Hello everyone! Today, I have something special to show. Well, special for me anyways.
Now that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going warm practically everywhere, even at my place, I thought I should revisit the classic PC demo. When I first saw Final Fantasy VII at a friend's house, I knew that I must have it, somehow. But back then I didn't have a Playstation. We did have a decent PC though, just no 3D card. So seeing this demo in a PC magazine, those where a disc with demos were included, I bought that right away and tried to play the demo. Since this demo requires a 3D card, no luck. So I could just listen to the music wav files and look longingly at the few wallpapers the installer used.
I did order the game from my local video/game store, and they took ages to get the game home. I did find another demo, one that didn't need a 3D card, taking place in the Gold Saucer battle arena. If I find that demo, I'm going to record that too. Finally the day came when I could play the game at home. The experience wasn't the same, with the PC version using MIDI for the music and only the great soundcards could make it sound somewhat similar to the Playstation. But I loved every minute of the game, and as soon as I finished it, I erased the save files and played it all over again.
I had plans of getting Final Fantasy VIII on the PC too and thought of ordering a 3D card. But I scrapped that idea and finally got a Playstation and the game there instead. And soon after that, I got Final Fantasy VII again and played the hell out of it, the way it was meant to be played, finally.
So, I have a bit of history with this particular demo as you can see. And I'm so happy that I could finally play and record it for you to see as well. I haven't had much luck finding that other demo, but I'm still working on it. Maybe I have it saved on an old burned CD somewhere. And playing the demo made me think of how long ago it was that I properly played through Final Fantasy VII, going beyond the gates of Midgar. I really need to experience that again...
Anyways, thank you so much for watching, and see you soon again!