The world is veiled in darkness. Winds don't blow, the seas are stormy, and the earth rots. All people can hope for is that the ancient prophecy will be finally fulfilled. "When the world is veiled in darkness, four warriors will come..." And indeed, they come - the four characters you have previously chosen. Their first quest is to free a princess from the evil knight Garland, and then the real journey begins.

Final Fantasy is played with an adventuring party rather than with a single character. Before the game starts, the player chooses four characters from six different classes: Fighter, Thief, Black Belt, White Mage, Red Mage, and Black Mage. He also gives the characters names.

In the game, the party walks around in a top-down world, visits cities, caves, palaces and other places to buy equipment, rest and get hints and new quests, and fights baddies when they are encountered. Final Fantasy uses a turn-based combat system. In battle, the player gives each character in order a command (attack a particular enemy, cast a spell, use an item, or try to run.) Then the characters and the enemies act in a random order. Attacked enemies and party members lose hit points, dying when they reach zero HP. When all the enemies are defeated, living party members receive experience, eventually gaining a level and improving their stats when enough experience is accumulated. Slain party members can be revived in towns for a price.

Spells are bought in cities in special shops. The spells are divided into two categories - white magic and black magic. White Mages can only use white magic, Black Mages can only use black magic, and Red Mages can use both. Casting spells in battle uses up Dungeons & Dragons-style spell slots, which, like hit points, can be restored by resting in inns.

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Alternate Titles

"最终幻想" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Финальная Фантазия" -- Russian spelling
"Zui Zhong Huanxiang " -- Chinese title
"Finalnaja Fantazija" -- Russian title
"Final Fantasy I" -- Common title
"FF1" -- Common title
"ファイナルファンタジー" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

A game that helped popularize console Eastern RPGs, however, it is over-rated.	NES	Christian Delano (5)
A treasure of the 80s, but does it really hold up compared to other games of its time?	NES	E-123Wario54 (23)
The very first Final Fantasy game. Though a completely different beast all together compared to later titles	NES	Mr. Huh (112)
I guess this is the first game ever that has a (decent) ending	NES	Bregalad (819)

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The Press Says

RPGamer	NES	Aug 21, 2005	5 out of 5	100
RPGFan	NES	Jan 29, 2000	81 out of 100	81
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	NES	Feb 27, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Game Freaks 365	NES	Nov 01, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Nintendo Land	NES	2003	79 out of 100	79