Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Final Fantasy

Title	Final Fantasy
First release	1987
Developer	Square
Publisher	Square
Platforms	MSX, NES / Famicom, PlayStation
Genre	role-playing video game
Also known as	ファイナルファンタジー · Fainaru Fantajī
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	NES / Famicom: 1987-12-18 (NTSC-J), 1990-07-12 (NTSC-U) MSX: 1989-12-31
Wikidata ID	Q1415970

Selecting classes and names for the four Warriors of Light establishes your party's combat capabilities. You navigate a world map to reach various towns and dungeons, engaging in random encounters and boss fights to reclaim elemental orbs from the Elemental Fiends and restore light to the world.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q1415970) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (nes/final-fantasy-2) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (2854,90057) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (68328) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Square · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Square · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Square · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Square · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Logo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Final Fantasy I Original Artbox logo.png”)

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Videos

MSX Longplay [052] Final Fantasy

World-of-Longplays · MSX version · longplay · 10:00:48auto-matched
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Final Fantasy (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 11:55:36auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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