OMG They arrived... (FFII and FFIII)

[SuperSabin2005]

wow! you even sent a screenshot of the battery, excellent. blowfish, your addictions to old games could get other people into them, good job.

anyway, have you ever heard that japanese hackers hacked ff2j and made it into ffx with everything in it, like the blitzball minigame, the sphere grid, battle system, characters, etc?

[Palazzo]

I remember FFX-NES. It looked preety cool actually.

The maker's site isn't there anymore though.

It was http://www.usamimi.info/%7Eff10fc/

[SuperSabin2005]

will there be another site that will let you get ff10 for your pc? im hearing that they are going to make an english version soon.

[postalblowfish7]

yeah - i haven't been able to find a rom i heard they did the entire game from beginning to end, complete with blitzball and the magic sphere system. i'd give anything for a shot of an NES FFX.

there's just something so... special about 8-bit final fantasies. nobuo uematsu's 3-notes-at-one-time compositions, that thick pixilated text, those old school character sprites... i dunno - it moves me somehow, even moreso than say FFX on PS2 did.

[SoulDream]

is it possible to find a FFII game in a pawn shop?

i've been looking for a few months for FFII and i,ve only found the FF1(which i bought for 10$ ).

[jmur]

Originally Posted by SoulDream

is it possible to find a FFII game in a pawn shop?

i've been looking for a few months for FFII and i,ve only found the FF1(which i bought for 10$ ).

You would only be able to get it in a Japanese pawn shop. Cause they didn't release it outside of Japan. So I'm going to say unless your in Japan then no. Else your going to have to go to ebay for the Japanese version or find a hacked cart in English.

[SailorCallie]

Originally Posted by postalblowfish7

I finally got my hacked carts back from nesreproductions.com and jesus christ it's everything i could've hoped for!!! i was up till 6AM last night grinding stats in FFII with a NES controller in my hand. believe the hype! you can play translated FFII and FFIII on your US NES!

i've tested both games, everything works just as smooth as my FFI official cart and saving works like a dream. anyone considering using this service (i know LocoColt was thinking about it) i give it my full recommendation!

They even have a fully-translated copy of Earthbound Zero. I miss my NES, folks.

[Angantyr]

Seriously you should sell them on e-bay, here in NZ I see copies of FFVII Non-Platnium going for 100$, image how much the original NES games would go for lol. Well I never had a NES nor played 1 as I grew up with a master system and then a mega drive. But I would love to own the originals, I beat the ps1 versions but they just don't feel as good.

[Pacman]

That's cool. FFII and FFIII can be played in english in 8-bit. It makes me want to see if other games were relese like this.(Like the old Fire Emblem games.)

[Moondancer]

They all look great! Your guy did an awesome job there! I have some questions about SMB2, but I think I will send you a message on that sometime instead.... especially since it's not thread related.

[Drake Teglen]

I'm glad they're releasing FFIII in 3d, but I wish they'd do a sprite version too for the GBA or something. I'm a huge fan of sprite RPGs.

[BlackMage5992]

That is so freakin' awesome. I have to try this. I know I can play FF2 on my FF: DoS, but I love to play the games in their original glory. Well, I guess this doesn't qualify as totally original... But it's close. Besides, I have never played FF3 like it was ment to be played, and based on the upcoming DS version, I probably never will. Tell me, are there any problems with the game? Like, does it run slow sometimes or anything?

[typo420]

man i wish i owned a nes. i grew up with sega mega-drives and psx.(mega-drive cos my sister had them) im only thirteen but i still want a nes and/or snes. i never played one before but i really want to. imagine all those people who can say that they bought the original final fantasy games or even all original and they arent living in japan

I just got the carts that I need to have nesreproductions make me a copy of ffii and iii as well as smb2j. Playing on an emulator just isn't the same as playing on a console. Can't wait!