Play Chrono Trigger Coliseum Online

If you've ever played Chrono Trigger and thought, "Man, I wish I could just skip all that time-travel stuff and fight stuff with Crono’s crew," this weird little SNES oddity is for you. Chrono Trigger Coliseum ditches the story completely—no Lavos, no Frog’s tragic backstory—and just throws you into an arena where you pick two characters and brawl through waves of enemies. Some are generic monsters, but then suddenly you're fighting freaking Magus, and it feels like the coolest unauthorized remix of the original game.

The pixel art and music are pure Chrono Trigger nostalgia, but the combat’s faster, almost arcade-y. You’ll spam Luminaire way more than you ever did in the main game, and somehow, it never gets old. It’s short, kinda janky, and definitely not as polished as the RPG it’s spun off from—but that’s part of the charm. Like finding an old demo disc you forgot existed, except it’s got Robo in it.

Honestly, it’s the kind of thing you play at 2 AM when you’re too tired for a full RPG but still want to hit things with a rainbow sword.