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The story involves a trio of bandits, the titular Radical Dreamers, consisting of Serge, the protagonist, who follows Kid, a young girl with a short temper, and Magil, a mysterious magician, as they break into Viper Manor, home of the imposing Lord Lynx, on a quest to steal a treasure called the Frozen Flame. On the surface, it has nothing whatsoever to do with ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''... except that we later find that Magil is actually Magus from CT, on his search for Schala. Yasunori Mitsuda, who composed the much-lauded soundtrack to CT, also composed the music for ''[[Radical Dreamers]]''.
 
Fast-forward four years to 2000 when Square's [[Play StationPlayStation]] era was well underway. A full-blown sequel was announced for the PSX, called ''[[Chrono Cross]]''. However, rather than being a brand-new game, it built off of elements from ''[[Radical Dreamers]]''. This included plenty of [[Shout-Out|shout outs]], such as Viper Manor, Lynx, and the Frozen Flame, and lots of remixed music, including the main theme (which became the Alternate Universe theme, as opposed to the ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' main theme which was the Home Universe theme). The [[Word of God|creators]] have said that RD is a sort of (yet another) [[Gaiden Game|alternate dimension]] to the [[Canon]] ''[[Chrono Cross]]''. In fact, in Chronopolis the party can actually find a terminal that repeats the introduction to RD verbatim and the characters comment on it. In addition, the ending theme is called "Radical Dreamers: Le Tresor Interdit", a rough translation of the full title of the original.
 
RD contains one "main" story and, once it's finished, the ability to branch it off into seven [[Schrodinger's Gun|wildly different]] stories which range from poignant to ridiculous.
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