<s>
Chrono	B-Device
Trigger	I-Device
:	I-Device
Crimson	I-Device
Echoes	I-Device
is	O
a	O
fangame	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
international	O
team	O
Kajar	O
Laboratories	O
as	O
a	O
ROM	O
hack	O
of	O
Square	O
's	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
an	O
unofficial	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Chrono	O
series	O
,	O
set	O
between	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
ROM	O
hack	O
,	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
game	O
engine	O
and	O
has	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
features	O
all	O
the	O
playable	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
who	O
come	O
together	O
across	O
different	O
time	O
periods	O
to	O
fight	O
an	O
enemy	O
attempting	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
concludes	O
by	O
setting	O
up	O
several	O
plot	O
points	O
that	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
game	O
engine	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
minigames	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
reward	O
players	O
with	O
items	O
and	O
equipment	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
"	O
Coliseum	O
"	O
battle	O
mode	O
based	O
on	O
that	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
a	O
casino	B-Application
featuring	O
luck-based	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
features	O
all	O
the	O
playable	O
characters	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
fixes	O
the	O
Epoch	O
during	O
the	O
story	O
's	O
course	O
,	O
which	O
returns	O
as	O
the	O
Neo-Epoch	O
(	O
akin	O
to	O
its	O
design	O
in	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
villain	O
of	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
is	O
King	O
Zeal	O
,	O
revived	O
by	O
Lavos	O
through	O
the	O
Frozen	O
Flame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
party	O
retrieve	O
Frog	O
(	O
named	O
Glenn	O
in	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
)	O
from	O
605A.D.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reveals	O
that	O
Lavos	O
survived	O
defeat	O
in	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
clung	O
to	O
life	O
in	O
the	O
Darkness	O
Beyond	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lavos	O
calls	O
King	O
Zeal	O
,	O
intending	O
to	O
merge	O
with	O
him	O
as	O
well	O
and	O
evolve	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
Dream	O
Devourer	O
(	O
as	O
seen	O
in	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
DS	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Belthasar	O
meanwhile	O
reveals	O
he	O
has	O
the	O
Frozen	O
Flame	O
,	O
which	O
activates	O
and	O
informs	O
him	O
that	O
Lavos	O
is	O
still	O
alive	O
and	O
will	O
become	O
the	O
Time	O
Devourer	O
,	O
the	O
enemy	O
of	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
project	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
ZeaLitY	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
create	O
a	O
story	O
that	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
Chrono	B-Application
Cross	I-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
took	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Chrono	O
Compendium	O
's	O
encyclopedia	O
and	O
the	O
fandom	O
's	O
knowledge	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
took	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
ROM	O
hack	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
coded	O
using	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
ROM	O
editing	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
finished	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
patch	O
file	O
in	O
the	O
IPS	O
(	O
International	O
Patching	O
System	O
)	O
format	O
,	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
avoid	O
illegal	O
distribution	O
of	O
a	O
full	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZeaLitY	O
expressed	O
his	O
disapproval	O
and	O
embarrassment	O
on	O
the	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
website	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
alpha	O
version	O
was	O
extremely	O
buggy	O
and	O
lacked	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
improvements	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
"	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
:	O
Flames	O
of	O
Eternity	O
"	O
was	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
an	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
around	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
to	O
fully	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
,	O
switching	O
from	O
using	O
the	O
earlier	O
version	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
released	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kajar	O
Laboratories	O
complied	O
with	O
the	O
cease-and-desist	O
letter	O
and	O
all	O
traces	O
of	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Chrono	O
Compendium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
GamesRadar	O
included	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
about	O
the	O
"	O
10	O
fan	B-Application
games	I-Application
that	O
should	O
n't	O
be	O
ceased	O
or	O
desisted	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keith	O
Stuart	O
,	O
from	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
pointed	O
out	O
the	O
contrast	O
between	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
policy	O
and	O
that	O
of	O
companies	O
like	O
Valve	O
,	O
which	O
officially	O
adopted	O
the	O
Half-Life	B-Application
fan	O
mods	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
and	O
Day	B-Application
of	I-Application
Defeat	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Vivendi	O
Universal	O
Games	O
,	O
which	O
granted	O
a	O
licence	O
to	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
fan	B-Application
game	I-Application
The	B-Application
Silver	I-Application
Lining	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
noted	O
that	O
since	O
Crimson	B-Device
Echoes	I-Device
was	O
a	O
ROM	O
hack	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
trickier	O
area	O
of	O
copy	O
protection	O
law	O
"	O
than	O
those	O
other	O
projects	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
its	O
release	O
would	O
have	O
had	O
next	O
to	O
no	O
commercial	O
impact	O
since	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
distributed	O
as	O
an	O
IPS	O
patch	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
ROM	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
an	O
official	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
fangame	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
or	O
WiiWare	O
would	O
have	O
had	O
more	O
"	O
marketing	O
benefits	O
"	O
for	O
Square	O
Enix	O
.	O
</s>
