Even in my pre-adolesence, I had always been interested in stories involving time travel. Be it books, movies, whatever..time travel was the stuff. In 1996 I was hanging with my cousin, doing nothing in particular, and he popped in Chrono Trigger. He had gotten pretty far in it, and knew I'd like it because of it's time travel storyline. In fact, I think he even showed me the final battle against the Lavos Core..so yeah, he had gotten quite far.

It wasn't until nearly a year later, that I finally began to play it on my own. As I made my way through the different kingdoms, timelines and quests, I continued to be bedazzled more and more by the game's winding story. And once I found out there were multiple endings? Oh gees, then the fun really began with attempts at seeing them all.



The battles were fun, and several quite difficult until I figured out that sometimes without the proper armor, I was done for. The fight against Giga Gaia, for example. I probably died 50 times before I caught on I didn't have shadow and fire armor. In fact, the whole journey in Zeal, Earthbound Village and Ocean Palace is one of my favorite parts.

The quest for the Masamune is another plot line that sticks out in my mind, the idea of traveling into different times to reforge a sword was just freakin cool.



Then, you finally got to enter Magus' lair and face the sorcerer that had been mentioned so often.







The battle against the Black Tyrano is also a favorite..



In short, the numerous plots, multiple characters, the growing use of magical attacks, and the overall adventure through time that led up to the battle with Lavos, the fate of mankind hanging in the balance....oh yes.



This is one that I have played over and over, and have yet to tire of it. I even made it a priority to get the re-released versions on PlayStation, and Nintendo DS.

So there you have it folks, my twenty favorite games of all time. I hope the list has stirred up some good memories for you, just as it has for me. Rock on.

~TheOutlaw