Final Fatasy VII for the Famicom

[politoe]

Stolen from Joystiq

Remember back in the late '90s, when Square was so frustrated trying to fit their opus Final Fantasy VII onto the cartridge-based Nintendo 64 that they made their famous defection to Sony? Well, just a short decade later, China's Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Co, Ltd has apparently done what Square couldn't, squeezing the PlayStation epic onto a cartridge. And not just any cartridge .. a Famicom cartridge. How's it feel to be shown up, Square?

Of course, the conversion isn't perfect. According to a write-up from intrepid blogger CinnamonPirate (who unearthed the 2MB ROM from a Chinese blog) the polygonal graphics and cut scenes are gone, replaced with an impressively wide array of sprites, many stolen from other Final Fantasy games. The story remains surprisingly authentic, though, encompassing the entire three-disc epic while only leaving out a few optional side stories (bye bye, Yuffie and Vincent). The wide array of weapons, magic and materia from the original is a bit restricted in the port, but frankly, we're impressed that features like materia-leveling made it on to the 20+ year old hardware in any form.

The company behind the cart is apparently now primarily makes MP3 players, so our hopes for a Colecovision version of Final Fantasy XII will probably remain unfulfilled.

Removed Due To rom link

[Veggita2099]

Don't think that proves Sony was wrong. At the time Cut scenes was a new and popular feature for games and anyway you look at it the N64 couldn't have offered the space for them. Even the game itself as it was might not have fit on a cartridge without dumbing it down even more (removing side quests, lowering the resolution of the backgrounds). By this point the game would look worse then it did on the PS1. If you did all of that what would have been the point in putting it in the N64 and having to charge $10 or $20 more for it since cartridges are more expensive?

I always felt the N64 should have been a cd-based system like the rest.

[Christuserloeser]

Thanks for posting this link! I recommend MS Internet Explorer to browse the Chinese site.

[Dreamcast4life]

Don't think that proves Sony was wrong. At the time Cut scenes was a new and popular feature for games and anyway you look at it the N64 couldn't have offered the space for them. Even the game itself as it was might not have fit on a cartridge without dumbing it down even more (removing side quests, lowering the resolution of the backgrounds). By this point the game would look worse then it did on the PS1. If you did all of that what would have been the point in putting it in the N64 and having to charge $10 or $20 more for it since cartridges are more expensive?

I always felt the N64 should have been a cd-based system like the rest.

Sony would have gotten pwned if it was *evil grin*

[RMD]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

[Ex-Cyber]

This is crappy half assed rom hack

Most of the graphics are ripped, but the code isn't (at least according to Sobodash, and he probably knows what he's talking about).

[|darc|]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

What are you talking about? I can recognize what's going on and at what part of the story they're in in a large amount of those screenshots. What do you expect it to look like? This is the NES we're talking about.

[melancholy]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

What are you talking about? I can recognize what's going on and at what part of the story they're in in a large amount of those screenshots. What do you expect it to look like? This is the NES we're talking about.

I got the ROM and played it for about a half hour. To be honest, it is quite a stretch to connect a gothic castle where you battle mummies and monsters with a Mako reactor filled with soldiers. However, the cutscenes are definitely there. In the short amount of time I spent, I got off the train, battled the 4 soldiers on the platform, met and talked with the members of Avalanche outside the reactor gate, and teamed up with Barrett after a conversation where, though I can't read Chinese, I'm sure he said he didn't trust me and wanted to follow me to make sure I didn't turn on them, exactly like in the original. Not to mention a functioning Materia system that actually implements awesome new elements (like an in-battle Materia switching system to tailor to each battle). This all from a NES hack done by a no-name company. If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is.

Now I only wish for an English translation. Now that the ROM is in the wild, it won't be long before someone gives it a shot (though it will probably be years until one would potentially be completed).

[JKKDARK]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

What are you talking about? I can recognize what's going on and at what part of the story they're in in a large amount of those screenshots. What do you expect it to look like? This is the NES we're talking about.

I got the ROM and played it for about a half hour. To be honest, it is quite a stretch to connect a gothic castle where you battle mummies and monsters with a Mako reactor filled with soldiers. However, the cutscenes are definitely there. In the short amount of time I spent, I got off the train, battled the 4 soldiers on the platform, met and talked with the members of Avalanche outside the reactor gate, and teamed up with Barrett after a conversation where, though I can't read Chinese, I'm sure he said he didn't trust me and wanted to follow me to make sure I didn't turn on them, exactly like in the original. Not to mention a functioning Materia system that actually implements awesome new elements (like an in-battle Materia switching system to tailor to each battle). This all from a NES hack done by a no-name company. If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is.

Now I only wish for an English translation. Now that the ROM is in the wild, it won't be long before someone gives it a shot (though it will probably be years until one would potentially be completed).

Where did you get the rom?

Thank you.

[melancholy]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

What are you talking about? I can recognize what's going on and at what part of the story they're in in a large amount of those screenshots. What do you expect it to look like? This is the NES we're talking about.

I got the ROM and played it for about a half hour. To be honest, it is quite a stretch to connect a gothic castle where you battle mummies and monsters with a Mako reactor filled with soldiers. However, the cutscenes are definitely there. In the short amount of time I spent, I got off the train, battled the 4 soldiers on the platform, met and talked with the members of Avalanche outside the reactor gate, and teamed up with Barrett after a conversation where, though I can't read Chinese, I'm sure he said he didn't trust me and wanted to follow me to make sure I didn't turn on them, exactly like in the original. Not to mention a functioning Materia system that actually implements awesome new elements (like an in-battle Materia switching system to tailor to each battle). This all from a NES hack done by a no-name company. If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is.

Now I only wish for an English translation. Now that the ROM is in the wild, it won't be long before someone gives it a shot (though it will probably be years until one would potentially be completed).

Where did you get the rom?

Thank you.

The guy linked to it on that site.

[JKKDARK]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

What are you talking about? I can recognize what's going on and at what part of the story they're in in a large amount of those screenshots. What do you expect it to look like? This is the NES we're talking about.

I got the ROM and played it for about a half hour. To be honest, it is quite a stretch to connect a gothic castle where you battle mummies and monsters with a Mako reactor filled with soldiers. However, the cutscenes are definitely there. In the short amount of time I spent, I got off the train, battled the 4 soldiers on the platform, met and talked with the members of Avalanche outside the reactor gate, and teamed up with Barrett after a conversation where, though I can't read Chinese, I'm sure he said he didn't trust me and wanted to follow me to make sure I didn't turn on them, exactly like in the original. Not to mention a functioning Materia system that actually implements awesome new elements (like an in-battle Materia switching system to tailor to each battle). This all from a NES hack done by a no-name company. If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is.

Now I only wish for an English translation. Now that the ROM is in the wild, it won't be long before someone gives it a shot (though it will probably be years until one would potentially be completed).

Where did you get the rom?

Thank you.

The guy linked to it on that site.

Ok I found it. Thank you.

[Christuserloeser]

Did no on look at the screenshots. This is fucking horriable. It barely even ressimables FF7. Its like sure anyone could fucking make a rpg and name it ff7. This is crappy half assed rom hack getting to much atention for nothing.

What are you talking about? I can recognize what's going on and at what part of the story they're in in a large amount of those screenshots. What do you expect it to look like? This is the NES we're talking about.

I got the ROM and played it for about a half hour. To be honest, it is quite a stretch to connect a gothic castle where you battle mummies and monsters with a Mako reactor filled with soldiers. However, the cutscenes are definitely there. In the short amount of time I spent, I got off the train, battled the 4 soldiers on the platform, met and talked with the members of Avalanche outside the reactor gate, and teamed up with Barrett after a conversation where, though I can't read Chinese, I'm sure he said he didn't trust me and wanted to follow me to make sure I didn't turn on them, exactly like in the original. Not to mention a functioning Materia system that actually implements awesome new elements (like an in-battle Materia switching system to tailor to each battle). This all from a NES hack done by a no-name company. If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is.

Now I only wish for an English translation. Now that the ROM is in the wild, it won't be long before someone gives it a shot (though it will probably be years until one would potentially be completed).

Where did you get the rom?

Thank you.

The guy linked to it on that site.

Ok I found it. Thank you.

I tried to hint at it in my previous post.

[politoe]

Well I just noticed if showed you how to get the rom. Thanks for the heads up.

[Lartrak]

Doesn't anyone remember the FFX NES rom that was made a while back?

[melancholy]

Doesn't anyone remember the FFX NES rom that was made a while back?

I believe I still have the beta of it floating around on my computer, though it wasn't nothing more than a couple of sprites in the intro with no text or anything. I'm pretty sure the project just died off.

[Lartrak]

Doesn't anyone remember the FFX NES rom that was made a while back?

I believe I still have the beta of it floating around on my computer, though it wasn't nothing more than a couple of sprites in the intro with no text or anything. I'm pretty sure the project just died off.

From what I've been reading, apparently the thing I was thinking of was not a ROM, but a hack of FF2 that ran on the PC.

[melancholy]

Doesn't anyone remember the FFX NES rom that was made a while back?

I believe I still have the beta of it floating around on my computer, though it wasn't nothing more than a couple of sprites in the intro with no text or anything. I'm pretty sure the project just died off.

From what I've been reading, apparently the thing I was thinking of was not a ROM, but a hack of FF2 that ran on the PC.

Well the thing I have (or had, since I realized I lost that ROM in my hard drive crash) was an actual NES ROM that would only run in certain emulators. There wasn't much at all to it other than a few sprites gathered around a fire (like in the FFX intro) and a title screen.