Explore (CTP)

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General Information

If you have a copy of the ROM and have attempted to play it, no doubt you've found that one cannot progress beyond Manoria Cathedral or access certain parts of the game. If you'd like to explore the Prerelease, there are two ways to do so, not counting experienced ROM hacking. Note that regardless of your choice, you should have the following cheat code activated:

  • Walk Through Walls

C093ACFF

Turn it off when you wish to exit or enter areas, as it will prevent you at times from doing so successfully. Additionally, it does not work for everything, meaning some areas simply cannot be explored at this time until a way is found around this problem. On to the two methods --

Use the Location Offsets

The Location Offsets is a listing of two-digit numbers that can be used with the code 7E0100XX to load any area of the game. Please consult them to select a desired area; you will replace the XX in the above code with a number. Depending on whether the number falls under the first or second column on that page, you will either have to load the code and reset, or turn the game on, load the code, and press start on the Prerelease's introduction screen. You will arrive at your desired destination; however, most maps will place Crono in the upper-left corner, beyond the walls where he cannot move. The Walk Through Walls code comes in handy here. If you find that it does not allow him to leave the walls, or that the game simply does not load a Crono, nothing can be done about it at this time.

Example

I'd like to visit the Zeal Dungeon.

1. Using Location Offsets, I find Zeal Dungeon's corresponding number to be 8E.
2. Since the number is in the first column, I load the Prerelease, enter the code 7E01008E.
3. I reset, and arrive at Zeal Dungeon.

Using the Epoch

Fortunately for gamers, the Epoch was fully functional in the Prerelease, and even had a hovercraft option (see Epoch (CTP)). It can be used to explore, though its capabilities are limited to areas that have been programmed to allow entry (for instance, you cannot visit the Zeal Dungeon this way, as it has no entrance on the world map). There are two ways to access the Epoch.

Firstly, you can the "Chrono Trigger Savestate Editor" from Zophar.net. Make a savestate within the Prerelease on a world map, and follow the given instructions with the utility to activate the Epoch.

Secondly, you can download a ZSNES savestate with the Epoch already activated from Zophar.net.

The Epoch's hovercraft option cannot be used until a way is found to do so; additionally, the Epoch cannot yet access 12000 B.C. after the fall of Zeal, as a code to advance that storyline trigger or take the Epoch to that era has not yet been devised.

Have fun exploring, and let us know if you find something new!

From: Chrono Trigger Prerelease

--ZeaLitY 16:42, 22 Sep 2004 (CDT)