Chrono Trigger is the pinnacle of the 16 bit RPG era, and possible the best RPG ever made.

User Rating: 9.8 | Chrono Trigger SNES
Chrono Trigger is one of the mst revolutionary RPGs ever made, minutes into the game you are thrust into an adventure through time that is not only fun, but compelling in almost every way. The highlight of this game is the storyline, which as stated above never gets stale and pushes you through a great adventure, and when coupled with the fact that many of your actions in the game will play an important role in which of the 13 different endings you get, giving the game great replay value. Not only is the story compelling but the gameplay serves up as well, being very fun an innovating for the time period. If i were to suggest any RPG to someone it would be Chrono Trigger over all others.