Game Art Styles

Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki

Square · 1996

First-person · Fixed camera · Visual novel · Adventure · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pre-rendered, Pixel art
Colors
Linework
No outlines
Shading
Baked lighting
Pixel details
16-bit
Palette
Dark
Art movement
Gothic
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About

A text-based visual-novel adventure in which Serge, Kid and Magil infiltrate a mansion seeking the Frozen Flame. A side story in the Chrono series, it advances through narrative choices and text-driven encounters.

Art style

Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki (1996, Square) is a 2D pre-rendered and pixel art game played from a first-person / fixed camera view. Its look is built from shapes without outlines and baked lighting. The palette is dark. It draws on gothic.

Details

Release
Original release · SNES / Super Famicom
Developer
Square
Publisher
Square
Released
1996-02-03 Japan, Super Famicom / Satellaview
Platforms
Super Famicom / Satellaview
Also known as
Radical Dreamers (International)
ラジカル・ドリーマーズ -盗めない宝石- (Japan)
RADICAL DREAMERS - Le Trésor Interdit - (International, 2022 localization)
Credits
Yasuhiko Kamata Art director
Masato Kato Director
Links
wikipedia · mobygames · official

Screenshots 5

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Chrono series 6 games

Chrono Trigger screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, baked lighting (environment)1995Chrono TriggerRadical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki screenshot: pre-rendered, pixel art, first-person, fixed camera, no outlines, baked lighting (environment)1996Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai HōsekiChrono Cross screenshot: pre-rendered, painterly, low-poly, fixed camera, three-quarter, no outlines, baked lighting (environment)1999Chrono CrossChrono Trigger (PC) screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, baked lighting (environment)2018Chrono Trigger (PC)Chrono Trigger (Windows) screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, baked lighting (environment)2018Chrono Trigger (Windows)Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition screenshot: pre-rendered, stylized 3d, painterly, fixed camera, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2022Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

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