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Revision as of 11:37, 13 November 2023
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.
Developers | |
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Square Enix | |
Publishers | |
Square Enix | |
Europe | Eidos Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 25, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Continuous turn-based |
Perspectives | Cinematic camera, Third-person, Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control, Menu-based |
Genres | JRPG, RPG |
Vehicles | Flight |
Art styles | Pre-rendered graphics |
Themes | Fantasy, Sci-fi |
Series | Final Fantasy |
Key points
- Has a different MIDI compared to the PS1 version of the game.
- Higher resolution of FMVs (480p) compared to the PlayStation version.[1]
- In some areas, it is inferior to the PlayStation version. Movement is limited to 8 directions instead of full circular motion.[2]
- The frame rate is capped at 30 FPS during gameplay and 15 FPS during fights and FMVs; making selection during battles sluggish.[3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DRM: Simple disc check, no physical copy protection. |
- A demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The patch v1.2 package 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
- Replaces the default MIDI music with the original PlayStation version music or optionally other music as well.[4]
Aali's custom driver
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII\1.00[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
Video
- Supported resolutions: 320x240 pillarboxed in 640x480, and 640x480 (Full Screen).
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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) | |||
Windowed | See Aali's custom driver | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See 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. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Excluding menu screens, the frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. 15 FPS during combat and FMVs.[3] |
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120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | No in-game mouse support | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Movement restricted to the first two axes | |
Full controller support | Launcher has no controller navigation support. There is no way to exit the game with a controller. |
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Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | For Xbox and DualShock buttons, use the FF8 Controller Buttons Mod | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Game pauses on focus lost, MIDI music and opening logo FMV do not. | |
EAX support | EAX 2[5] | |
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | Disc 3 only |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by "ZOG", PC[1]. | |||
Italian |
Issues fixed
Running from an ISO or another drive
- By default, the game uses the first CD-ROM drive location for checking CDs. To use another drive, edit the registry.
Edit registry |
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8-bit paletted textures fix
- On modern systems, the game launcher will fail on video cards that do not support 8-bit textures.
This causes the game to use lower resolution textures.
Use custom launcher |
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Notes
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Graphical issues
Use Aali's custom driver |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 0.9d |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
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 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | 600 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 | |
Other | DirectMusic-compatible Software Synthesizer 8X CD-ROM |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ Steam Forums :: FMVs are WORSE quality than the original version :( ** FIXED **
- ↑ Bought this on PSN a while back. :: FINAL FANTASY VIII General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:MetalPlateMage on August 7, 2015
- ↑ Steam Forums :: Better Music Mod (Updated) - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3DsoundSurge: Gamer's Guide to 3D sound and reverb APIs - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 With Direct3D-compatible 3D accelerator
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Without Direct3D-compatible 3D accelerator