True, yeah that era of gaming was a little less on-the-nose like it is with today's games. It's not always clear where you had to go back then.

I replayed Myst for the first time in like 25 years and had to use a guide because it just didn't age well lol.

After I beat it as a kid, I didn't really think about it. Until a friend of mine told me that you can revive Chrono.

I was flabbergasted and did the whole game over again and revived him and etc.

I believe my friend only found out because he had the nintendo power guide.