Final
Fantasy III: Nintendo Entertainment System: 1990
The third version of FF never made it to the shores of the
Western world, one year later though the Westerners where
going to be in for a taste of what had captured the hearts
and thumbs of the Japanese.
The 16-bit Super
Nintendo Entertainment System unleashed a new world of
possibilities
for the games designers. The SNES had more colours,
higher
resolution, better sounds, but most importantly more
memory
space.
Final Fantasy
IV: Super Nintendo Entertainment System: 1991
The first Final Fantasy on the SNES and the first to
reach
a worldwide audience.
Final Fantasy
V: Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
1992
Final Fantasy
VI: Super Nintendo Entertainment System: 1994
This would be the last Final Fantasy on the SNES. Sony's
Monster 32-bit console the Playstation was ready to join
the Sega and Nintendo race.
Final Fantasy
VII: Playstation: 1997
This was the dawn of a new era for the role playing game.
Audiences marvelled at the full motion video cinematics,
the new storage medium of the CD meant that there where
no longer any worries about storage capacity.
Final Fantasy now had a mainstream audience, with this
came
celebrity status for the development team.
Final Fantasy
VIII: Playstation: 1999
Fanatical gamers and TV crews camped outside Square's HQ
hoping to catch a glimpse of the team and speculating
over
the impending release. They weren't
disappointed.
Final Fantasy
IX: Playstation: 2000
This was to be the last release one the Playstation, the
UK public eagerly awaited stock of the Playstation 2 -
128
bits of sleek, black, DVD based next generation
console.
The Playstation 2 is also compatible with games of the
earlier
Playstation format, and Final Fantasy IX successfully
bridged
the gap to the new format.
Final Fantasy
X: Playstation 2: 2002
The game was released on Friday the 24th of May 2002 in
the UK. It has already shipped over 3 million units in
Japan
and over 1.5 million in the US, making it one of the most
successful Playstation 2 games to date.
