Of course, I feel the exact same way about fan made Star Trek shows, even though Paramount turns a blind eye to it.  Personally, I doubt that Square Enix would take the time to actually sue people for this hack.  I wrote the article to document a happening in the SNES scene that garnered a lot of attention.  I think it is a shame that this particular hack got a lot of attention when there are many great Super Mario World hacks and RPG translations out there.

logistically you are right it would have been better, but while it didn't need one, there IS gaps in the chrono trigger timeline between CT and CC so a fan made game in between the two isn't such a crazy idea.