Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy VIII

Available on:

PC

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Developer

Square

Release Date

January 24, 2000 (26 years ago)

Publisher

Eidos Interactive

Content Rating

T

Franchises

Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy VIII

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Summary

The PC version of Final Fantasy VIII was released with several alterations, some of which still linger in later versions.

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