The version of Final Fantasy you never saw

By Spencer . January 8, 2007 . 12:48pm

Before Final Fantasy became a phenomenon and before it hit North American shores Micro Cabin brought Final Fantasy to the MSX2. Compared to the Famicom / NES version the MSX2 release looks more colorful, but as you can see in the video there are slight load times in before battles start up. Listen to the music too, the tunes are the same, but the MSX version sounds different.

TAGS: MSX, Retro Revival, Square Enix, Videos

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Brian

Actually MSX didn't scroll well. Its not due to the real time recording. I think MSX just didn't have much or any scroll buffer. If you've every played any scrolling shooters on this system, it was much the same. It just couldnt scroll well. The music sounds alot like PC Engine, which in my book rules!

Cherry

Actually, I HAVE seen it before. Years ago. Old news, really.

the_importer

The music is better, but the jagged walking animation would drive me to put a spike through my eyes. Shameful, even back in the time it was released.

I've never tried MSX emulation so I don't know how it works, but the jagged walking animation might simply be due to the real time recording.

ShadowMarth

The music is better, but the jagged walking animation would drive me to put a spike through my eyes. Shameful, even back in the time it was released.