IGN: More DnD than Dragon's Quest
Game that came at a very desperate time for Square, very influential in every way, almost nothing like any of the other games in this franchise, the world is very generic. It's mostly the gameplay that will keep you hooked, sets up the plotline for almost every FF game though, crystals in danger, evil entity abusing it, elemental shit.
If you want to play it nowadays I recommend a couple romhacks and patches.
If you don't wanna get your hands dirty with patching too much:
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1631/ - Final Fantasy Restored (If you want the original balance of the game plus some minor consistency stuff use this patch https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4675/ - If you want a better translation use this patch as well https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4624/)
This is optional but recommended, you should have the original game's manual and map you can find scans here at Nintendo's official website.
- https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NABJE.pdf
And for the map you can use games database here
- https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/manual/Formated/Final_Fantasy_-1990-_Nintendo.pdf
If you have already played it I recommend some other romhacks.
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/789/ - "Very comprehensive redesign of Final Fantasy 1."
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6865/ - "Final Fantasy 35th Anniv w/ Tonberry, Moogles & More!"
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3067/ - "Final Fantasy Ultra just got better! The philosophy is still to add and change as much as possible for the better, while still staying true to the spirit of the game." (I really like this one)
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/652/ - "The purpose of this hack is to take an already great game and greatly improve on it by enhancing it with special features, ironing out wrinkles in the gameplay and to a somewhat lesser extent put the author’s own personal spin on the game." - (Was my favorite way to play before Ultra Champion Edition)
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5221/ - Can't vouch for this one but I've heard good things.
Game that came at a very desperate time for Square, very influential in every way, almost nothing like any of the other games in this franchise, the world is very generic. It's mostly the gameplay that will keep you hooked, sets up the plotline for almost every FF game though, crystals in danger, evil entity abusing it, elemental shit.
If you want to play it nowadays I recommend a couple romhacks and patches.
If you don't wanna get your hands dirty with patching too much:
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1631/ - Final Fantasy Restored (If you want the original balance of the game plus some minor consistency stuff use this patch https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4675/ - If you want a better translation use this patch as well https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4624/)
This is optional but recommended, you should have the original game's manual and map you can find scans here at Nintendo's official website.
- https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NABJE.pdf
And for the map you can use games database here
- https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/manual/Formated/Final_Fantasy_-1990-_Nintendo.pdf
If you have already played it I recommend some other romhacks.
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/789/ - "Very comprehensive redesign of Final Fantasy 1."
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6865/ - "Final Fantasy 35th Anniv w/ Tonberry, Moogles & More!"
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3067/ - "Final Fantasy Ultra just got better! The philosophy is still to add and change as much as possible for the better, while still staying true to the spirit of the game." (I really like this one)
- https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/652/ - "The purpose of this hack is to take an already great game and greatly improve on it by enhancing it with special features, ironing out wrinkles in the gameplay and to a somewhat lesser extent put the author’s own personal spin on the game." - (Was my favorite way to play before Ultra Champion Edition)
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5221/ - Can't vouch for this one but I've heard good things.