Editing Radical Dreamers (section)

== Release ==
''Radical Dreamers'' was announced in early 1996 as part of a collection of four titles produced by Square for the [[Satellaview]] platform. It was first released for broadcast starting February 3 that year. Subsequent broadcast periods were held through until March 8, with Square commenting that there were no plans to release the game in cartridge form.<ref name="tsushin"/><ref name="tsushin2"/> [[Famitsu]] promoted the game without any clear connections or references to ''Chrono Trigger''.<ref name="tsushin2" /> Owing to the eventual shutdown of the service, ''Radical Dreamers'' became impossible to play except on end users' cartridges that had the game installed during its broadcast period. It also received no English release due to the Satellaview's Japanese exclusivity.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web |last1=Kemps |first1=Heidi |title=Nintendo's Forgotten Console |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/satellaview-nintendos-forgotten-console/ |website=[[Vice Media|Vice]] |publisher=Vice Media |access-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920163242/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xywnpw/satellaview-nintendos-forgotten-console |archive-date=20 September 2019 |url-status=live |date=9 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="NWR">{{cite web |last1=Bivens |first1=Danny |title=Satellaview - Nintendo's Expansion Ports |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/27669/nintendos-expansion-ports-satellaview |website=Nintendo World Report |access-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031025039/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/27669/nintendos-expansion-ports-satellaview |archive-date=31 October 2019 |date=27 October 2011}}</ref> Square originally wanted to include the game as part of the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] port of ''Chrono Trigger'', but Kato stopped them due to his dissatisfaction with the final product.<ref name="ultimania" /> While he had the option of incorporating it into the [[Nintendo DS]] remake of ''Chrono Trigger'', he did not due to its very different tone and questionable market demand. While uncertain about its quality in the gaming market at the time, at the time Kato was open to the possibility of releasing a version of ''Radical Dreamers''.<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:クロノ・クロス アルティマニア|trans-title=Chrono Trigger Ultimania|publisher=[[Square Enix]]|isbn=978-4-7575-2469-9|language=ja|date=2009-01-20|page=583}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20101119231921/http://chronocompendium.com/Term/Supporting_Material_Translation.html Translation]</ref>

In April 2003, the [[ROM hacking]] group Demiforce released a [[Fan translation of video games|fan translation]] rendering ''Radical Dreamers'' in English.<ref name="hotud">{{cite web | author=[[Home of the Underdogs]] staff | title=Entry: Radical Dreamers | url=http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4893 | work=Home of the Underdogs | access-date=25 January 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070115213847/http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4893| archive-date = January 15, 2007}}</ref> The patch works by modifying the [[Read-only memory|ROM]] image of ''Dreamers'' used for playing console-based video games on personal computers through [[Video game console emulator|emulation]]. The ability to save games was not enabled with the first patch, and some minor typos were left in, later remedied by successive releases.<ref name="fantranslation">{{cite web | date=2003-04-15 | title=Chrono Trigger 2: Radical Dreamers | url=http://radicaldreamers.sourceforge.net/ | work=Demiforce | access-date=2 July 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060429004050/http://demiforce.parodius.com/home.html |archive-date = April 29, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> On [[Christmas Day]] 2005, Demiforce and Radical R released the final version (1.4) of the translation, which fixed remaining minor bugs.<ref name="final-patch">{{cite web|year=2006 |author=Chrono Compendium staff |title=Patches (Radical Dreamers) |url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Patches_(Radical_Dreamers).html |work=Chrono Compendium |access-date=2 July 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615191826/http://chronocompendium.com/Term/Patches_%28Radical_Dreamers%29.html |archive-date=15 June 2006 }}</ref> The French team Terminus Traduction made a French translation patch soon after.<ref name="french-translation">{{cite web|date=2004-09-06 |author=Terminus Traduction |title=French Translation |url=http://terminus.romhack.net/index.php?page=jv&projet=radical |work=Terminus Traduction |access-date=2 July 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027225352/http://terminus.romhack.net/index.php?page=jv&projet=radical |archive-date=27 October 2006 }}</ref> Masato Kato did not perceive significant demand to include ''Radical Dreamers'' as a bonus with the release of ''Chrono Trigger DS'', and omitted it to preserve continuity between ''Trigger'' and ''Cross''.<ref name="dsultimania">{{cite book|year=2009 |editor=Studio BentStuff |title=Chrono Trigger Ultimania |page=581 |language=ja |publisher=Square Enix |url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Supporting_Material_Translation.html#Chrono_Trigger_Ultimania |isbn=978-4-7575-2469-9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119231921/http://chronocompendium.com/Term/Supporting_Material_Translation.html |archive-date=2010-11-19 }}</ref> He expressed concern in 2009 over re-releasing ''Radical Dreamers'' "as-is", citing a need to revise the work.<ref name="dsultimania" />

On February 9, 2022, Square Enix announced that ''Radical Dreamers'' would receive a re-release as part of ''Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition'', as well as an official translation. It was released worldwide on April 7, 2022, for [[Windows]], the [[Nintendo Switch]], the [[PlayStation 4]] and the [[Xbox One]] with English, French, Italian, Spanish and German translations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heaney |first1=Duncan |title=CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION: everything you need to know |url=https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/chrono-cross-the-radical-dreamers-edition |website=Square Enix Blog |publisher=Square Enix |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author1=Wes Fenlon|date=2022-02-09|title=Chrono Cross is being remastered and my heart is full|work=PC Gamer|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/chrono-cross-is-being-remastered-and-my-heart-is-full/|access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref>