Lucky Dan (who wasn't even called that in the game, I think ) and the cool battle system was all I can remember from Chrono Cross.
Outside of the cool music, of course.
fuck that whole summer was a blur. I think all I did was finish up school (had like one number theory class to graduate), play video games from time to time, and then spend all evening over at some burly dude's place with three friends playing wargames and german board games.