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Final Fantasy VII remake is real ... For the NES?!

Gothic Girl | February 25, 2008 | News | Nintendo Entertainment System 
Yes, that's right. The Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Company have released a remake of Final Fantasy VII ... On the NES!
Of course, it's completely unofficial. But what makes this fanmade game so amazing is that most of the FFVII game is exactly identical to the original. The storyline, the Materia System, the Gameplay ... It's all there! The only major thing that is missing is Yuffie and Vincent, but I guess they had to make sacrifices.

Look at some of the screenshots, and see if you can recognise what part of the game they are showing.

(go to source for full article and more screens)
Someone, or some company rather, has made what was once a pipe dream come true: Final Fantasy VII on the NES. Unfortunately, neither the cartridge nor the ROM itself is branded with a release date, so I have no idea when this happened. All I know is that it was tagged NJ063 by the unlicensed cartridge factory, and was programmed by Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Co, Ltd, a company which now produces MP3 and MP4 audio players.

From start to almost finish, the game follows the PlayStation port. Key dialogue sequences are completely identical, such as when the group finds what Sephiroth did to the Midgar Zolm to when Cloud freaks out and hands over the Black Materia. Aeris tells the drunk old dressmaker how Clous has always wished that just once he could dress up like a girl. Dyne and Barrett have the same conversations as in the PlayStation original. Nothing is missing or out of place.

That said, there are some condensed scenes.


The infamous death scene

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Akira_EX | February 26, 2008
    Jesus at the Gundam portraits that were used.

    Domon is a Dyne, Cagalli is a Marlene, and Quattro is a.. who?
  • 0 thumbs!
    tallteen86 | February 26, 2008
    I heard this earlier today as well....It is missing Yuffie, Vincent, (as it was said), no chocobo racing/breeding, and I think a few other things from the main story >_>
  • 0 thumbs!
    Zein Aref | February 26, 2008
    NES??....what a waste of time...maybe they should've tried making it for the gba or ds...i guess they wudda got into copyright issues if they did that.
    • 0 thumbs!
      jmac353 | February 26, 2008
      Dude, copyright issues are still present even though the system is dead and not selling anymore. Just because something is no longer popular doesn't mean it's copyright just goes away.

      The reason why they're not doing anything is because they're not charging for it, it's free.
  • 0 thumbs!
    gotenks992 | February 26, 2008
    Why couldn't they get rid of Cait Sith instead of Vincient!!!
    • 0 thumbs!
      Storm | February 26, 2008
      Because Vincent (and Yuffie) were 'secret' or optional characters. Hell they weren't in the ending.

      This does look pretty neat, nonetheless.
      • 0 thumbs!
        gotenks992 | February 27, 2008
        I know that. But they were better!!!!
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | February 27, 2008
          You're right about that.
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    Zero and X | February 27, 2008
    Man, this is like FF7 gone old school FF style, which is just plain awesome.

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