NES/Famicom

Final Fantasy

Hironobu Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy... the first of one of the longest role-playing game series known to mankind. Final Fantasy is the game for the NES console that started it all. 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 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, t...

Genre: Role-Playing
Year: 1990
Developer: Square Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Nintendo of America Inc.
Players: 1

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Achievements

40 achievements · 360 total points

A Seemingly Useless Trinket Receive a gift from Princess Sara.
5 pts
Punching Above Your Weight Win a battle on the Peninsula of Power before confronting the pirates in Pravoka.
10 pts
Pirate Bay Sail for the first time after acquiring the ship.
5 pts
May Thou Rest in Peace Pay respects to a rival hero.
2 pts
Sleeping Prince Receive the Mystic Key after awakening the Elfland's prince.
10 pts
Plundered the Keeps Open all treasure chests in Coneria, Elfland and the Northwest castles.
5 pts
Cave Dweller Open all treasure chests in the Marsh, Dwarf and Matoya's caves.
5 pts
Blood Ruby Defeat the vampire of Melmond and acquire the ruby.
5 pts
Gaia's Greed Open all treasure chests in the Earth Cave and Titan's Tunnel.
5 pts
Oh, Death, Where is Thy Sting? Defeat Lich in the Earth Cave without anyone dying.
10 pts
Rotten Earth Defeat Lich and purify the Earth Crystal.
10 pts
Canoodling Acquire a canoe from the circle of sages.
5 pts
Hot Take Open all treasure chests in the Gurgu Volcano.
5 pts
Fight Fire With Fire Defeat Kary in the Gurgu Volcano with a Fire spell or the Flame Sword.
10 pts
Molten Fire Defeat Kary and purify the Fire Crystal.
10 pts
Flotation Raise the airship from the desert.
10 pts
Cold Hard Cash, Mostly Open all treasure chests in the Ice Cave.
5 pts
Regal Recon Open all treasure chests in the Castle of Ordeals and Cardia caves.
5 pts
Class Upgrade Receive King Bahamut's praise and his reward.
10 pts
Oxypower Obtain Oxyhale.
10 pts
One for Each Arm Defeat Kraken in the Sea Shrine in 8 or fewer actions. Running does not count as an action.
10 pts
The Lost City Defeat Kraken and purify the Water Crystal.
10 pts
Sunken Treasures Open all treasure chests in the Sea Shrine and waterfall.
5 pts
Bilingual Learn the language of the Lefeinians.
5 pts
Mjolnir Cometh Obtain Thor's Hammer.
5 pts
God's Eye View Get a glimpse of where the four forces are flowing together.
3 pts
Slice and Dice Obtain a Katana.
5 pts
Sky Raider Open all treasure chests in the Mirage Tower and Floating Castle.
5 pts
Rage Against the Machine Defeat a Warmech in the Floating Castle.
25 pts
Choking Hazard Defeat Tiamat in the Floating Castle with poison smoke.
10 pts
Floating Fortress Defeat Tiamat and purify the Wind Crystal.
10 pts
The True King Obtain Excalibur.
5 pts
Of Mighty Magic Have a character learn 24 spells.
10 pts
Blade of Purity Obtain Masamune.
10 pts
What's Old Is New Again Open all treasure chests in the Temple of Fiends.
10 pts
Balmless Battler of Cruel Chaos Defeat Chaos without healing yourself.
10 pts
Heroes That Never Were Defeat Chaos and end the cycle of destruction.
25 pts
Don't Change For Anyone Defeat Chaos without changing classes.
25 pts
Merchandise Madness Defeat Chaos without opening any optional treasure chests, except the Tail if desired.
25 pts
Puzzle Fantasy Complete the secret slider puzzle.
5 pts

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Final Fantasy frequently asked questions

How do I play Final Fantasy online with a friend?

Final Fantasy (NES/Famicom) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Final Fantasy on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Final Fantasy in the NES/Famicom library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Final Fantasy netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Final Fantasy have achievements?

Yes, Final Fantasy has 40 achievements worth 360 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Final Fantasy for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Final Fantasy on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.