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This product is a remaster of FINAL FANTASY VIII, featuring multiple enhancements including additional options to customise your gameplay experience and difficulty, such as: Battle assist options (HP, ATB gauge, and Limit Break boosts) Game speed boost (x3) No random encounters; Obtain all items and abilities; Max G.F. Levels, currency (gil. FF7's original PC release had issues with NT based OSes (though I remember there being a fan patch to make the game work better on XP). I remember it crashing within moments of gameplay starting when I tried to run it on Windows NT 4 way back in the day. But I don't think 8 had the same problems. Final Fantasy VIII PC. PlayStation Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 Xbox One. I tried the patch and it doesn't work and PLEASE don't tell me to right-click it and select the compatibility mode to Windows 98. I dunno why people keep asking me to do this but everythime I do so it doesn't work. Final Fantasy VIII was a great follow up to Final Fantasy VII which was a huge success (and a tough act to follow). It differed just enough from its predecessor to make it a unique and enjoyable game without straying far enough from the FF formula to lose many of the nostalgic elements that fans of the series were hoping to see.

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This product is a remaster of FINAL FANTASY VIII, featuring multiple enhancements including additional options to customise your gameplay experience and difficulty, such as: - Battle assist options (HP, ATB gauge, and Limit Break boosts) - Game speed boost (x3) - No random encounters Show more.

This page is for the original 2000 version. For the 2013 re-release, see Final Fantasy VIII (2013). For the 2019 remaster, see Final Fantasy VIII Remastered.

Final Fantasy VIII
Developers
Publishers
Europe
Release dates
WindowsJanuary 25, 2000
Reception
IGDB90
Taxonomy
ModesSingleplayer
PacingContinuous turn-based
PerspectivesCinematic camera, Third-person, Top-down view
ControlsDirect control, Menu-based
GenresJRPG, RPG
VehiclesFlight
Art stylesPre-rendered graphics
ThemesFantasy, Sci-fi
SeriesFinal Fantasy
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  • 2Essential improvements
  • 3Game data
  • 6Audio
  • 7Issues fixed
  • 8Other information

Key points

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Has a different MIDI compared to the PS1 version of the game.
Higher resolution 480p FMVs than the PlayStation version.[1]
Unfavorable to the PlayStation version in areas: Out of combat movement is limited 8 directions as opposed to complete circular movement.[2]
While all PlayStation version's menus run at 60 FPS, excluding main menu screens, the PC frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, 15 FPS during combat and FMVs making selection during battles sluggish.[3]

General information

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Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail DRM: Simple disc check, no physical copy protection.
A demo is available here

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Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The 1.2 patch set fixes various bugs in the game:
  • FF8SqeaNVPatch.zip: 1.2 patch for Nvidia GeForce users.
  • FF8SqeaPatch.zip: 1.2 patch for other users.
  • FF8_Yamaha_Fix.zip: Extra patch to fix a bug when using DirectX 7 only with the Yamaha software synthesizer.

Roses and Wine[edit]

Replaces the default MIDI music with the original PlayStation version music or optionally other music as well.[4]

Aali's custom driver[edit]

See the corresponding section in Final Fantasy VII.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeSquare Soft, IncFINAL FANTASY VIII1.00[Note 1]
With modern versions of Windows it may be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeSquare Soft, IncFINAL FANTASY VIII1.00 which takes precedence if both registry keys exist.

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Save[Note 2]

Video[edit]

Graphic configuration.
Supported resolutions: 320x240x16 pillarboxed in 640x460x16, and 640x460x16.
Graphics featureStateWSGFNotes
Widescreen resolution See Aali's custom driver for a workaround, though it currently has a black bottom border.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedSee Aali's custom driver.
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPSExcluding menu screens the frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, 15 FPS during combat and FMVs.[3]

Input[edit]

Controller configuration.
Key configuration.
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menusNo in-game mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportMovement restricted to first two axes.
Full controller supportLauncher has no controller navigation support. No way to quit in-game with a controller.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button promptsFor Xbox and DualShock buttons, use the FF8 Controller Buttons Mod
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

Audio configuration.
Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lostGame pauses on focus lost, MIDI music and opening logo FMV do not.
EAX supportEAX 2[5]

Localizations

Issues fixed[edit]

Running from an ISO or another drive[edit]

Patch
By default the game uses the first physical CD-ROM drive location for CD checks. If you wish to use another drive (common when using an ISO), edit the registry:
  1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeSquare Soft, IncFINAL FANTASY VIII1.00DataDrive
    If that doesn't exist go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeSquare Soft, IncFINAL FANTASY VIII1.00DataDrive
  2. Change its value to the drive letter that the .ISO occupies(usually E or F), and relaunch the game.

8-bit paletted textures fix[edit]

When attempting to run FF8 PC on a modern system, the game's launcher will fail on video cards lacking 8-bit texture support. This causes the game to use textures that are of a lower resolution. To fix this, as well as allow the game to run at higher resolutions, download the custom launcher that may be found here.

Graphical issues[edit]

If you have graphical issues or artifacts, use Aali's custom driver.

Other information[edit]

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API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

MiddlewareNotes
CutscenesBink Video0.9d

System requirements[edit]

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Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)95, 98
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium 200 MHz[6]
Intel Pentium II 266 MHz[7]
Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)32 MB64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)300 MB600 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB[7]/8 MB[6] of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible
16 MB[6] of VRAM
Sound (audio device)DirectSound-compatible
OtherDirectMusic-compatible Software Synthesizer
8X CD-ROM
Fantasy

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Notes

  1. When running this game without Administrator elevation, 32-bit programs writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE will be redirected to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesVirtualStoreMACHINESOFTWAREWow6432Node (more details).
  2. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

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  1. Steam Forums :: FMVs are WORSE quality than the original version :( ** FIXED **
  2. Bought this on PSN a while back. :: FINAL FANTASY VIII General Discussions
  3. 3.03.1Verified by User:MetalPlateMage on August 7, 2015
  4. Steam Forums :: Better Music Mod (Updated)
  5. 3DsoundSurge: Gamer's Guide to 3D sound and reverb APIs
  6. 6.06.16.2With Direct3D-compatible 3D accelerator
  7. 7.07.1Without Direct3D-compatible 3D accelerator