There is a casino aboard the S.S. Zelbess in Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, and it is home to a roulette minigame. This minigame centers around stopping the spinning needle of a compass at certain times, and there are a variety of prizes that can be won from it. This guide will detail all of the roulette prizes in Chrono Cross, while also providing some tips on how to easily win them.
Chrono Cross: Roulette Prizes
There are five different prizes that can be won by playing the roulette minigame in Chrono Cross, with the top two prizes being awarded at 10,000 points. Here is a list of all of the rewards that Square Enix fans can earn and the point requirements that are associated with each of them:
Rank | Points | Prize |
1 | 10,000 | Rainbow Shell (First Time), Denadorite (Everytime After First) |
2 | 5,000 - 9,950 | Mythril |
3 | 1,000 - 4,950 | Iron |
4 | 500 - 950 | Bone |
For many players, the single Rainbow Shell that can be won at 10,000 points will be the most desirable of the casino prizes. Indeed, this item can be used to forge some of the Chrono Cross's best gear, and classic JRPG fans will not have the opportunity to obtain many Rainbow Shells during their journeys. For those players that want to make sure that they walk away from the roulette table with this one in hand, the following section details a trick that can be used to increase their chances of landing on North considerably
Chrono Cross: How to Get 10,000 Points (Immoral Compass)
To consistently land on North in the remaster of Chrono Cross, players can use a modification of the "Pause trick." That trick was possible to perform in the game's original release, and here is how to execute its counterpart in the PC and console versions of the Radical Dreamers Edition:
PC
- Spin the compass.
- Press ESC to pause the game and access the menu.
- If the red tip of the compass is pointing South, unpause the game and spam the button to stop the needle.
- If the red tip of the compass is not pointing South, continually pause and unpause until it is.
Console
- Spin the compass.
- Press the controller's home button, paying attention to the position of the needle's red tip.
- If the red tip was pointing somewhere between North and East, spam the button to stop the needle while reopening the game.
- If the red tip was not pointing in that direction, keep returning to the home screen until it is.
While stopping the needle when it is in the positions that are indicated above should result in frequent wins, players should feel free to make adjustments to the timing if needed. Additionally, Chrono fans should make sure that they are really spamming the stop input as soon as they unpause. Even a small delay in providing that input can lead to inconsistent results and cause players to lose all of their points.
Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is available for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
