Archive EntryPreservation Record

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

Shelf markLIB-0184

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2022Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: クロノ・クロス：ラジカル・ドリーマーズエディション
Release: 1999 (Chrono Cross, Japan) · 2022 (Radical Dreamers Edition, April 7 · Asian physical, April 26)
Developer: Square · Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · Asian physical edition with English text · HAC-P-AYZEA
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · Asian retail edition
Subjects: JRPG · Square · Chrono · Remaster · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Chrono Cross is Square’s 1999 PlayStation follow-up to Chrono Trigger, a story of parallel worlds directed by Masato Kato with music by Yasunori Mitsuda. The Radical Dreamers Edition, released digitally on April 7, 2022, updates its character art and presentation and adds Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki, the 1996 Satellaview text adventure that seeded Chrono Cross, in its first official English release. Outside Asia it was digital only; the physical card was released in Asia on April 26, 2022, with English text. This filing opens the Chrono lineage on the shelf.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is the Asian physical edition of Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition on a Nintendo Switch game card, with English text. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. Any content delivered as an eShop download or update depends on Nintendo’s servers and is not preserved by the card alone.
Edition History: Chrono Cross released in Japan in November 1999 and North America in August 2000. The Radical Dreamers Edition released digitally on April 7, 2022; the Asian physical Switch edition (HAC-P-AYZEA) released April 26, 2022.
Access Status: Physically distributed in Asia only; elsewhere the game was issued digitally on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Series: Chrono
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Chrono recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0184.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf