Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー) is the first game in Square's now long line of games. It was originally released for the Famicom in December of 1987. Nearly three years would pass before the game was finally translated into English and released on the NES. It was created as the last ditch effort of Squaresoft in the hopes of making money. If it had flopped, they would have been forced to declare bankruptcy and leave the gaming market, but it managed to be a hit both in Japan and the US. The original Famicom version managed to sell 520,000 copies, better than any previous effort by Squaresoft.

Years later the game would be re-released with improved graphics and audio for the WonderSwan Color. Squaresoft bundled the game with Final Fantasy II when they re-released the game Final Fantasy I-II for the Famicom, Final Fantasy Origins for the PlayStation, Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls for the Game Boy Advance. The most recent update, Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition was for the PSP. Final Fantasy Origins on the PS1 has a long list of improvements over the original. Besides the obvious graphical improvements, they re-translated the game and fixed a lot of the bugs and various other odds and ends that were overlooked the first time around. Dawn of Souls and the Anniversary Edition made major changes to the gameplay and added new dungeons.
 * Re-releases