Final Fantasy 1: Adamant Edition

Original game : Final Fantasy

Platform : NES

Author : praetarius5018

Release date : 30 November 2019

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.2

Modifications : P

Downloads : 1578

ROM Information

No-Intro Name: Final Fantasy (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File SHA-1: 80CE108FBC066C985D4FB541BD68E9A7C8994FEB
ROM SHA-1: C9CFBF5455085E198DCE039298B083CD6FC88BCE

Hack description

General changes:
-12 classes selectable, see below for details
-Class change event instead grants +20 m.def
-Reworked spell list, INT increases spell effectiveness
-Reworked equipment list
-Hit count is now fixed based on class, e.g. fighter has 5, rogue 8
-All the bug fixes and speedup modifications including dash button
-Buffed bosses
-Doubled exp gain, reduced early to mid game costs
-Most regular encounter are now runnable (all except those linked to boss formations)
-Some small dungeon changes, mostly ice cave to prevent bypassing the Eye boss via warp spell and to get bats in earth cave out of the way

Classes:
-Fighter: Can use swords, axes and the heaviest armor
-Rogue: Dual wields knives, 8 hits, deals highest damage against low def targets
-Bl.Belt: Unarmed expert, highest m.def and lv50 damage
-RedMage: Can use swords and a good portion of white and black magic but has only mediocre stats
-WhiteMage: Can cast every white spell
-BlackMage: Can cast every black spell
-Paladin: Sword fighter with limited selection of white spells (up to level 5)
-Ninja: Dual wielding glass canon, can learn some black magic spells (up to level 5)
-Druid: Unarmed brawler that learns some support spells of all levels
-Shaman: Can learn every support spell
-Magus: Can learn every damage spell
-Sage: Can learn every spell but slow gain of spell charges

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description

Reviews

Interesting hack.	firedropdl	2020-09-16	Version 1.2
I've played several official upgraded versions of FFI over the years and it's been so long since I played the original NES version that I can't even say for sure that I've ever played a hacked version all the way through until now. I don't think that even hacked I could ever sit through this game without the fast-forward and save state functions of an emulator in 2020, but with them this hack keep things interesting enough to play to the end. I used cheat codes on Chaos at the end. Two Cure 4's out of him brought back all the memories of the frustrations with OG NES titles. Limited spell casts and the level 50 cap on the NES version didn't pose any issues at all until you have to do the boss rush and not have too much magic at the end. Plus, who could forget that the heal items in FFI were such a joke by end game compared to other games in the series. And the whole time you're playing the game you have to deal with that "ineffective" message every time one of your characters goes and swings at thin air instead of just hitting the next one that you didn't kill yet. If nostalgia for the game that started it all can trump your frustrations with the game mechanics from 1987, this hack along with all of the others that were put in along with it will at least make it quite a bit more interesting and playable than the original version is in 2020. Thanks for sharing.

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