Final Fantasy (1987)
Family Computer · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U
3.44 from 1855 ratings
4160 members have it in their collection · 143 playing now · 939 backlogged · 459 wish listed
How long? Main story 16h · with extras 21h · 100% 18h (from 72 logged playthroughs)
Final Fantasy, also known as FFI in re-releases, is the first role-playing game title in Square's flagship Final Fantasy series. The game puts players in control of four characters known as the Warriors of Light, and begins by asking the player to select the classes and names of each. The Warriors of Light can traverse the maps of dungeons and …
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Final Fantasy, also known as FFI in re-releases, is the first role-playing game title in Square's flagship Final Fantasy series. The game puts players in control of four characters known as the Warriors of Light, and begins by asking the player to select the classes and names of each. The Warriors of Light can traverse the maps of dungeons and towns, which are connected by a world map, and will run into random encounters with enemies or fight bosses.
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Details
- Developers
- Square
- Publishers
- Nintendo, Playtronic, Square, Square Enix
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Kids
- Franchises
- Final Fantasy
- Series
- Final Fantasy
- Event
- Nintendo E3 2010 Press Conference
Release dates
- Dec 18, 1987 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
- Jul 12, 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
- Sep 1994 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo Entertainment System
- May 26, 2009 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
- Oct 05, 2009 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
- May 07, 2010 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
- May 07, 2010 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
- Nov 13, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
- Dec 18, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
Also available on
- Final Fantasy (1989) · MSX2
- Final Fantasy (2002) · PS1
- Final Fantasy (2004) · Mobile
- Final Fantasy (2004) · GBA
- Final Fantasy (2007) · ANDR, PSP, WP, iOS
- Final Fantasy: 20th Anniversary Edition (2007) · ANDR, 3DS, PSP, WP, iOS
- Final Fantasy (2013) · 3DS
- Final Fantasy (2021) · ANDR, NSW, PC, PS4, XSX, iOS
Related
Bundled in
- Final Fantasy I & II (Feb 1994) · famicom
- NES Classic Edition (Nov 2016) · Plug & Play
Remakes
- Final Fantasy (Dec 2000) · WSC
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
248
4 stars
577
3 stars
818
2 stars
175
1 star
37
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status kawacatoose Aug 7, 2021
Defeated the end boss Chaos. Found all the treasure. Completed the bestiary.
Status kawacatoose Aug 7, 2021
Defeated Tiamat in the flying fortress and recharged the wind crystal.
Status kawacatoose Aug 5, 2021
Got through the Citadel of Trails and earned the token of courage which Bahamut needs as proof to give us the reward of prestige classes.
Status kawacatoose Aug 1, 2021
Went through Fire and Ice to charge the Fire crystal and raise the airship from the sands. Reached L37.
Status kawacatoose Jul 31, 2021
Defeated the vampire and lich. Recharged the Earth crystal. Reached L28.
Status kawacatoose Jul 30, 2021
- Defeated the Evil Dark Elven overlord
- The witch got her eye back
- Awaken the elven king
- Reached L20
- Opened up the canal and reached Melmond
Status WildScallion Jul 30, 2021
I have a lot of nostalgia for this as my first RPG and bought the pixel remaster on iOS on a whim. I know folks have some problems with this, but I haven't played FF1 in at least 15-20 years. I remember it being a bit grindy, or maybe I was just bad at it.
I love the music in …
I have a lot of nostalgia for this as my first RPG and bought the pixel remaster on iOS on a whim. I know folks have some problems with this, but I haven't played FF1 in at least 15-20 years. I remember it being a bit grindy, or maybe I was just bad at it.
I love the music in the pixel remaster. I'm not usually that picky about music in games and almost always leave it off for phone games, but I'm pumped everytime I get to hear a new theme in this one.
Feel like I'm progressing faster than last time I played as I'm about 2 hours in and already in the marsh cave.
Status kawacatoose Jul 30, 2021
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster impressions.
- The pixel art looks really good.
- The music is gorgeous
- Nice quality of life features
- The original font is really bad, but can be solved easily.
- Too bad is not a pixelated font
- Screen Tearing in fullscreen, which i can't seem to solve with the AMD software by enabling vsync
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster impressions.
- The pixel art looks really good.
- The music is gorgeous
- Nice quality of life features
- The original font is really bad, but can be solved easily.
- Too bad is not a pixelated font
- Screen Tearing in fullscreen, which i can't seem to solve with the AMD software by enabling vsync
Status peter Jul 28, 2021
I’m giving my first quick impressions of the pixel remake of the first final fantasy since @Ryker did it for III and inspired me.
I don’t mind the weird skinny font on my TV. I might go in and do the fix I’ve seen on the internet, but I don’t care all that much. The music is awesome. They have …
I’m giving my first quick impressions of the pixel remake of the first final fantasy since @Ryker did it for III and inspired me.
I don’t mind the weird skinny font on my TV. I might go in and do the fix I’ve seen on the internet, but I don’t care all that much. The music is awesome. They have made the beginning way quicker. You don’t miss on every other attack, you start with a lot more Gil so you don’t have to go grind for 20 minutes just to buy spells and armor. You level up much faster through the first few levels at least. There’s a cool mini map, and there’s autobattling. Basically there’s a ton of quality of life improvements here, but it still feels like the original game. I’m a fan so far (25 minutes).
Side note, I handed the controller to my 4 year old so he could do some grinding for me. First thing he asked was why he couldn’t jump. I guess that means I’ve failed as a parent somehow :)
Status internpepper Nov 14, 2020
The one that started it all! I played the original NES version and actually finished the Playstation version. I liked the epic feel of the quest even if the plot waited until the very end to actually go in a unique direction. For the time though, this is a great RPG and you can see why it started something special.
Status Cloudyfalls Oct 14, 2020
my first final fantasy game that i relatively finished, I put at least a 100 hours into it grinded those levels gathered all the crystals went to the chaos shrine only to have my ass handed to me by gallant to the point where it wasn't even fun anymore and i just ended up watching the final half hour part …
Read moremy first final fantasy game that i relatively finished, I put at least a 100 hours into it grinded those levels gathered all the crystals went to the chaos shrine only to have my ass handed to me by gallant to the point where it wasn't even fun anymore and i just ended up watching the final half hour part of the game on youtube..
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Status StrictSnow Apr 3, 2020
Final Fantasy deadass came with a walkthrough in the manual and that's amazing. It makes me feel like I'm not cheating if I look up what to do next. So far I'm enjoying myself, it's very by-the-book and no-frills old school JRPG, not counting the enhanced graphics, autotargeting next enemy, and replacing the Vancian system with MP. Though the speed …
Read moreFinal Fantasy deadass came with a walkthrough in the manual and that's amazing. It makes me feel like I'm not cheating if I look up what to do next. So far I'm enjoying myself, it's very by-the-book and no-frills old school JRPG, not counting the enhanced graphics, autotargeting next enemy, and replacing the Vancian system with MP. Though the speed up feature of the emulator I'm using DEFINITELY HELPS. The game is a massive grind for money in some places, and I usually end up overleveled for most dungeons. Not for the crocodiles though. Rivers are the most dangerous place in the overworld, I'm pretty sure.
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Status StrictSnow Mar 29, 2020
So I've started Final Fantasy 1. I've actually never played a Final Fantasy before, except part of 1, years ago on a GBA cartridge as a kid. What better place to start than the start right? Well besides a lot of other Final Fantasys but whatever.
I'm playing the PSP version because it's got the purdiest gafficks. I know that …
So I've started Final Fantasy 1. I've actually never played a Final Fantasy before, except part of 1, years ago on a GBA cartridge as a kid. What better place to start than the start right? Well besides a lot of other Final Fantasys but whatever.
I'm playing the PSP version because it's got the purdiest gafficks. I know that I really should play the PS1 or OG version because it had that unique Vancian style casting and the GBA and PSP versions lost a lot of the difficulty because of it. I was debating it, but then I said nah because I get enough of that anyway playing Pathfinder. Also not auto targeting the next enemy would drive me mad.