Chrono Trigger Prerelease Coverage
General Information
Other betas and alpha version of the Chrono Trigger Prerelease may exist, most likely sent to magazines for review. While the chances are slim that some of these may ever find their way to the internet, two surviving pictures from old previews in magazines depicts such versions. Also displaying the alpha version is a preview video issued by Nintendo, depicting a completely different overworld.
Magazines
One shot door to the Guardia treasury in 600 A.D. (recall that it did not exist in that era), and pale guards.
The second is the more interesting. Crono's hair is different; it lacks the usual spikes. The status screenshot shows a count of "5" for each of the four elements, suggesting that characters may have different charges or levels of elemental power despite having a primary element affinity. The Epoch is flying over the ground, and jet vapor seems to be coming from two exhaust pipes. The details of the Arris Dome are also a little different.
Preview Video
The V-Jump preview video reveals huge overworld differences between versions and other changes. It's an incredible contribution by Chrono fan Carnivol, and features interviews with Chrono Trigger's creators. The video begins, amazingly, with the Untitled track from the Chrono Trigger Prerelease. Several alpha arrangements of the tracks play throughout, featuring very rough and basic instrumentation.
You can watch the video here, or download it here. To play Youtube's "flv" format files on your computer, you can use VideoLAN, a great freeware tool capable of handling countless types of encoding. The video begins with the title of the game with the "Untitled" music playing.
The preview then shows the announcer talking about the Dream Team, which cuts to a clock background with a spinning Crono sprite.
Character and Other Art
