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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Final Fantasy / May 2006Why is it so difficult to find Final Fantasy VII?
I'm a bit of a retro gamer (Ultima series/ recent Zorks) and I've heard good things about Final Fatasy VII. Trouble is I'm having a lot of difficulty finding a copy to play. They seem to be really expensive and I would want a good condition version of the game. I play on PCs and like to play games 5 years older or more (so I know my system will be able to handle it easily - I have a P3-600MHz machine). Is this game worth a lot now and will the price go up or come down with time. It seems to be a classic game and the demo I saw just blew me away. Amazing graphics. Can anyone tell me more? Cheers Bill in the UK. >I'm a bit of a retro gamer (Ultima series/ recent Zorks) and I've heard >good things about Final Fatasy VII. Trouble is I'm having a lot of >difficulty finding a copy to play. They seem to be really expensive >and I would want a good condition version of the game. I play on PCs >and like to play games 5 years older or more (so I know my system will >be able to handle it easily - I have a P3-600MHz machine). You'd be better off getting a Greatest Hits copy of the PSX version of the game, which is easily available and only $20. Use an emulator like ePSXe, which should run reasonably on your machine if you don't turn any graphics enhancements or such on. Unfortunately the PSX version isn't high-res like the PC version, making the graphics a lot worse, but I'd be surprised if you could get the PC game to work anyway; as is typical of the time, it wasn't a very good port. Rob ploovTeHSPaeMBLoKuR@charter.net  SignatureOwner of 2501 Netstalker Points awarded by Corwin of Amber, mainly because Atma's just too damn attractive to get away from. Gave 7499 Netstalker Points to Cypher because there's no such thing as a good day on AGFF without JT bashing! Owner of David Watson, rec.arts.anime.misc "If you're like me you haven't had a native born doctor since your pediatrician, but with the way things have been going Johns Hopkins is going to be opening franchises in Beijing and Calcutta. You're going to have Indian dudes cracking jokes about their crazy-talking American doctor, Paul Smith. There will be a class full of Chinese kids scratching their heads as Jennifer Johnson tries to teach them quantum physics. Why can't she just learn to speak Chinese?" --Zack Parsons, Something Awful (April 3, 2006) >>I'm a bit of a retro gamer (Ultima series/ recent Zorks) and I've heard >>good things about Final Fatasy VII. Trouble is I'm having a lot of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Rob > ploovTeHSPaeMBLoKuR@charter.net Well, I kinda know how you are feeling. I was searching ebay a few weeks back to see if I could buy another copy of FF7 for my PC. I wanted to protect a copy for all time. The one I was watching sold for $40. I have to disagree with Rob saying that the PC port wasn't that great. For the most part, if worked wonderful on my computer. I only had one bug near the last CD which prevented me from playing the game, but that was due to running a old computer. I ended up getting a new PC a few months later and finished the game. One advantage of getting the PC is the slightly better graphics and translation. Also, people built save game editors for the PC game, which was a fun bonus when playing it the second time around. But these things are fairly minor in my opinion and isn't work the extra $20. I say go to Game Stop or some other place that sells used games, get a PS emulator and go at it. Denny Rivera schrieb: > Well, I kinda know how you are feeling. I was searching ebay a few weeks > back to see if I could buy another copy of FF7 for my PC. I wanted to > protect a copy for all time. The one I was watching sold for $40. I would be glad if it was that cheap here - the german version was sold out too fast and no Re-Edition - so the game is on ebay for about 199 Euro (250 USD I guess...) http://cgi.ebay.at/Final-Fantasy-VII-7-PC-NEU_W0QQitemZ5220925637QQcategoryZ8175 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Sometimes there are some sets with just the CDs, no cover, no manual, no box etc. and it's still selling for at least 50 EURO. The official strategy guide is a lot harder to get and around 160 EURO and up. I hate capitalism... The english version (3rd or 4th Edition for PC) is a lot cheaper. http://cgi.ebay.at/FINAL-FANTASY-7-als-PC-SPIEL_W0QQitemZ8785779844 Greetings from Austria > Denny Rivera schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Euro (250 USD I guess...) > http://cgi.ebay.at/Final-Fantasy-VII-7-PC-NEU_W0QQitemZ5220925637QQcategoryZ8175 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Really? I might make some money, then. :-) > turn any graphics enhancements or such on. Unfortunately the PSX > version isn't high-res like the PC version, making the graphics a lot > worse, but I'd be surprised if you could get the PC game to work Does the PC version actually have better graphics than you'ld get on a PSX emulator? The PC port of FF8, if I remember right, uses the same resolution for the pre-rendered stuff as the PSX version did. The 3D graphics are higher resolution, but you could get that in ePSXe, no? >> turn any graphics enhancements or such on. Unfortunately the PSX >> version isn't high-res like the PC version, making the graphics a lot [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >resolution for the pre-rendered stuff as the PSX version did. The 3D >graphics are higher resolution, but you could get that in ePSXe, no? I imagine doing that with the PSX FF7 would bring the flaws of the weaker graphics to sharper effect. For example, I've played Wild ARMs on ePSXe with a lot of the graphics enhancements turned on, and that made it very easy to see the tile-based nature of the world map (which was obscured by blur before). At any rate, such enhancements would slow down a P3 600. Rob ploovTeHSPaeMBLoKuR@charter.net SignatureOwner of 2501 Netstalker Points awarded by Corwin of Amber, mainly because Atma's just too damn attractive to get away from. Gave 7499 Netstalker Points to Cypher because there's no such thing as a good day on AGFF without JT bashing! Owner of David Watson, rec.arts.anime.misc "If you're like me you haven't had a native born doctor since your pediatrician, but with the way things have been going Johns Hopkins is going to be opening franchises in Beijing and Calcutta. You're going to have Indian dudes cracking jokes about their crazy-talking American doctor, Paul Smith. There will be a class full of Chinese kids scratching their heads as Jennifer Johnson tries to teach them quantum physics. Why can't she just learn to speak Chinese?" --Zack Parsons, Something Awful (April 3, 2006) > I'm a bit of a retro gamer (Ultima series/ recent Zorks) and I've heard > good things about Final Fatasy VII. Trouble is I'm having a lot of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > time. It seems to be a classic game and the demo I saw just blew me > away. Amazing graphics. Can anyone tell me more? and YOU DONT need TO KNOW PAL!! piece of SIHIT!!!! Sallemee have irsh prick-JUST LIKE YOU!!!!! piece of SHITT!! > I'm a bit of a retro gamer (Ultima series/ recent Zorks) and I've heard > good things about Final Fatasy VII. Trouble is I'm having a lot of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Bill in the UK. Hey im from the UK too, and I know that you can buy FF7 off ebay. You can get it fairly cheap, I'd say that's the best place to look. And it's well worth buying, as it's probably the best RPG ever made! :-) > Is this game worth a lot now and will the price go up or come down with > time. It seems to be a classic game and the demo I saw just blew me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bill in the UK. Once the movie (FF:Advent Children) hype dies down, FF-7 should drop to less than half it's current price. (The least expensive used copy at Amazon-US is now $67.00). If I were you, I would buy a $15.00 copy of FF-8, and bide my time until the FF-7 sellers are forced to sober-up. BTW, many FF gamers prefer FF-8 to FF-7...I don't, though. >> Is this game worth a lot now and will the price go up or come down with >> time. It seems to be a classic game and the demo I saw just blew me [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > FF-8, and bide my time until the FF-7 sellers are forced to sober-up. > BTW, many FF gamers prefer FF-8 to FF-7...I don't, though. I don't see how you can claim more FF gamers prefer FF8 to 7. I've heard of more nerdy shrines dedicated to FF7 than 8. I find your claim hard to believe. "Denny Rivera" wrote... > "spironical" <spironical@nospammail.net> wrote in message >> Once the movie (FF:Advent Children) hype dies down, FF-7 should drop to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > of more nerdy shrines dedicated to FF7 than 8. I find your claim hard to > believe. If you read what he said he specifies "many" not most. And it's true, though those that prefer FF8 tend not to be as obsessive as the FF7 crowd. -- Grey > "Denny Rivera" wrote... >> I don't see how you can claim more FF gamers prefer FF8 to 7. I've heard >> of more nerdy shrines dedicated to FF7 than 8. I find your claim hard to >> believe. > > If you read what he said he specifies "many" not most. And it's true, > though those that prefer FF8 tend not to be as obsessive as the FF7 crowd. Right answer. I prefer FF8 as well. Hmm it's a hard choice, but ff8 just wins it for me. although ff7 is still one of the best games ever. >Hmm it's a hard choice, but ff8 just wins it for me. although ff7 is >still one of the best games ever. I hated FF7, I played it for like 30 minutes and was like, "Bored now." I dunno, maybe I was just jaded by the whole move to 3D, I'm all old sk00l and all, but on the other hand I really liked 8 and 9. *shrugs* I liked the movie...maybe some day I'll give 7 another chance...think I'll play 10 though before that...and Kingdom Hearts 2...hrmmm...well, I'll put it somewhere on my list...down at the bottom. -- Onideus Mad Hatter mhm ¹ x ¹ http://www.backwater-productions.net http://www.backwater-productions.net/hatter-blog Hatter Quotes ------------- "I'm not a professional, I'm an artist." "The more I learn the more I'm killing my idols." "Is it wrong to incur and then use the hate ridden, vengeful stupidity of complete strangers in random Usenet froups to further my art?" 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