Back in 1996, one year after the creation of Chrono Trigger, Square created a game called Radical Dreamers for a Japan-exclusive Super Famicom add-on known as the Satellaview which used satellite data rather than cartridges. Radical Dreamers' main story was Serge, Kid, and Gill (whose name, if you think about it, sounds EXTREMELY familiar to Guile) storming through Yamaneko's (Lynx's) manor to retrieve the Frozen Flame. Sound familiar? Well it is, this is a very rough-around-the-edges version of Chrono Cross (In fact, Chrono Cross is a remake of this game). The game is very simple and mainly text-based. You practically read line after line of Japanese text and every now and then the background picture will change. Fights consist of selecting 4 or 5 different options, and, depending on what you chose, you either win or lose the fight. HP and MP don't exist in the game, either. Basically, I hardly know anything else about this game because it is in pure Japanese. The one thing I do know is that Magus is in it and THAT makes it worth mentioning.
Also, I have received word (and found out myself) that while playing Chrono Cross, when in Chronopolis, you receive data which is actually a clipping of translated dialogue from the game, Radical Dreamers in which the name Magil pops up. This further confirms the theory because Magil can easily be a meshing of "Magus" and "Gill". That is all. |
