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And R$ 30 for Brazil. Not worth the price for a game that already have re-released for PSX, NDS and others.

worthed, if the price is more reasonable

Err, might be in the minority here but giving it away would be too expensive. Surprised people would waste time playing this and as for the 'great' music....best not say.

You are.

620.87 pesos in the Philippines. That's way more than $10 U.S. I've only downloaded free apps from Google Play, so I haven't linked my credit card to Google Wallet yet. Chrono Trigger is enough to make me start buying apps, but the reviews indicate the controls are a bit wonky. Has anyone here actually played the Android version already?

Yes it's Robo's Theme. What's so "lol" about it? Yes, it is NOT one of the best songs of the games (see my other comment). But it's a usual song of such a game.

No, it's an awesome theme, it's just very, very close to a certain other song (read the YouTube comments on the link).

Try the trollish version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0d-zPkT8B4 here

use A2SD?

1. install adb

2. run 'adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2'

3. move app to sdcard

4. be profligate!

You guys are assuming that I am able to install the app in first place.

I already know those workarounds.

You're right - there's so much great music in there. I was looking through my iTunes playlist for Chrono Trigger and just couldn't decide - so I did a random pick .

I looked at my Videogame Music Ranking:
http://bloodyalbatross.tumblr.com/post/30356388187/here-i-ranked-th...

I listen to the ReMixes from ocremix.org and the original SPC files ripped from the ROM.

Chrono Trigger is the game with the most remixes on ocremix.org (103 remixes). FF7 is second with 94 remixes. The song with the most remixes is Corridor of Time (15 remixes). Well, it's at par with Dr. Wily Stage 1 from Mega Man 2, Overworld BGM from Super Mario Bros. and Terra from Final Fantasy VI.

"Schala's Theme" is missing from your list

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJxrAHuk7Q

I also enjoy this piano adaptation of Corridors of Time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSgst7Pq7w4

The composer, Yasunori Mitsuda, also composed other highly regarded game soundtracks, Xenogears and Chrono Cross in particular.

Edited 2012-10-29 16:12 UTC

Chrono Symphonic:
http://chrono.ocremix.org/

I was an Ultima fan as well. Actually no, I was an Ultima Undrworld fan, to be precise. But anyway, Chrono Trigger was/is way more fun than Ultima, even if the latter involves more "role playing".

Both Chrono Trigger and the Ultima franchise were great, nonetheless. Back then, RPGs had actual gameplay, not some cutscene-fest like modern day Final Fantasy crap where you play for 60 minutes and end up watching B-movies for 60 hours.

As for the Android version, I'm not getting it. Already own the Nintendo DS version that got released a few years ago. Don't really have that much free time for such an engrossing game these days anyway.

Edited 2012-10-29 17:22 UTC

It seems any game that features hit points and some magic can label itself an RPG. For example Infinity Blade is called a RPG while it's just a slice 'em up game.

I have been unable to find an Ultima-like RPG for iOS, even though it should be easy to do one.

A few days ago I started playing Ultima IV on my Mac, it runs in some DOS emulator.

Get Android. DOS emulators a-plenty .

Tempting me to the Dark Side you try, HMMMM!

I have a DOS emulator on my iPad, never really used it for anything. It may even have been pulled from the app store a long time ago.

My plan was to dump Ultima IV in Dropbox and see if it then runs on any Mac. I already printed all the docs on the company printer when no one was looking.

No need to do that, GoG has you covered on the Mac compatibility.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4

Yes! That's were I got my U4. I want to dump it in Dropbox because of the saved game, so I can play at home, bed and work. I assume it saves the game within the emulated app itself so it should run and play fine from Dropbox.

Thanks for the tip!

I watched the trailer, it reminded me of Ultima VI, although the graphics reminded me more of Populous.

Downloading the demo now!

There are a few nethack kind of games, but nothing like AD&D or Ultima, which to me seem simpler to make than all those 3D and pseudo-3D games.

The AD&D combat system was very advanced and the battlegrounds were very large. Ultima VI's battle system was nice, but much more limited in attacks 'n' spells although I prefer Ultima's way of moving about (outside of battle) compared to AD&D's 3D dungeons (too lazy to make maps).

Yeah, the fake-3D, first-person perspective of the AD&D games was annoying. But nothing comes close to the battles.

I don't mind the isotonic (sp?) pseudo-3D of the later AD&D games (like Icewind Dale). I just can't stand the realtime combat. It doesn't work for parties of more than 2 characters fighting more than 2 characters. Adding a "pause" feature doesn't make it any better.

I can't believe that no one has remade the old turn-based RPGs for touchscreens. Even NES classics like the Dragon Warrior games would translate well to iOS/Android. And remakes of the AD&D games without the pseudo-FPS travel would port really well.

Alas, it seems we're all doomed to drown in tower defense spinoffs and remakes of gorillas.bas.

Hrm, interesting. Might have to find a demo of it to see if my laptop can handle it (it's the only Windows box I have).