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Final Fantasy VIII PC Version 5 Disc + Goodies

Infohash:

C0D1F6B2D42607948375BFC219DE7E0E60A9F834

Type:

Games

Title:

Final Fantasy VIII PC Version 5 Disc + Goodies

Category:

Games/PC

Uploaded:

2005-10-14 (by Cissa2005)

Description:

Final Fantasy VIII 5 Disc's + Goodies folder by me! You can either burn the files, or just easily mount them! The thing is, download, and have fun! =) ^^^^#^^^^^^^^^#######^^^^^^^^#^^^^^^ ^^^^##^^^^################^^^##^^^^^ ^^^^###########################^^^^^ ^^^^^#######^^^^^^^^^^^^######^^^^^^ ^^^^#####^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^######^^^^ ^^^####^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#####^^^ ^^####^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#####^^ ^####^^^^^###^^^^^^^^^^###^^^^^^###^ ^###^^^^^#####^^^^^^^^#####^^^^^#### ####^^^^^######^^^^^^######^^^^^^### ###^^^^^^^######^^^^######^^^^^^^### ###^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^### ###^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^### ###^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^### ###^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^##^^^^#### ####^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^###^^^^###^ ^###^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^####^^^^####^ ^####^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^######^^^^^###^^ ^^####^^^^###############^^^^#####^^ ^^^####^^^^^###########^^^^^#####^^^ ^^^^#####^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^######^^^^ ^^^^^#######^^^^^^^^^^^^######^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^#####################^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^#################^^^^^^^^^^ Final Fantasy 8 Story Welcome to Balamb Garden, a college of sorts for training of extremely skilled mercenaries. The best of the best, the graduates from this academy are often called upon to change the tide of the many wars in this world. Take on the role of young Squall Leonhart as he approaches graduation. Think you're good at role-playing games? Think you have what it takes to join the ranks of SEED (what graduates of Balamb Garden are called)? While this is not as in-depth as Final Fantasy Tactics is, it will definitely benchmark your skills. There are many that debate to this day whether or not Final Fantasy 8's story is better than Final Fantasy 7's. Regardless, it does take tremendous strides in the areas of graphics, music, and actual gameplay (an improved battle engine). As a stand-alone game, it's pretty awe-inspiring. But as far as the comparison between it and Final Fantasy VII, you'll just have to play them both and make that call on your own. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Fantasy 8 Release Released around 9/9/99 in the US, Final Fantasy 8 brought many different thoughts and opinions. A demo was released with Brave Fencer Musashi prior to the game's release. Many played the demo and had mixed feelings towards it. The final product opened many things that were not in the demo, text tweekings and the junction system fully functional. Fact: Final Fantasy 8 Demo that came with Brave Fencer Musashi was rated M. The language was soon toned down and released with a T rating.

Files count:

Size:

3488.44 Mb

Trackers:

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

Comments:

g_mang (2006-01-03)

hey i just started the game and i have a pretty nice graphics card. but for some reason there are black squares around the map. can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Onitaru (2006-01-03)

Yeah I had asked about that but not much you can do about it its a game thing SE didn't expect people to play 1024x786 well not SE persay Squarsoft before Enix

jofall (2006-01-03)

man ive loaded into damen tools and cant get to run how do i get this working?

jofall (2006-01-05)

ok got it working but their is black areas all over this is realy a bad torrent

Kathryndarkstar (2006-01-05)

So I was burning the game onto CDs for my sister, and I noticed that I was unable to burn disc 4. I kept getting an error. I tried to open it with Daemon-tools. Error. I looked at it and there's no img or sub files. Only a CUE and CCD. I haven't had any issues with the other discs before this... If this isn't an issue I can't fix without re-torrenting, would someone maybe be kind enough to send me the .img for disc four? Maybe? Please? Chieoneesama@aol.com.

Kathryndarkstar (2006-01-05)

>> Anddd... nevermind. Turns out I just somehow managed to mess up extracting the disc. I feel smart.

Agonys (2006-01-05)

GAH! :O How do you ppl get this to work i dont get it.. D-tools dont work or i dont know what to do...

matrox89 (2006-01-08)

hello i just downloaded the game byt i dont know how to get it worke plase write here or send me a mail on matrox_368@hotmail.com

owikh84 (2006-01-10)

plz seed

adam2242 (2006-01-11)

how can i make this game alive . i`m upset please help me i want to play very much but i don`t know how is there anybody who can help me please answer on my email tidusbraska@wp.pl please help me:(

lillwasa (2006-01-11)

Man how do u get this game to work i tried to mount them but it didnt go so well plzz help,im a ff lover and really want to play it

kwisse (2006-01-11)

lol

LiderCemal (2006-01-11)

Hi, I was very angry when i found out that it didn't work, And that NOBODY put a comment that saying how it let it work for that people... FU*CKING NOOBS!
But i know now hot to make it work :).
1. You Unrar the files within the Disc 1 Disc 2 etc.
2. When you unrar the Install CD you Mount the IMG file.
3. When you mounted the Install CD you'l see another IMG put that in a folder.
4. Now! You Mount CD 1 2 3 and the IMG file that you've got out of the INSTALL CD.
5. Now Install by going to the FF8_Install CD and by pressing the Startup file.
Hope i've helpd you guys :)
BTW: This is my 1st..second FF game the first one was the GBA FF lol :).

adam2242 (2006-01-11)

great that`s somebody tell how to install but i don`t understand:(

adam2242 (2006-01-12)

ok that`s really helped me thank you but there is another problem how can i change cd to 1 or 2

adam2242 (2006-01-12)

what a shit i`n so close to play and i can`t "please insert disc 1"that`s shit no way to play this ;(

;(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((9999

anth. (2006-01-12)

Can't manage to make it work.

Rockfool (2006-01-13)

I how install the game but when I start it i can only watch the movie over and over.

owikh84 (2006-01-14)

someone plz help me. i've successfully installed FF8 thru instructions by LiderCemal. but when i run the game it saying that "wrong disc". i inserted my burned CD 1 and even try to mount the cd image also got the same "wrong disc" msg.

owikh84 (2006-01-14)

You just need to open your registry (press Start > Run > type "regedit" and change the "Data
Drive" into the driveletter you're using with your mounted disc.
The key in your registry is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareSquare Soft
IncFinalFantasyVIII1.00"

adam2242 (2006-01-16)

ok so i have to burn"cd1"to cd ya???? but this have 804mb it`s impossible in poland cd have max 800mb so how i`m supossed to do this ????and this have 804 when packed this is more bigger when unpack so???? help me

owikh84 (2006-01-16)

u can mount cd1 etc images with DAEMON Tools
Then, open your registry (press Start > Run > type "regedit" and change the "Data Drive" into the driveletter you're using with your mounted disc. The key in your registry is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareSquare Soft IncFinalFantasyVIII1.00"

wkz (2006-01-16)

change the loading disc for ff8 in regedit.

adam2242 (2006-01-16)

ok but what if i don`t have something like that in reg???? there is a big problem i like ff very much but i hate when i can`t do anything

Rockfool (2006-01-17)

I got a problem, I have succesfully installed FF8 thanks to LiderCemal but i can only watch the intro movie over and over again.

viniciusah (2006-01-19)

Can't install it...
When I mount it using Daemon Tools a window opens with 2 executables and 2 archives that can only be burned...

viniciusah (2006-01-19)

Forgot to say that it happens when I mount the install disk...
I can mount the other CDs, but I can't proceed with installation

viniciusah (2006-01-19)

Finally i got it

viniciusah (2006-01-19)

Now that I know how to install it, what about closing it? I couldn't find any option to quit, I had to go to Program Manager and close it from there...

sensaisaku (2006-01-22)

How do i load the 1 disk?

adam2242 (2006-01-30)

ok finally a make it work
but there is another problem.when i play there is black square how can i make it to play normal??

sw4t_DK (2006-02-02)

I can't get it to work i don't understand what they mean whit driveletter? plz help me!!!

soultear (2006-02-04)

ok so my game is instaled cd 1,2 ,3 mounted
but now i have a problem with editing the data drive , i don't know what to do what to write , do i have to modify the path of the data drive? (first it was f: now i have to write d:gamesFF8???)
pls help me ... thanks

lucifers_angel (2006-02-10)

SEEDERS PLZ!!!!!!

Fedi (2006-02-14)

Cmon seed plaese...

Vindictive5 (2006-02-14)

I keep getting this:
'Error: rejected by tracker - this tracker is for torrents on TPB only'.
Does anyone know how to fix this pls?

XHIxIMxJOEX (2006-03-04)

OK i need help.....i downloaded another torrent and i totally screwed it up.....i need help on how to install this? my email is Joe2574@hotmail.com

kanin_eller (2006-03-07)

I did install and i undrar cd 1 but when i mount cd 1 and i press new game it says Insert disc 1 how do i mount its an .ccd .img and .que

orgorgorg (2006-03-19)

The game quits when i'm half on cd1. I get a windows error message ffVIII.exe blaat. Is there a fix for this problem. I have win XP.

orgorgorg (2006-03-20)

In Timber CD1 where you can buy a drink for the drunk men (or show him a card). When i enter the door the game quits...

Jiinx (2006-03-29)

Someone that feels for seeding? Plz! :)

PandaForce (2006-05-23)

I Mount Cd 1 to Deamon but cant play. it comes insert disc 1 ...help me att shobub_@hotmail.com..plz

ion_2004 (2006-06-26)

Damn people, this game isnt supported by my video card i dont geuss...all my drivers are updated to the top and still no luck with better quality. The movies are fine, but when it switches from the movie to me playing, i get nasty squarish graphics that only a gamer from 91 would love...and besides, not reading any reviews or anything lead me to download this game only to realize i spent 2 days downloading FF8 when FF12 (and higher) is already out...i would wait for the torrents on them to come out.

ion_2004 (2006-06-26)

oh and for all you people haveing problems with the install cd, i had to mount it useing Dameon, copy the .IMG and .CCU out of what comes up, mount them again, and for those that want a cd backup, you have to use another program to copy the mounted cd. Alot of steps, but that is all i could find to make it work. AND for all you alcohol 120% fans: sorry guys, this has to be done the way i just said because the .IMG you get from mounting the disk the first time will not work for some reason on 120%. GOOK LUCK

Ryssen88 (2006-06-30)

SEED plz =(

Klison (2006-07-05)

I had the same problem with the graphics as most of you. Black squares a little everywhere, but that was easily fixed by changing to Software Render with the FF8Config.exe file.

bumsenryan (2006-07-07)

anyone that can tell me how i regedit

xanxion (2006-07-13)

I LOVE YOU!! ;-)

Puhvi (2006-07-14)

Installing instructions: http://membres.lycos.fr/demigosh/

lektronk (2006-07-20)

when i use daemon to mount the files a folder opens with these files..
ff8_install.cue
ff8_install.img
ff8b
ff8cr
please help. I am kinda lost with this

lektronk (2006-07-20)

nvm i got it!!! u have to mount it two times...or atleast i did so in all im using 3 virtual drives.. in one i mount the .img...then i mount the .img that appears again and here comes the INSTALL.... then just mount disc 1 and regedit the datedrive to the drive you put disc 1 in and play ff8!!!!

Lothlihr (2006-07-25)

God damnit i just spent a lifetime to download this game and now i can't mount disc1 not even after i changed the datadrive. I keep getting a message from daemon tools when i try to mount disc1 "Unable to mount image. Cue Sheet: Unable to access image file."
Can somebody tell me what i should do....? Please
lothlihr@hotmail.com

Farendon (2006-07-26)

Does anybody know how i can quit the game?

fmp (2006-07-27)

Please seed...

DvDriver (2006-07-28)

SEEDA!

Starm1st (2006-07-28)

SEED! comon...

Starm1st (2006-08-06)

Farendon... just hit the alt+F4 always works ;)

Hellflare (2006-08-06)

Does anybody know how to exit to the main menu while in the game? I hate having to restart the entire game after every time I lose a card game.

lojolle (2006-08-07)

I cant play it!
The intro is playing over and over!
Did someone solve this problem?
Plleeeasse help me!
Email me:uncle_dodda@hotmail.com

lojolle (2006-08-08)

Peh..finally got the game running
is the game suppose to have stripes all over it? Its gettting kinda annoying or is it the way the game suppose to look like? If not, how do i solve it?

irishman1500 (2006-08-08)

Hey guys I see some of you are having problems with the intro replaying again, but that a few of you solved it. I am having the same problem and would appreciate any help. I have edited my registry and all that but am not sure what to do.

drakomonk (2006-08-15)

so what do i do after i downloaded what do i do with the 5 disc+goodies file mine has a bit torrent symbol on it how do i unrar it ?????????
e-mail me at drakomonk04@aol.com PLEASE!!!

gatubarn (2006-09-03)

pleze!! i need some real help here!! i got it installed ok and the game works !! but when i mount cd1 another folder comes up with the files disck 1.pak ,disk 1, field.f1, field.fl and field.fs!! i hve tryed to munt evry file but without succes !!! someone pleze help i am lost !!!!

jooa (2006-09-06)

Seed please i realy wanna play this game.

seppuku22 (2006-09-11)

Final Fantasy XI is an MMO with a montly fee. Final Fantasy VIII (and every other number under 11) is not.

unleashablefury (2006-09-13)

OMG, I spent 2 weeks downloading this. I figured out how to install fairly due to the comments made from before. So thank you!
But now that I try to play the game the intro doesnt even get played through all the way. Actually, all I see is a blue screen with the white letters EID. I have a fairly good video card (radeon 9800 256mb).
Any1 know what's going on and how to fix it? are the files corrupted?

SimonForsman (2006-09-14)

For people who get wierd graphical artifacts (stripes or black blocky edges arond stuff),
the reason for this is that the game uses 8bit paletted textures, nvidia has removed that feature from their graphics cards since "nobody used it anyway",
currently the only solutions are:
1. Get an older graphicscard (GeForce4 or older) + old drivers.
2. Use the software renderer (run the config thingy that comes with the game),
3. pray that square or your nice neigbourhood hacker releases a patch that fixes the problem. (it was done for FFVII , but that was a far more popular game)

JPjpjp123 (2006-09-20)

HI guys, when i mount cd 1 with daemon tools, it still dont want to play the game. I mean there is always the window in FF8 with ( please insert the cd 1 ) what can i do??
J_P13579@hotmail.com help plz

JPjpjp123 (2006-09-20)

NVM i did not have seen the link , thanks

saiias (2006-09-21)

can anyone help mi coz i get stuck after the intro movie with a white scrren b4 returning to windows.. i use xp n patch n mount everything perfectly le.. thx..

snajp3r (2006-09-22)

Mount the install disc and then move the disc content somewhere else.
Dismount install disc and mount what was on the install disc.
Should work!

han andre (2006-09-22)

The mounting makes my computer crash.
After mounting inst. disc into deamon tools 4.03, another window pops up. there is another set of images to mount before the inst disc is mounted. Every time when I try to mount this, my explorer (os) shuts down. I have to restart my computer twice, in order to start it from previus settings, or else it just wont start up again.
If anybody else have had the same experience, please tll me how to solve it.
Thanks..

han andre (2006-09-22)

Did what snajp3r wrote :)

virus87 (2006-09-25)

kan nån skriva på svenska hur man gör.?för jag förstår inte.jag har fått spelet installerat men de kan tydligen inte läsa av första skivan

tappsomebong (2006-09-28)

i'v done the hole installations and it did go well, but i can't figuer out how to "insert the first disc" little problem there, could anyone help me out, would be great...
P.S thanks for the game

3d recon (2006-10-07)

the graphics r bullshit.. i bought this proper on ebay ... shudnt have bothered ...anyone kno how to make the resolution or anything fkn better

Viper01 (2006-10-11)

This game rocks! Thanks Cissa2005, I lost my disks so long ago but now I've got the game again! Huge shout out!
And for those commenting on the graphics... This was cutting edge shit for 99, you've just been spoiled by newer games. FF8 FTW!

virus87 (2006-10-12)

har fått spelet installerat den säger bara "install first disc"..snälla förklara?min mejl är skatevoss@hotmail.com

sepiwirl (2006-10-16)

Big thanks to owikh84, now it works pefectly :)

Ryssen88 (2006-10-16)

hmmm i tried to mount disc 1 in daemon , then i tried powerISO ...it still say "insert disc 1" :S

xcombatwolfx (2006-10-19)

I need help can someone message me about mounting the disks and having them work properly?

ran008 (2006-10-22)

haha stupid little noobs

ran008 (2006-10-22)

mount it using daemon tools
(then the files inside the cd shows up)
(then close)
go to my computer,click on the virtual cd and install (this will also install eax unified automatically...)
(in daemon tools you can create up to 4 devices or virtual cd drives. if you do not know how to unmount the cd image[cue file] you can mount it on another drive)
then extract the patch in you FFVIII folder
(it has a guide for extracting[and if you do not know how to extract.. its up to you to find out how] depending if you are a GeForce user or not)
then click on start>run>(type) regedit on run
then look on

hkey_local_machine\software\Squaresoft\FINAL

FANTASY VIII\1.00
there will be a string value named DataDrive there.
right click on it and change (for example- c: to the drive to which you mounted on your disc 1)
sample:
DataDrive c:
and you mounted Disc 1 to drive E:
change to:
DataDrive e:
click ok
close
and enjoy your success!
it wasnt so hard isnt it?

Cold71 (2006-10-30)

I mount the game, install it, then when i run the game it starts and just repeats the intro movie over and over again, I can get this to happen if i have one of the discs mounted or not. Can anyone help?

Zidane-10 (2006-11-01)

I know it's a lot of people downloading and it's going slower but try to seed anyway i think people really want this game.
Tnx

dimitriii (2006-11-02)

mmm i got this problem, not seen it before.
when i mounted it and i press the install option on the menu, nothing happens. I'm afraid the will not work with Windows XP. Any solutions?
thnx in advance

Zidane-10 (2006-11-03)

OMG SEED IM ONLY AT 20-50 KiB/s

RPGraider (2006-11-04)

downloaded it, mounted it, installed it, but how the hell do u start to play it... it says "can`t find EAX.DLL file" HELP!! i want to play this exellent game!!!!!!!

s3bbeful (2006-11-04)

Will i be able to play this Online?

thelivingdead (2006-11-10)

seed plz

thelivingdead (2006-11-10)

seed plz come on

Ninotramp (2006-11-14)

I need help with the install.
I've extracted FF8 All 5 CD + Goodies
Then I've extrakted FF8 Disc 1, Disc 2, Disc 3, Disc 4.
Then I mount the Image file; Cue. then it appears a map with with 5 files: DISC1, DISK1, FIELD, Field.FI, Field.FL. I've tried to mount them but nothing happens! Plz tell me how to install the game! The installation doesn't appear. :-(

Mahaloth (2006-11-15)

I have been playing this game on my PC, but I have no sound effects. I have the music, but no sound for battle effects and so forth.
The sounds play fine when I test it in FF8 config.
Anyone know how to fix this? I have a normal, modern sound card.

Korath (2006-11-16)

ok i installed it but ven i mount the cd1 aand run the game it just says "insert disc one" and wen i try it says vrong disc, help please P.S cut thr computer talk tell me the dummy version
HELP PLEASE!!!!

Ninotramp (2006-11-17)

Hum, when I extract FF8 All 5 CD + Goodies.rar it says: FF8InstallCD.rar is broken.
Have that happend to anyone of you?

bear! (2006-11-17)

is there any possibility that anyone can upload FF IX for pc? i really want to play it, but im to cheap to buy it:P
besides, i dont understand any of the psx emulator, or whatever it's called :S

Risingblade (2006-11-21)

is that Seeders/Leecheres right O_O because im only conneting to 8 leechers X_X

Risingblade (2006-11-24)

all you have to do to get this working is just burn them

pm5k800 (2006-12-16)

Can someone explain how to burn all these discs to cd. I can't get dameon or the image method to work and don't really want to anyway to be honest. Has anyone managed to burn them to cd and how? Please help
powerman5k800@gmail.com

hardcrash (2006-12-26)

This is a holyshit coz they are too many graphik bugs (and i have nvidia 6200)
I think u waste ur time with this shit
i wasted mine :/

Stefanovich (2006-12-31)

I cant install this thing, when i click install on the autorun window when i have mounted the install img. it goes to 99% then stops and doesnt continue, help please

pbransford (2007-01-19)

Don't bother if you have an NVidia card - the game is known to have graphics problems. Good o'le DirectX 7.
A better bet would be to rent/borrow/find/etc the PSX version, rip that with something like alcohol (or good o'le 'dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/out.iso conv=noerror' for us linux folks) and run it in an emulator - it looks better than the PC version anyways.

wiplash84 (2007-01-25)

what spek dous this need to run ie prosesor graf card ram

Shobub (2007-02-03)

Pleas Seed!!!

Tequila Mockingbird (2007-02-08)

Excellent Torrent, much thanks Cissa2005, works perfectly, thank you

Pakito112 (2007-02-15)

Seed

dae su (2007-02-26)

Ok folks, theres a lot of points made throughout these comments. Different issues and problems some solved some not. However I find it really frustrating when someone posts a message with a query on a problem and then follows it up with a "nevermind i fixed it" and no description on how they fixed it. Could someone please explain to me how I can get past the starting credits movie it keep going round and round in circles. Some people have had this problem and solved but not posted how.
Rant over thank you :D

Hakoda (2007-02-27)

SEED PLS! I really want this game

vevlaa (2007-03-01)

Seed PLEASE :)

Hakoda (2007-03-06)

Seeds pls.. im at 99.9%

Hakoda (2007-03-06)

Seeds pls.. I'm at 99.9%

Hakoda (2007-03-07)

Wtf? I have mounted 1cd, but it still asks it..? What shoul I do

dee77uk (2007-04-02)

Yo i got it this game is verygood and i no how to get it working and that includes the geeforce cards

dee77uk (2007-04-02)

STEP !.
extract the main file then extract each disc
STEP2.
mount the install disc and also mount the image on the install disc (so u will need 2 virtual drives!!)
STEP3
install the game
STEP4
change the reg as owikh84 said
You just need to open your registry (press Start > Run > type "regedit" and change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Square Soft final fantasy/1.00 "DataDrive" into the driveletter you're using with your mounted disc.
The key in your registry is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Square Soft
STEP 5
then mount ff8 dics 1 on to the drive u defined in step4
STEP6
run the game and play. change discs as required
EXTRA
if u have graphic or control problems then run the ff8config in the start menu and change to software renderer and set controls
u can also down load two patches for this game just google it!!
one other thing is i cant change the music volume.. and cant quit the game so i just ctrl/alt/del and end task, this is also a good way to change the disc image but hey now i'm telling ya how to suck eggs
i hope this helped have fun

Masterpimp (2007-04-07)

I cant urar the main file...
Winrar gives me this message...
"The archive is either in unknown fomat or damaged"

dee77uk (2007-04-07)

ok well thats a problem i never had, maybe its not completed downloading????

Masterpimp (2007-04-09)

Downloaded it again.. now it worked.. well.. the rarfile worked.. havend tried the game yet, hope i dont have any moe problems

marb18 (2007-04-27)

I am having a problem in so much as every time i try to extract disc 3 and the istall disc wnrar keeps saying there are no files to extract
any solutions will be gratley apreciated
email me at smarbrow@hotmail.com

dee77uk (2007-05-16)

if u cant extract one or any of the files/disc's then u either have not downloaded correctly or your winrar is out of date(but winrar is not usealy to blam)

domientius (2007-05-25)

bear!: FFIX PC was canned before release, sadly.

Bosse_traekuk (2007-06-18)

Seeda nu för helvete

blueballz (2007-07-12)

Um ok i know im just gonna be another litlle bitch about everything but ive tried all suggestions and comments i got the game installed my cpu simply won't recongize the drive that The first cd is placed in.
PS: The disc one image file is named min plate when you set it to ceartain drive i have no idea what im doing but shouldnt image file be called FF8 CD1? well please comment or email me at sony1125#hotmail.com if you have any suggestions thank you.

Benny_V (2007-07-14)

Brilliant torrent thanks very much Cissa :)
works perfectly.

dennis14 (2007-08-05)

seed!

lahna1 (2007-08-06)

CMON CONTINUE YOUR SEEDING SHOW ME WATCHA GOT YOU KNOW YOU GOT FAST INTERNET SHOW ME HOW FAST YOU ROCK IF YOU DO IT I LOVE YA IF YA DO IT YOU ARE THE RULER OF THE WORLD IF YA DO IT YOU R-O-C-K!!!!!!!!!!!!

lahna1 (2007-08-06)

Cissa2005 you are on my TrUsT liST

mahaya (2007-08-06)

For those of you who don´t get pass the intro, i was really angry of this but then i noticed that it worked when i pushed down the x key, maybe not the first key you´ll push down hehe...So if you want to change the key just do it in the FF8config under input, Hope it helped someone

ForgiveMe (2007-08-17)

Hello peeps.
For some reason my comp just doesnt start running installation ;< I even burned install disc and tryied everything but it just doesnt start running it neither from setup or startup.exe ;< I'm kinda out of solutions now so i'm asking if any1 had this problem or any1 knows is there anyway to fix this?! Thank you already ;)

TrueToTheBlue (2007-09-03)

Ok this is starting to annoy me how come most times when I use winRAR to extract it says my install.img is corrupted but other times it works and also i dont know how to burn it or mount it
PLEASE HELP

JLLI (2007-09-04)

here are my instructions (though i can't garentee they'll work as after i finished i wasn't able to go back and check)
Required programs:
1.Virtual daemon manager
2.winraw
Warning notes:
1. Please ignore any windows ?popups? (no not the freaking Internet popups) the WINDOWS popups that say stuff like min plate and stuff like that.
2. Follow all my instructions if you want to complete this installation under 2 hours
Lets start (although if you are reading this you should already have the hardest steps completed)
1. You see a funny file called FF8 1 FF8 Disk 1 and a bunch of other strange icons
2. open the FF8 starting file with winraw
3. extract all files to a destination of your choosing (any drive)
4. install daemon manager if you haven?t already
5. right click on the daemon manager symbol (circle inscribed in square with a red lightning bolt through it)
6. left click virtual CD/DVD select the drive D: and MOUNT the IMG file FF8 install CD
7. next mount the IMG file FF8 Install (the order doesn?t? really matter but where you put this file is where you will have to mount all the other CD?s) (MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOUNT THEM TOGETHER DO NOT TRY TO MOUNT TO SAME DRIVE)
8. Install the game (CHECKPOINT! After you install start it up and try to start a new game if it doesn?t start up the you probably should hit yourself on the head REALLY hard for not following my instructions)
9. click on start
10. click on run
11. type in regedit
12. click on the file HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
13. click on SOFTWARE
14. click on Square Soft Inc
15. click on FINAL FANTASY VIII
16. click on 1.00
17. click on data path and enter the ?virtual? drive mine was H: that you mounted the FF8 Install
18. go back to daemon and unmount all the drives
19. extract all files of CD1 to any hard drive you want
20. mount the Final Fantasy 8 CD1 IMG file (there is only 1) onto the drive that you mounted FF8 Install
21. now start up final fantasy 8 and start a new game if it says : please insert disk 1 then you are an idiot for not following my simple instructions? just go back to step 8 and make sure you understood all my instructions
22. Now for the people who got past step 20 GOOD JOB! Pat yourself on the back for not wasting 5 hours trying to figure out how to do this.
23. Have fun with disk 1 and for disk 2 do the same thing (extract all the files of disk 2 mount the IMG file and have fun for the rest of the game)!

JLLI (2007-09-04)

if those instructions don't work email me JLLI360@yahoo.com and i'll try to help

XIonx92 (2007-09-05)

This old game so big?

KEOPI (2007-09-10)

Seed please ? :)

KEOPI (2007-09-10)

Really need seed . :(
I'll try to Final Fantasy IX PC Special Edition, there is an special edition .

drazen101 (2007-09-25)

i have installed everything correctly,and when i try to run it. the game starts up and goes to full screen but then stops responding. i am running on a vista laptop. do i need to adjust my graphics settings or is it possibly something else? thank you in advance

nosbig (2007-09-26)

I downloaded this game and daemon tools and i mounted the ff8installcd.cue and the cd1.cue files but nothing really happens theres no option to install or anything what should I do. This is my first time using daemon tools. I should also mention that the cue file's icon is the roxio icon, anytime i just click one a cue file it tries to open up in roxio but it doesn't. I have no idea what to do, any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

nosbig (2007-09-26)

K i got it to install but when i try to play a black screen comes up and that's it, I mounted the disc 1 img and tried the regedit stuff but a black screen always comes up like it's going to play but it doesn't.

nosbig (2007-09-26)

I'm have the same problem as drazen, it goes full screen (black) and then i have to hit ctrl alt delete cuz it's not responding. I also have a vista laptop. Btw the configuration and the chocobo thing will open but not the actual game.

drazen101 (2007-09-26)

ok i figured out how to get past the blank screen. search ff viii pc patch and download the patches from gamespot. i only downloaded the first one cause the second one wouldn't install for some reason. but what it is is an icon that starts the game. it loads all the way to where you select new game, but now it says that i don't have the correct disc inserted. i have disc one mounted on a virtual drive with alc. 120 so i don't know what else to do? i will tinker with it though

nosbig (2007-09-26)

I did the same thing but I mounted with daemon tools, did the regedit thing and then used the application from the patch and it worked good for a while, i could actually play the game even tho there was black square things all over, but after a little while (before the seed test not ifrit) the game would just start shutting down so i couldn't do anything. I unistalled it cuz I'm just fed up with it maybe i'll try again in a week or something, it's very frustrating, as soon as i think i have it working something else goes wrong.

xShadyImagex (2007-10-08)

Guys.. Can someone please explain the directions more CLEARLY?? someone who speaks english as a first language maybe? Im using Windows Vista Ultimate if that has anything to do with it. I have Daemon Tools installed. I know how to use Daemon Tools. I extracted everything. Now I mounted the install disk .img file. Okay.. I double click on the application titled "FF8B". A black screen flashes for about a second and goes away... thats it.. someone said mount the .img twice?? Meaning???? create another drive and mount it on their?? i've tried to mount the .img file inside the .img file i'm already in, if that makes sense to you. im not a noob when it comes to installing games, but this one is just mind-boggling.. Please help me someone. Thank you.

FONOHM (2007-10-11)

0 - 50 b/s, what's happening?

Kon-Foozed (2007-10-25)

I'm Seeding and it all works (if not a little confusing to get to work :P) but when I play I have no sound effects at all, music is fine, FMV's fine game fine but no sound effects, in the music folder theres lots of little files but in the sound effects folder there is only a single .dat file, I'm thinking this may be the problem, except this is a standard install and so it shouldn't be wrong.
Any help would be appreciated

aria2021 (2007-11-20)

STEP 1
Download the torrent
STEP2.
if you don't have "Azureus" go here and follow the instructions:
http://thepiratebay.se/help
Step 3: After you get the real file downloaded from the torrent client (should take about 2-3 days at most). Unzip the files using winrar.
If you don't have winrar get it here and install it.

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Compression_and_Zip_File_Utilities/WinRAR_Download.html

Awesome program i must say.
Step 4: extract all files from the "Final Fantasy VIII PC Version 5 Disc + Goodies" file. if you don't know where you downloaded it. it should probably be in,
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner( or the user name if you have a multiplee logins, or named this account different)\My Documents\Azureus Downloads\FF8
that's a nearly perfect copy to use and paste right there above. Just edit it for use.
Step 5: extract all disk and just get this process over with, then check sure their aren't anymore files that need to be downloaded. if so they should have a book like icon over them.
Step 6: okay now if you don't have daemon tools they've provided it for you. Just install it.
once it's installed right click the lightning bolt icon in the small tray in the lower right hand of your screen. go up to "virtual cd/ dvd/ rom" and the pop-up menu should reveal itself. if not hold it there for a second.
Step 7: mount the "Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img" the min plate should pop-up.
Step 8: copy this "ff8_install.img"
create a new folder in the directory where all the disk files were unzipped. (does not need to be named)
paste the file "ff8_install.img" in this folder
Step 9: once this is done mount the file onto daemon tools
right click the icon in the lower right hand coroner, go up to virtual cd/ dvd- rom and mount the "ff8_install.img"
Step 10: The file should load and bring up the install program, if not you fucked up somewhere.
If your good then install the game. they've really easy instructions, if you screw this up your a dumbass.
change the reg as owikh84 said
You just need to open your registry
(press Start > Run > type "regedit"
and change the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Square Soft final fantasy/1.00 "DataDrive" into the driveletter you're using with your mounted disc.
if your using one mounted item it's usually f. you should make this
drive h:
The key in your registry is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Square Soft
Step 11: This is the easy part. after you have installed the disk click exit from the pop-up install window if your done.
the right click the red lightning daemon tools program icon in the lower right of your screen. mount the "Final Fantasy 8 CD 1.img", if this doesn't appear in the menu for files, go click the file type bar and allow it to view all files. this should reveal it's location if your in the right folder.
remember disk 1 (extracted files folder)
okay now go to the "set device parameters" button and open. this is located on the sub bar where you mounted disk one.
(small daemon icon, right clikc, virtual cd/ dvd-rom, mounted item/ empty drive where a file should be XO , sub-menu "set device parameters" below the mount image/ eject tray/ umount image titles
change the drive letter to h
Step 12: Go to my computer
in the address bar paste:
"C:\Program Files\Eidos Interactive\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII"
without the quotation marks....?idiots?.....not yall by the way my friends.
Step 13: play the game. if it says load disk 1 or wrong disk, you mounted the wrong disk that your trying to play.
so yeah go back to step 11 and see where you went wrong.
also when you load games such as if you play to disk 2 or 3, or 4. don't mount disk one. mount the disk you're on.
also if you're looking for cheats there are a few ont the internet. although most are for the ps2 theres a small # of themthat work for the pc version we have here.
if you burned the cd then i'm no

aria2021 (2007-11-20)

if you need any help with playing the program, not burning it or loading from burned cds then e-mail me at:
atreyu_rob2021@hotmail.com

aria2021 (2007-11-20)

note all you need to mes with with the files you unzipped were the image files. he .sub and .cue or the others. and not the min plate ones except for the one install.img file you got from it earlier k.
also note that the icon that starts the game in the "C:\Program Files\Eidos Interactive\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII" folder is squall and rinoa intertwined. it's called
FF8
not ff8 config or the other stuff.
also edit your save games at your own risk

aria2021 (2007-11-20)

*re-pasted for page 7*
STEP 1
Download the torrent
STEP2.
if you don't have "Azureus" go here and follow the instructions:
http://thepiratebay.se/help
Step 3: After you get the real file downloaded from the torrent client (should take about 2-3 days at most). Unzip the files using winrar.
If you don't have winrar get it here and install it.

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Compression_and_Zip_File_Utilities/WinRAR_Download.html

psyconutheadkiller (2007-12-01)

Yamaha Software Synthesizer
ok now do i have to have this? and if i do were can i get it?
cos everytime i start the game, credits come up and then it comes up with a screen sayin final fantasy... and a pick of a man and a gal BUT then the credits start all over again!

ncsamurai (2007-12-19)

I mounted the install img, but now when the installer pops up, clicking install does nothing, clicking install directx 6.1 does nothing either but the readme works fine!! wtf?!?

LesApares (2007-12-22)

I get a black screen when i start the game, no sound. i have followed the instructions of aria2021
and everything should be working but its not.
The game dosn't answer and freezes.

merrick84 (2007-12-31)

For all those who have installed this right my advise is before you even try to load the game after switching the .img files is to go into the ff8_config file and changes the input settings to something you will remember, makes it easier then trying to figure out what key does what. and thank you aria2021 your tutorial on how to install and run this worked perfectly for me.

MisterYoji (2008-01-04)

ok i got everything to work, thank you very much JLLI
but i have 1 problem...how do i get a controller i have to work for this game? when first starting up the game i get the setup thing, i plug in the controller, but only gives me the option to chNGE the keyboard keys...help plz?

dapstar (2008-01-04)

seed!!! download speed is soooo slow

lplacid (2008-01-04)

Can someone post how to use Griever? or does it actually works? i tried doing in on several points in the game without having any results, please someone post how to use!

tarylsa (2008-01-07)

I burned this with poweriso and it works great so i dont have to keep it all on my HD

Tacos4uce (2008-01-07)

No matter which disc I mount, they all say min plate.

HoboGamer (2008-01-14)

Theres only FF8, they havent made any other pc versions.

Kurikuri (2008-01-16)

Ok, all you guys on Vista who get the blank screen when loading the game.
This may be totally absurd and unbelievable, but put the ff8.exe file into a zip folder, and load up the game from there. Works 100%. I can't freaking believe it.
It might work with other problems too, worth trying, since it's so easy.

masshwh (2008-01-21)

For anyone having trouble mounting the images on DAEMON in order to install the game here's a little sub-tutorial:
1) Right-click Daemon icon (red lightning bolt) in your desktop toolbar
2) Choose "Virtual CD/DVD-ROM" from menu
3) Choose "Unmount all drives" from menu
4) Repeat steps 1 & 2. Now choose a virtual drive from menu. In my case it was "Device 0: [G:] no media"
5) Choose "mount image" from menu
6) A window titled "Select new image file" appears. Browse to the folder where you extracted the "Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img" Choose the file and click "Open"
****If you can't see the "Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img" then you need to go the the bottom drop menu titled "Files of type" and set it to "All files". You should see it now*****
7) Once you open "Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img" a new window will appear with 4 files in it. Copy the one called "FF8_Install.img" to some place you can get to/remember easily. A sensible place would be the folder where the "Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img" is, but you could even use the desktop I suppose.
8) Now repeat steps 1 to 5 if you have only one virtual drive enabled or else you can just mount on a different virtual drive.
9) In the "Select new image file" window choose the "FF8_Install.img" file that you just copied and click "Open"
The install screen now appears and your are one step closer to gunblade packing chocobo drifting goodness!
';..;'

looking54 (2008-01-23)

ff8 was much better in story and graphics then ff7 , the moon cry cut scene really blew me away

masterkimmen (2008-01-27)

Can someone plz upload a working full version of Warhammer 40.000: Dawn Of War: Soulstorm that also can be played lan?

devildog2676 (2008-01-27)

yeah i did everything he told me to do, im better just going to ebay and buying the game..waste of time and energy if you ask me

MLNick (2008-01-28)

QUOTE -Ok, all you guys on Vista who get the blank screen when loading the game.
This may be totally absurd and unbelievable, but put the ff8.exe file into a zip folder, and load up the game from there. Works 100%. I can't freaking believe it.
It might work with other problems too, worth trying, since it's so easy.
-/QUOTE
You could also move the file to another folder (I just moved mine up a folder) and run it from there. This way you can make a shortcut to it.
I am too lazy to figure out why this works lol

slickshoes34 (2008-01-30)

so i was installing daemon tools on my computer the one that was provided and my fucking computer crashes. ain't that some shit. probably my own fault though who knows

heymega (2008-01-31)

id appreciate some help on this..
Ive installed it correctly no problems. im using vista and had to move the exe file but it still loads correctly. I have also changed everything in regedit correctly however it keeps saying insert disc one any ideas??

Eldarion73 (2008-02-01)

where can I locate the 'registry' and change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Square Soft final fantasy/1.00 "DataDrive" into the driveletter ?

Eldarion73 (2008-02-01)

where can I locate registry editor? plz tell me

Replicax86 (2008-02-03)

Go to Start > Run > Type in "Regedit" without the quotes :-)

SeJohansson (2008-02-03)

seed plz

jusbar (2008-02-13)

yep... this was
waste of my f###ing time

ghaban (2008-02-15)

Barely any seeders online to be honest -_- maybe 1 per day or so :/ lots of leechers though...

loscigarrillos (2008-02-16)

any idea why the 8-bit Paletted Textures fails?

sarnox (2008-02-17)

Under the ff8config video tab, I also get the 8bit texture as failed.
My nvidia geforce is top notch and all drivers updated etc etc.
Using vista here, is my shiz too new for the game? :D
Some help here

sarnox (2008-02-17)

ok for all smart ppl out there:
the game works well with vista, I took the patience to read all the comments here and figure out why so many couldn't get it to work.
Here are the solutions to the main two problems I had:
Unlike most rar-ed iso/img or w/e this one contains 4CDs + an img called the "install CD" you need to mount this. After doing so open the cd and copy/transfer the install.img to your HD and mount that one.
What I'm saying is that the install.img contains another install.img which is the one you need to transfer and mount.
If the game doesn't load with vista, e.g. black screen or texture problems, just open the installation directory and move the FF8.exe file to your desktop.
The thing is the game seems to crash/freeze if the ff8.exe is inside the ff8 directory with the rest of the files. So just move it out of there and shortcut it to whereever you put it or better just keep it on the desktop.
It's a whole pain in the arse to unrar the package, then unrar the single Cd-bundles and finally extract the install.img from the install CD, but I can assure you the game works 100% with vista, it's just a bit messed up.
GL HF to all
-NoX

WillPG1212 (2008-02-18)

Hey fellas. iv downloaded this and it works great.
i was really lost with all these files for each CD, but i have a much simpler solution for the Newbies like me.
extract the first file.
extract all the Cds in separate files
and then, simply open the .img file with a program called ImgBurn, its really fast and it works great (and i dont have any black squares on my screen when i play)
PS. u have to burn them onto discs, its not a solution for people who want to play without burning. but hey, it worked for me, so try it.
thanks for uploading this, i love this game,
and u can count on me to seed it :D:D
enjoy

wesmic (2008-02-18)

This game works perfectly until i enter the training area in Balamb garden, at which point the game crashes.
A real pity but I'm not surprised, I seldom get these downloaded games to work flawlessly.
Is there any possibility to fix this bug or should I just forget about it?

wesmic (2008-02-18)

Actually, it doesn't crash every time i enter the training area. It happens alot though, and also upon exiting.
I can only guess this is going to happen in different areas aswell. Has anyone else experienced these problems?

wesmic (2008-02-20)

Now it crashes every time Seifer enters the screen before the mission to Dollet, I give up. Messing with the graphic settings doesn't help at all.
Fucking bug-ridden PC bullshit. I'm buying the playstation game instead

bahamutnyne (2008-02-21)

some tips for ppl using XP i had the issues with the black boxes around stuff like the med bed when u first start and i wasnt gonna waist my time playing it if they were gonna stay there so i went messing around with a few things...1st i set the compatiability mode 2 windows 2000 and then i did the regedit trick, just read thru the comments and find it that 1 got me past the wrong disc error and then run ur FF8config thing and make sure u have it set 2 software render thast all i did after doing the other stuff listed and it works fine so far im still in the garden and i havent experienced any crashes yet GG

Crazyman5000 (2008-02-21)

Griever.exe???? how do i use this program????

rgfdsa (2008-02-21)

I get crashed in the end of CD1 when Rinoa is going to give the amulet to Edea, the video crashes everytime. I'm looking for a solution for this problem. Will announce here if found.

loscigarrillos (2008-02-23)

anyone who thinks a person should be shot, should be shot.
boil him in hot oil instead

seedseedseed (2008-02-28)

HEEEEEEELP!, ive looked at EVERY comment on this site but to no avail. The game has installed fine and i can get as far as the main menu but when i start it says Insert Disc One!, Ive did the REGEDIT stuff but it still doesn't work!
ps. DONT BE A LEECH...SEED!

Cloud_90 (2008-02-29)

how do I start the 1st cd? I just get in to the map when i mount the image file :( but the install worked perfect i just can´t start the 1st cd

805566 (2008-03-02)

I haven't downloaded this and I won't.
For anyone wanting to play FF8 on PC without fail, there is something called ePSXe and something else called ISOs. About 2 and a half gigs. Less download, less OMGWTFBBQ.
SOLVED.

rollenhardnow (2008-03-12)

Game works great so far!!!! thanx for the upload.(I made it to train mission)

dead_man93 (2008-03-16)

deta är inte Final Fantasy 5 deta är Final Fantasy 4!!!!!!!!

knas4life (2008-03-24)

dead_man93: lär dig läsa din pissråtta innan du kmr me dina äckliga kommentarer! ff8 btw

codak29 (2008-03-31)

Too many images with rars within images. There has to be a simpler way to do this.

cookiewithmilk (2008-04-04)

Hello ive manage to install the game and everything but when im choosing New Game it says "Please insert cd 1" no matter what i do it wont work help please?

raires (2008-04-06)

erm.... how to mount?

sarnox (2008-04-06)

@ those who had problems with vista and reading CD1
Try burning it to a real CD instead of mounting, fixed that problem for a friend of mine.
As for the game it worked flawlessly for me, took about 2 hours to set up and all and was a real pain at first but all problems were fixable!!
I've finished the game since and have seeded tons, wish you all luck, the wait and frustration was really worth my while for me!!
-NoX

lethaldrug (2008-04-13)

i had the sweetest download speed with this torrent. a whopping 277 kb/s speed. it was great but i am deffently having a tough time trying to install this shit.

OnHeavensWings (2008-04-14)

This is a pretty damn awful upload, there are so many problems with it I advise you to do as '805566' said and get a PS emulator

KarkkiZERG (2008-04-20)

heheh 300 kb/s

NorthboundPie (2008-04-24)

how do u unrar? sorry, i'm REALLY new at this....

dead_man93 (2008-04-26)

SEEED plz i wont to play !!!!!!!!!!!!!

dead_man93 (2008-04-26)

5.5kb/s LOL SEEED xD

Jibtazzle (2008-04-29)

I've innstalled the game and all, but when I start it, the game says please insert disc 1. Wich is allready in! I've tried to mount the image too, but NOTHING seems to get me past that fucking "Please insert disc 1"-screen!!! Can anybody help?

13ip0lar (2008-05-04)

BTW I wanted to thank "LiderCemal " Old post. His instructions helped me out even though i wasnt 100% as to what I was doing and now it works =D

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-12)

I got it downloaded... got it installed... finally I know how to get past the 'Disc One Insert' stuff.. but then the program shuts down for NO reason :S
can someone help me tell me why? I already mounted what I need to, I even burned the files of Disc 1 and I set the drivesomething in the register good... but still the program ends without saying why. this happens either with mounting or with the burned CD-rom....
so can someone tell me why does the program ends without saying why? (yeah...that it doesn't work anymore...) so does someone know WHY it doesn't work and thus to fix the problem???
thanks A lot already :)
hope to hear from someone soon!

Darkreemy (2008-05-13)

My game keeps crashing before Seifer meets up with Zell and Squall in the Lobby before the SeeD mission. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

snakebite019 (2008-05-16)

I have Vista Home Premium.
After reading all these comments i finally figured out how to get it working, and now its working, except for 1 problem.
It loads up fine, and other than the front menu (New game, Continue, Exit) the game is EXTREMELY laggy.
I have tried changing several different setting for about an hour now, and its always laggy.
Anyone know how to fix it?

DontgUp27 (2008-05-16)

For everyone who is having trouble installing this game, follow these simple steps.
1. Go to this website address. http://membres.lycos.fr/demigosh
2. Read everything on that site and follow directions. You should be able to get your game installed and working.
If you have problems understanding that guys steps then maybe I can clarify a bit more.
1.Download the file.
2.Install daemon tools program which is included. Unarchive the ff8 archive.
3.Ok now unarchive all the 6 archives.
4.Then extract all the files from the 6 archives to a folder of your choice. (This allows us to mount the image files with no problems.)
5.After all the files from the 6 archives are extracted, open up daemon tools.
6.In daemon set the number of devices to 3, so that you can have 3 virtual drives, which is under virtual cd/dvdrom section .
7.Then open device 0 and click mount image. Then go to the folder where you extracted all the files from the 6 archives. Look for the file "Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img" and select it. Ok now device 0, in daemon tools virtual cd/dvd section, should list that mounted image. After that a window should open up showing the contents of your virtual cd in the virtual drive.
8. Ok now go to daemon tools virtual cd/dvdrom section and select device 1 and select mount image. Make sure your in Min Plate device 0 virtual drive when the window comes up to mount an image. Then select "FF8_Install.img" file and open it. The FF8 installation window should come up.
9. ok now install ff8.
Ok if you made it this far your very close to being done.
10. Follow the instructions about the registry in the address above. This part tells the software to search for the cd in which virtual drive. The drive letter must be the one in which the the virtual drive in daemon tools is mounted to. So for instance your device 0 in daemon tools is letter D:, you would need to put that in the registry. You can change the virtual drive letter in daemon tool by selecting "device parameters" under whichever device you select.
11. If your having trouble with step 10 just read the guys step in the address again. I didn't have problems understanding his steps.
12. Ok now that is done just start ff8, after your set your ff8 config, and view the intro to the game.
13. When it asks you to enter disk one in the game, you must ctrl +alt del to get back to desktop. Close the task manager. Now is the time to umount all drives in the daemon tools. This erases images previously mounted, which were used to install the game. Then select device 0 and click mount. And go back to the file where you extracted all the files from the 6 archives and find the "Final Fantasy 8 CD 1.img" file and open it. Now that tells daemon to open that file under that virtual drive. So that device virtual drive letter should be the one in which you put in the registry step so that the software looks into that virtual drive to start the disk 1 game. Ok now get back into the game and the game should start.Whenever the game asks your to insert different disk look for the file similar above but with the different number for cd 1,2,3, and 4 and mount that image after umounted previous images.
I hope this has helped. Good luck, if you have trouble just repeat the steps, I'm sure it's more than enough to get it right.
If you have video problem maybe its your graphic card or video config...try different settings. Perhaps can also be that your computer doesn't meet the systems requirements.

snakebite019 (2008-05-16)

It is still really laggy, and there is no possible way my computer doesn't meet the requirements, haha.
I tried playing with the settings, performance settings, video settings, even the sound settings and i tried countless combinations of the settings. There has to be something i am missing

DontgUp27 (2008-05-16)

Hi Snake,
what is your...?
1.cpu speed
2.memory
3.graphic card
4.how many processes are running?ctrl +alt delete then check processes.Under performance how much memory is available?
5.what is your graphics card?
6.cd-rom speed
7.hard drive speed /defragmented? anaylze under system tools to see if needs defragmentation

elcachibombo (2008-05-17)

succesfully installed the game, created a virtual drive and changed the data drive's name on the registry for the game to get the data out of that image file, and the damn game won't work. when I try to open it, it won't even get started, a black screen appears and the game stops responding. does this have something to do with Vista?

snakebite019 (2008-05-17)

DontgUp,
I have an AMD Athlon x2 64 6000+ (2.8ghz) processor
2 gigs of RAM
ATI Radeon diamond x1550 gfx card
not very many proccesses running, under 40
cdrom speed is 16x and my hard drive speed wouldnt matter very much.
i have a gaming computer that i custom built, i am a computer tech.
i play quake 4 on this setup with the settings turned up high and i get 40fps.
it is NOT my computer
it must be some compatibility issue or some setting that i have turned on or something that i am missing

DontgUp27 (2008-05-17)

Hey sup,
Snake I think then it's probabaly related to vista. I read vista os give some problems to xp games. I am using windows xp sp3.
elcachibombo I see you have vista and it's probably related to vista. But after you start ff8 and go through the intro and asks you to enter the disk 1 in the game..., that is when you ctrl+alt dele then open daemon and mount the cd1 image to your virtual drive. If you did that then I'm guessing the problem is with vista os. Maybe microsoft did something so that virtual drives aren't read or something. Not sure but if you can try it on windows xp

DontgUp27 (2008-05-17)

oh yeah just read something...Try using the program compability option with vista maybe that might work, but im pretty sure you tried it already. And also i saw some comments on previous pages about people making it work successfully using vista, so maybe those can help.

diavolo_Rn (2008-05-17)

I have problem withi extraction files. i don't can to install its. Please, Contact me. My address is falcogina@tiscali.it

snakebite019 (2008-05-20)

Yes i tried running it with compatibility for XP, 2000, NT and 98. non of them worked, they all just crashed on the first black screen before the Eidos logo

x8t8c (2008-05-20)

ive played and beat em both...8 kicks 7s ass...hard

chris01599 (2008-05-21)

SOMEONE SEED PLZ ITS DOWNLOADING VERY SLOWLY

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-22)

snakebite, DontgUp,
you really seem to know computers... but I have a question that is still ain't answered....
I got it alle downloaded, installed and mounted. thn I play the game, got the eidos screen, the squaresoft screen...and then the 'intro' witht he names of producers etc, works fine. the new game - continue stuff is also working. but THEN... I say NEW GAME.... and the game crashes and end up at my desktop. 'program doesn't work anymore', sheez thanks for the notice windows...foudn out myself!!
I got Vista, AND XP.... and in XP he does the same thing :S download fomr 2 different torrent the install CD... and even CD 1, what is going on? how can (we/)I fix the problem???
thanks a lot if ou guys want to help.
cheers

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-22)

oh, and I even burned a CD with install and Disc 1.... (not on the same disc XD) so...
with both he crashes...
credits works fine... so help me?!?!?! please o:)

davidh122 (2008-05-22)

can anyone help me, i installed the game but when i press new game and mount Final Fantasy 8 CD 1.img but it says i have put the wrong disc in, i checked that the datadrive thing was right and it was but it still doesnt work, i cant see what i've done wrong??!?

snakebite019 (2008-05-22)

lenneheartbreaker,
That is an interesting case...
The error actually says "Program doesn't work anymore"? or does it say something that means that.
Also, did you mount the CD images to a virtual drive or did you burn them to discs?
If you did, then try restarting your computer, and go into the FF8Config.exe file in the FF8 directory. Change some of the video settings there, and see if it works. Also it you are using Vista, don't run it with compatibility mode or anything.

davidh122 (2008-05-22)

oh right i am running it on windows vista but i dont have a clue how to change whether compatibility mode is on or off lol i'm completely new to all this, and it definatly just says error, wrong disc :S

davidh122 (2008-05-22)

lol sorry i read that comment and missed the lenneheartbreaker,
bit fort it was for me haha

snakebite019 (2008-05-22)

davidh,
From what i understand, there are 2 ways to solve this problem.
The first on eis the way i did it, burn the .img files to CDs. There are a lot of programs that can do this.
The other way is to when it says insert disc 1, hold in alt and press tab on your keyboard, then mount the disc 1 to the correct drive, and then go back into FF8 from the taskbar and it should work.
This is a lot of hassle though, and i prefer just using real discs

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-22)

snakebite019
I use the deamontool program ánd I burned the discs as well... just to try 2 things... but I need to restart my computer?? mm.. I will try now :) lol if it would work. be back in a jiffy :D (or something like that)
ps. what do you mean with 'don't run it with compatibility mode or anything.' ??? you mean the thing you can choose when you start op your pc? I just run it in normal mode... :) if that is what it is... :D

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-22)

still aint working...
it says; the program doesn't work anymore.
and I got 2 options... search on the internet for a solution, or end the program.
this is when I restarted my computer (btw laptop) and I changed every thingy of Graphics... which aren't a lot to change. I got a smaller screen, but I couldn't go on with the game like I said before... :/ and I used the deamon tool now...
helppp???

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-22)

Version of application: 0.0.0.0
Timestamp of application: 387e98fe
Name of errormodule: FF8.exe
Version of errormodule: 0.0.0.0
Timestamp of errormodule: 387e98fe
Exceptionalcode: c0000005
Exceptionalfork: 0007541c
Version of controlsystem: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Landinstelling-id: 1043
additional information 1: ec44
additional information 2: e6653afb43c373eb2f404dafb5fad7e7
additional information 3: aae5
additional information 4: a2917fcbd6b56384219e5246f1b740e1
that is what it says :) hope you can do something with it.
btw. I have FFVII too and that works just fine :)...

snakebite019 (2008-05-22)

Ok lenneheartbreaker,
Right click on the icon for FF8 and go to Properties.
A new window should pop up. There is a tab at the top of that window that says "Compatibility". Click that tab. There should be a bunch of options there. Make sure they are all unchecked.
Also, go to your Program Files directory on your computer and go to the FF8 folder. Right Click and drag the FF8.exe file to your desktop. A little box should pop up. Click "Move here".

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-23)

well the propeties thingy was like it should be...
but.... because of moving the .exe it
WOORKED!!!
yeaah...euh urhm... now FFVII is freezing :( sigh... not ou of problems yet... damn..I was just into FFVII... (at cosmo canyon first time...) so i am going to figure out now how to get going with FFVII.... and meanwhile I play FFVIII :D
so everyone remember (didn't read it myself anywhere)... you got to MOVE not duplicate the ff8.exe file to your desktop. :D
thanks snakebite019, I really appriciate it :)

snakebite019 (2008-05-23)

No problem, thats what i am here for =)
Also, did you have any issues with it being laggy?
For some reason on my comp it is really laggy.
I need to try re-starting but i havent had the time.
If anyone has any lag issues and fixed it themselves, tell me how, because i seem to be missing something

snakebite019 (2008-05-23)

Sigh...I finally got it working and everything with no lag, and it crashes at the communications tower...figures.

Glenn_Quaqmire (2008-05-24)

Please, can you guys seed? I'll seed as much as i can as soon as i can.

lenneheartbreaker (2008-05-24)

@ snakebite
what is lagging :|
bad resolution or something?? yeah...but I take that for granted :)

chris01599 (2008-05-24)

please will someone seed i have no sources to download from

miikeeeee (2008-05-25)

seed please!

niggarh (2008-05-26)

.:: Seeed please

darkbehemoth0 (2008-05-26)

pushing almost 40kbps. Booyah! Seed-dag-nabbit!

FaustSnake (2008-05-27)

Could someone be as kind as to tell me what the goodies really are and what they do?
As well as how to properly use them?

wollmann (2008-05-29)

seed ffs it's go 2 slow 2kbs dem

brandonladd (2008-05-31)

im having too much trobule installing this shit can neone giv me a link to ff8 for psx? the only reason i dled for pc is to use the editor hack thing

spartanzombie10 (2008-05-31)

Ok, I downloaded and extracted everything fine. I have D-Tools but im not really sure how to use it. I eventually got it installed but it keeps saying insert disc 1...how do i do that? I also changed the thing in Regedit so i know thats not the problem.
My email is spartanzombie10@hotmail.com

Davian1980 (2008-06-06)

Anyone able to tell me how to exactly burn this stuff to cd? I'm a total beginner at this. Thanks.

power200 (2008-06-08)

Can i have help?
when i start the torrent i check th kbs its downloading, and it's 0.00k !!!!!
help please?
im using flashget

power200 (2008-06-08)

also, why is it like that when there are so many seeders?

power200 (2008-06-08)

now im trying bit torrent, its only 1. something kbs!!
WHY SO SLOW WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY SEEDERS?

malup8 (2008-06-08)

i've already mounted the disk 1, but still says insert disk 1. i also move the exe file on my desktop but still doesnt work.

132622 (2008-06-13)

ok i have looked thu all pages for help and there is alot of it but even tho 14 people have posted the same prob no one has said 1 word about it i got it alld one up untill the install window it opens but when i click install it shows a loading icon then stops no error or anything i did not see any help with this at all i even try runing it compatability mode did nothing so any help? use daemon tool sorry for bad english

132622 (2008-06-13)

forgot to say on vista and it rly pissing me off took 3 weeks to download now i cant do anything with it

tiago_18 (2008-06-13)

So this shit work in anyone??????

darkbehemoth0 (2008-06-15)

I've downloaded this before, you need a No-CD Cracked Icon, each time I mounted and try to play it asked for the First CD, after mounting it, it only asks again without changing. Maybe something was forgotten but simple mounting didnt work. Anyone have any ideas?

pyrose02 (2008-06-18)

ok, i've got everything burned and mounted but nothing is happening. I cant get the install window to pop up. any help?
(and if this is a noob question feel free to yell at me but please point me in the right direction when you do =p)

mainiacmike_10 (2008-06-18)

Ok I know everyone and their brother has had this problem, but I still can't get the game to get passed the insert disk 1 page. I've tried eveything I could find. Here's what I've done just in case I've missed something... game fully installed, changed the disk path in regedit, put the .exe on the desktop, tried mounting a disk 1 Img file (in the drive path I set in regedit) and even the files that opened from that (none were Img files though might be my problem, they were PAK, FI, FL, FS, and just File)... i think that was it, but anyway I am running vista (may be causing a problem daemon tools) I'm using daemon tools lite 4.12.3 any help would be greatly appreciated

pyrose02 (2008-06-19)

my money says its related to Vista, have you tried compatibility mode?

Thype (2008-06-20)

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/Shd0w/F.jpg

For whatever reason, I can't post it directly.

Trent5281 (2008-06-21)

This if for power200, me thinks you need to learn how to port forward. I never get how people have so many questions, I know we were all noobs once but everything I've ever found out was through the web.Its as simple as typing in your question/problem in the google search engine & filtering through all the shit.Forums are also a great source of information.

Trent5281 (2008-06-21)

By the way that fucking Xbox advertisment> is driving me mad!!! Fuck off I dont want you fucking shit stop buzzing at me! Maybe I should google that, how the fuck do i stop pirate bays shitty advertisments!lol The babes can stay(the fit ones anyway)

The_junker (2008-06-22)

i have a problem...the game works...but at certain points it'll randomly close...like the stupid "We are sorry for your inconvience but something is wrong with the program and must close" shit...
I've downloaded the patches for the game...and it doesn't help...
any help would be well appreciated

3334444 (2008-06-24)

Hello! Can anyone tell me how do I install the game after I extract it?
I only extracted FF8 install CD... I use Daemon tools but it's not working. I must be doing something wrong and i don't know what...
PLEASE help me!!! I've been lookin' for this game for so long and now i'm stuck....... :(

The_Fett_Man (2008-06-27)

Seriously you fucking noobs instead of whining about how to install....fucking google it and stop being pansy ass bitches....there are about 40,000,000 web pages on how to use a torrent......and great upload btw

pyrose02 (2008-06-30)

@ 3334444 check Thype's post

Grim_Reaper1202 (2008-07-04)

SEED PLEASE! i really want to play favorite and best game EVER!

marijumanji (2008-07-05)

Thought I would add my comments because this one was a bit tricky to get working. At first I ran into the same "Insert Disc 1" problem that people were having, I tried mounting disc 1 to no avail. Then I tried the other method of downloading the crack as Thype suggested. When you get the crack and read the nfo file you get quite an ominous warning that says the "Game is unrippable". The crack suggests you copy the information off the CDs into your directory, I tried this and it didn't work either.
Finally I went all the way back to page 1 and read about the "Regedit" way. I've never done that before but I tried it, WinXP says "an administrator has disabled Registry editing" which is odd because I've never done that and I'm the Administrator!
Anyway, a quick search on Google "Regedit Windows XP" or something like that, and in the first 3 links I found a program that would allow me to bypass the Windows XP bullshit. I followed the instructions on what to edit, basically I changed the "Data Drive" from "D:" to "H:" because H is the name of the Virtual Drive in MY Daemon Tools (might be different on your comp). I mounted disc 1 on Daemon Tools... Started up the game... and oh YES sweet blue waves and the opening cinematic.
Anyway it took a little farting around but I got it to work, so I'm glad. I also learned a little bit in the process. Noobs might want to avoid this one if they don't want to take a little extra time to carefully read what people have been saying to try and help them.
Also the game looked all fucked up (for me) until I changed it to "Software Renderer" in the Final Fantasy VIII Config file. And I'm using an Xbox 360 controller and lost the first boss battle because the analog stick is so glitchy, and it's impossible to change it to the D-pad. I've changed it to keyboard and will see how that goes.

tiago_18 (2008-07-05)

fuck this shit

Grim_Reaper1202 (2008-07-08)

c'mon guys seed i'm finnaly at 98% xD

frequent980 (2008-07-09)

http://membres.lycos.fr/demigosh/
Mount the install cd (Final Fantasy 8 Install CD) and a window will pop up with 4 files, then mount FF8_Install from that window. The main install window should pop up and install it.
After installing the game, press Start > Run > type "regedit" open this key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII\1.00 and change "datadrive" into the drive letter where you want to mount the images. For example, mine is F: using Daemon tools
Again, be sure that you set the data drive registry key to the drive letter that you mount the images on and be sure that disc one is mounted in that drive when you start the game or you'll get a message telling you insert disc 1.

RenanSPH (2008-07-09)

I tried to change the key in registry to j:, where the image is mounted, but still with the 'wrong disk' message. I tried to mount 'Final Fantasy 8 CD 1.img' in j:, dont worked. I tried to rename 'Final Fantasy 8 CD 1.img' in to 'DISK1', i press X in game, but still with the wrong disk message.
Im using windows vista, any know whats wrong?

Thype (2008-07-10)

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/Shd0w/F.jpg

Instructions! Reposted from last page. Please remember to check previous comments for possible solutions before ranting about how it doesn't work.

figggy (2008-07-10)

Thype:
I've followed the direction to the T. I'm unclear whether I used the right No CD file. I've installed no problem, but cant get my system to register DISK1. sucks

RenanSPH (2008-07-10)

Thanks, worked perfectly. Forget my early post, i just forgot to run the game as admin. If any1 is gettin the same trouble just run the game as admin.
Thanks.

Thype (2008-07-11)

figggy,
If you really followed my instructions and it has not worked then you should probably try the other main method (switching the drive check via regedit, check frequent's post). Either the no-cd or that usually works. Also, did you make sure you have only the files from disc 1 copied over?

rob-fred (2008-07-14)

This is MUCH more easier than it's explained here. If you managed to install the game, but not managed to mount the cd-files you have another much more easier way. C:\Program Files\Eidos Interactive\Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII
Go into that direction and simply doubleclick the FF8-file, and you are on gaming. Figuered it out after a lot of tries. Hope it helps for you ;p

rob-fred (2008-07-14)

well... I actually just came to the menu and selected NEW GAME. The I was told to pu in the right disc. But I'm sure this will go if u make ISO-files.

Teh_D3kHand (2008-07-16)

I was having problems with it crashing on vista but I found a very helpful site. Download the patch and move the file like it says and it will work:

http://boards.ign.com/final_fantasy/b5026/149736548/p1/

NuclearZombie (2008-07-17)

@marijumanji
I just burned them to a DVD with Alcohol.

LordOrwell (2008-07-19)

it was surprisingly easy to get working. But it had an unusual feature that made it harder to get around. For whatever reason i had to mount install disk. After mounting it i browsed it and it had a virtual image on the install disk! I had to mount that on a 2nd drive. The only disk with this issue was the install disk. The game plays fine and works great, but you have to navigate to the squaresoft, inc/ff8 registry key and change the data drive to the correct drive letter. Either that or burn the images.

LordOrwell (2008-07-19)

also wanted to say thanks for uploading. I actually own this game but my disk2 was damaged. I can now play past the bad part thanks to this.

pissedperson (2008-07-19)

OK, this is annoying. I can't seem to even download this file, even though there are 109 seeders!!!
Seriously, my download rate is 0kb/s
time remaining: infinate.

Syphico (2008-07-23)

Grim_Reaper1202: then buy the game ffs

Big-E (2008-07-24)

My game crashes when I am playing as Laguna. Anyone know a fix? I have tried looking in here, but there is no help.

SeedLeechPirate (2008-07-28)

thank you so much for uploadin! I just finished playing on cd1, it runs really smooth. It was a bit confusing to install but I figured it out, thanks again.

matamune_123 (2008-07-28)

it's a my favorite game.
:D

timebloodlust (2008-08-03)

hey, thanks for the upload. I have the game up and running fine with no crash's so far but it lags real bad >< anyone know how to fix it? or is it a navidia thing? : |

timebloodlust (2008-08-03)

wait i fixed it need to put compat to 98/me ^_^ yay

barebackjack (2008-08-04)

I have a problem and I hope someone can help. I mount the install image and a window pops up, but when I click install, nothing happens. I get an hour glass for about 10 seconds and thats it. Please help if you know that fix to this.

Wormicle (2008-08-09)

For all you Vista users experiencing problems, specifically with a black screen upon loading and nothing else, you need to make a new folder within your FF8 main folder and move the ff8.exe file into that. Call the new folder whatever you want, it doesn't matter. Yeah, why this works is a mystery to me, but that's how I fixed mine.

Wormicle (2008-08-09)

Well, I did something to fuck it up. Now FF8 asks for blinkw32.dll, and when I replaced it, the game won't load at all. I need to re-install it, but I deleted the install .img. I just got Ifrit, too, so I'm exceedingly pissed off. It took me a long time to download this; does anyone want to put the install disk (and nothing else) into a torrent for me?

the_skdster (2008-08-14)

I am double-mounting the Install CD on Daemon Tools.
I try to install and I get this error at the end of the Install process.
Using XP pro SP3.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
"The procedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamic link library PSAPI.DLL"

DogOut (2008-08-14)

this is just SUX!!!! nothing in here work....NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

EvilLlama (2008-08-15)

After reading all 13 pages of comments, I have yet to understand many of the directions listed here on installation of this torrent. My hope was to replace something I (almost) lost in a house fire, but it seems I am not capable of following this listed instruction (that are very good, and nicely detailed). This is my quandary;
1. Downloaded torrent
2. There are no files to be extracted.
3. I can mount the image listed as "Install Disk.cue"
4. I can "autorun" the mounted image.
5. an installation screen appears, and gives me the four options to chose.
6. I click on the "install" option and I get the "thinking" cursor for about 5 seconds.
7. Nothing happens.
8. I open task manager and the process listed as "STARTUP.EXE" (the installation splash process) is open, but not active, and the process listed as "SETUP.EXE" (the actual program that is to install the game) is open, but not active.
A bit of background on my system;
1. Windows XP
2. Damon Tools (just updated to the latest version.
3. I use bit torrent to DL
So here is my questions, in order of relevance;
1. What files are supposed to be extracted if there are no files listed as RAR files (except those that are in the actual install disk)?
2. When I mount the image of the install disk, where is the image within the image?
3. Is there a step I am missing?
4. How do I make the "SETUP.EXE" file open AND run (right now it just opens, but it does not run)?
I have tried to move files as explained earlier, copied the images to disk, attempted to find the elusive "image within the image" file that doesn't appear to exist, all to no avail. I know someone has had the same issues as I, but there was no clear explanation as to how they alleviated their issue.
I saw a few "email me if you have any other problems" posts as well, but it seems a bit odd to bother someone on an offer that is over 12 months old. Any suggestions as to what I may have done, or not done, thus far? (i miss this game, and would love to play it again. Damn house fire!)
Thank you in advance
Evil Llama

EvilLlama (2008-08-15)

Also, this file does not exist:
ff8_install.img
The only image files I have ate x.cue files.

qwertyzxcv (2008-08-17)

Pure shit
Image placed in image placed in archive placed in archive... Are you sick or smthng?
After 2 day of downloading and 2 hour of istalling, finding no-cd, cleaning those legions of useless rar files - i got black screen
Biggest waste of time ever

DarkRevival (2008-08-19)

it took almost 11GB in my PC but it was worth it, it works and for those having problems(crashing,insert disc 1 problems) refer to frequent980`s and Thype`s comments this got me through this trust me its a bit tricky to install but its worth it ^_^ and btw for the one that having blank and black screens you have a problem with your graphic card you need to upgrade it

DarkRevival (2008-08-19)

and dont worry Im gonna seed gud luck to all

Konuzki (2008-08-20)

This works just fine!! nice game..thx =)

SeedLeechPirate (2008-08-20)

I am on cd 3 now, and I figured I'd share this info with you people.. the game still runs fine. I can't really figure out half of the goodies, like the world map editor and save game thingy, but the game itself runs perfect, and you don't really need the goodies if you just want to play the game normally. Thanks again for uploading one of my favorites.

the_skdster (2008-08-22)

Care to say how to continue onto DISC 2 when prompted?
Thanks in advance.

SecretObsidian (2008-08-23)

I need help with Disc 2.
I've mounted the img for Disc 1 and changed it to the mounted drive etc etc and it worked perfectly.
But I just finished Disc 1 and it says insert Disc 2...so I did the exact same thing I did with Disc 1 and mounted Disc 2 img. After changing the drive to the drive I mounted Disc 2 on, the game still says wrong disc..
I really need help! I don't wanna close the game because it's not saved (obviously).

KcCloud (2008-08-23)

hi I am playing the game and it works fine.but in the game I dont hear any sond and music but when I volume the speakers to max i hear some music Please help me my E-mail is Smrtnik_13@hotmail.com or just help me here

KcCloud (2008-08-23)

i have solved the rpoblem and i am playing the game with no prob.if you have questions just mail me smrtnik_13@hotmail.com

blood-pool (2008-08-28)

Hey this game is easy to run.
Simply extract all the files so you are left with image files only.
With the install disc I had to mount it, then copy the new image files out (it had an image file in a image file). Now mount and copy all the files from disc 1 through to 4 into a temporary folder. You may be asked to over write 3 files, it doesn't matter if you over write or not as they are identical on all 4 discs and will be installed off the install disc if you choose "install additional data" option.
Now copy all the files off the real install disc into your temporary folder. You'll know it's the right one because you will be prompted to install when you mount it, but don't install for now.
Now you should have all the files from all four discs as well all the install files in one temporary folder.
Burn a DVD with Nero, or whatever burning program you use. Label the disc "FF8_Disc". Burn all the files from your temporary folder onto this DVD.
Now if you don't wanna modify your redgistry (I DIDN'T MODIFY MINE TO PLAY) Place the DVD in your primary DVD Rom. It should prompt you to install, so do that now.
Once installed go to where it was installed to (Think it's C/Program Files/Eidos Interactive...etc) Now find the Play Final Fantasy.exe
Right click on it, then choose properties. On on of the tabs it should give you a compatibility option. Choose win98/me. also choose run in 640x480 screen resolution. Now when you run the game for the first time you should be asked to config options
Choose run in software rendered mode. (NOT Direct 3D) then also check the tabs at the top
LAST ONE IS CONTROL BINDING! READ IT. "x" will be your default "enter/use" key
Need any additional help email:
gr8_ferret@hotmail.com
Don't worry about the date

silentasassin1993 (2008-08-31)

ok maybe i missed something
I installed the first disc, then i have ff8 on my computer so i ran it. It hasnt asked me for any other disc so i assumed its not needed yet. After opening the program with the config and everything it works fine. The intro plays but then the credits start rolling.... Is that natural or is there a problem. I can't skip the intro or anything or the credits. After the credits it skips back into the begining of the intro and starts all over. Did i do somethign wrong?
I'm running on vista 16bit

kittycupcake (2008-09-07)

SEED PLEASE

Mickross (2008-09-07)

Shit game.. You cant play it if you have a good grafic card. That SUCKS! What the fuck is the deal with that? Its not like im going to buy an old grafic card and install it. Crap game...

blood-pool (2008-09-08)

silentasassin1993: PRESS "X" TO SKIP THE CREDITS. "X" IS THE DEFAULT USE/ENTER KEY.
Mickross: DONT BE STUPID. YOU DON'T NEED AN OLD GRAPHICS CARD. JUST:
RIGHT CLICK ON THE EXE
CLICK PROPERTIES
CHOOSE THE COMPATIBILITY TAB
SELECT RUN THIS GAME IN COMPATIBILITY MODE FOR, CHOOSE W98/ME
SELECT RUN IN SCREEN RESOLUTION 640 x 480
NOW RUN THE CONFIG OPTIONS (USE START MENU)
CHOOSE SOFTWARE RENDERED, NOT DIRECT 3D
DON'T DISS THE GAME BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO GET IT WORKING
(NOTE: I'M ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH SECOND DISK)

centric (2008-09-11)

This is pissing me off a bit. I keep getting stuck on the "Insert CD 1" screen. I have tried all the methods described on the previous pages, but none of these seem to work (mounting the img file, changing the registry to the same disk as the mounted file, writing the img file on a CD and booting it from there).
I suspect that this has got something to do with my OS being Vista. Any ideas or suggestion by anyone?

centric (2008-09-11)

Nevermind. I wrote the files on the img on a CD and named it "FF8_CD1". Works perfectly now.

rolling23 (2008-09-16)

Just to make sure, is it the english version? (I downloaded the french version from Ares like a jack a**)
If so, please seed seed seed

mic1988 (2008-09-22)

hey Cissa2005
thanks for the great upload works great in vista
again thanks

archtyrion (2008-09-24)

This is a link to a custom launcher program that fixed the black box graphic bugs and even adds support for higher resolutions and anti-aliasing.

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=7248.0

vegezz (2008-10-03)

This might be stupid comment, but i allways get stuck on these ^^. when i try to mount the CD image from ff8 install CD. My Daemon tools wont find anything exept two files, what are patchers i think... please help

fulper (2008-10-20)

thx archtyrion i'll check it out =]

silentasassin1993 (2008-11-05)

i installed everything it works fine but wen i run it the intor plays over and over and over and over again non stop wat do i do?

dakorean123 (2008-11-16)

hey guys. i was wondering if anyone cud help me with a problem im having with this game.
so heres the story. a while back i downloaded a working version of ff8 and i played til disc 3 i actually think i downloaded from this torrent :) so anyway my computer started to act kinda funny one day so i burned the disc images on to discs in case my computer crashed. then as expected, my computer did crash. so then i had to reinstall windows and all the settings i had previously blah blah blah. i also reinstalled ff8 with my newly burned disc and gameplay seemed to be normal. but now im on disc 2 and i seem to have run into a problem. im towards the end of the disc right b4 the great battle b/t balamb and galbadia garden. and i kno a cutscene is supposed to occur as i approach galbadia garden located in the south west part of centra continent by edeas house. but when i approach it, no cutscene occurs. i tried entering a different city, saving, restarting and trying again, but no matter wat i do nothing worked thus far. so then i assumed that the disc 2 or install disc images were damaged when i burned them onto the discs a while back. so i downloaded disc 2 and the install disc from another torrent. i downloaded install disc cuz i thought maybe i cud reinstall the game and the scene wud work... but it didnt :[ i mounted each of the images via alcohol120% and started up the game again and tried to activate the scene once again but i still cudnt get it to work. ive run out of ideas so im askin u guys for help. is there a way to get this to work without having to start a new file or completely uninstalling everything and reinstalling the game? thx in advance

maxvincent112 (2008-11-23)

i am having trouble this game i cant seem to load the right disc i followed all the suggestions and i came across something that is not mentioned once.
when mounting the img files for all discs the files show that there is no other img in side the original img rars these are direct copies of the real game discs and nothing more i just started using linux and that was my first lesson how to tell if the disc you are dling is a ripped iso or the real image of the disc you want to use and these discs are real images of the discs i found a copy of the game at my teachers house and made images of them and it is the exact same thing nothing is amiss.
i just dont want to waste dvd of cd-r's for something like this if any one has burned them to disc please tell me if the game will run

G-Piste (2008-12-05)

Hmm I didn't find any solution for problem im having. I have mounted everything, but when i start startup.exe and click "Install" option it loads it but nothing happends and from taskmanager i can see that "SETUP.EXE" is running but nothing happenig.. so i was wondering if anyone could help me a lil? I would really appreaciate that one. (Big fan of ff series but you cant buy em for ps1 in my country.. cant find anywhere) ;(

Kendallprice17 (2008-12-16)

I've got the game downloaded and all but whenever I open the "Play FFVIII" icon, the screen goes black and just freezes. Help please?!

Tunkasz (2009-01-14)

I know hot to fix the LAGG in the game. It was just a accident that i found it but god wanted to be. When you start FF8 and loaded your saved game or just starting a new one , after you skipped the intro or any vidz, do a ALT+TAB and start a new video game in the back something wich is wondows compatible game ( I usually starting C.C Read alert 2, Alt_tab and starting the FF8 and Viola no lagg) i dont know why but its not lagging for me. But someone tell me HOW THE HELL CAN I TURN DOWN THE MUSIC IN THE GAME? BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANY OTHER OPTIONS !!! or just i'm the noob. - so for the lagg, just star something different game in the back and ff8 won't lagg...for me -

slandz (2009-01-31)

I've followed just about every piece of advice given on this forum and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the game to not say "please insert disc 1." I've change the registry and I've tried mounting just about every possible option. Can someone please give me like a ridiculous step by step in vivid detail explanation of how to get this game running?

slandz (2009-01-31)

Oh my email is al825ex@gmail.com.
Thanks

abasinp (2009-02-02)

oke people pay atention this is the solution
mount disc 1 and then burn the contents of disc 1 to a real blanc disc this should propably work
goodluck

donavon_bray (2009-04-05)

For the disk problem, click START, then RUN, and type REGEDIT
You might have to do some searching to locate final fantasy viii, but all you need to do is find the registry log that tells the game which drive to run in. in this case it will say E: and you will just erase it and type J: or K: whichever your virtual drive is listed as.
It's as simple as that. Sorry for the weird description. I just woke up and was looking for a graphics fix and came across that question.

donavon_bray (2009-04-05)

Actually, click start, then run, type REGEDIT
When it comes up, click on
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then SOFTWARE
then Square Soft Inc
then Final Fantasy VIII
then 1.0
Look at the documents on the right side now and locate the one titled "DataDrive"
On here, Just replace the E: with whatever letter drive you use (as in J: or K: ), mount the disc, and run the game.

Reycom (2009-04-17)

Need seeders, I'm looking at a 2 year leach time.

Reycom (2009-04-21)

K I got it working, which is awesome. BUT every 10 -30 minuets the game "has stopped working."
the reason the APP crashed. Any way to fix that?

olsson818 (2009-06-13)

i downloaded this for abut a year ago, then i didnt get it to wok with mounting, and i still doesent.
tho back then it worked perfectly if i burned them.
but now when i dont use a cd, it asks me to put in 1, and when i do, it crashes. any1 have any ideas?
i tried to upade drivers and all that

Doodgraver (2009-09-09)

Best Final Fantasy... period!

VampJoseph (2009-11-05)

I tried downloading this game and everything went fine. The install worked great, unfortunately after concluding one session after initial install any subsequent attemps the play are met with the same results: click on the shortcut, get to black screen, split-second later it crashes back to desktop. I'm running FFVIII on a Vista machine in XP compatability mode. Any thoughts or solutions? I'm at wits end.

tjohan06 (2009-11-29)

am i the only one with a save bug???
i came to disc 3 and when i tried to save it crashes.... and after that, every time i try to load it crashes....

simulaye (2009-12-14)

WORKS FINE just got to work out how to get those black blocks off the screen good torrent not for noobs

simulaye (2009-12-14)

1)Unzip all files
2)Mount (Final Fantasy 8 Install CD.img) and copy to a folder on your desktop
3)Mount the copied TWO images file to daemon tools and INSTALL
4)press Start, Run, Type regedit
5)Click on the + HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Software, Squaresoft, inc FINALFANTSYVIII, Click on 1.00, Double click on data drive change the drive to e:
6)Mount CD1 to drive e: on daemon tools
7)after install click on FF8 Config, graphics and change the renderer.
THATS IT hope it helps good torrent so stop saying its shit bloody noobs

run2dahills (2009-12-17)

ok so I got it all installed but the first time I tried running it I got to the screen where you select new/continue/credits, and when I picked new game it crashed. something about error message 0xc0000005. trying to run it again made it crash without even opening.
I tried copying the folder and moving it to the desktop, and I was able to reach the intro screen whenever I ran ffvii, but I still can't get any further.
any help would be hot

joloocampo (2010-01-29)

help please.i have just downloaded and have extracted disc 1 and 2 and i cant open the file that installs the ff8.do i need an appropriate application to open it? thanks for help any comment is very acceptable

joloocampo (2010-01-29)

i already mount it but it still not working.

joloocampo (2010-01-29)

Hey anyone please help me?
I have downloaded it and extracted it in to a folder.
Then just like someone tells i mounted the disks 1-4 then i dont know why the file FF8 shows.i didnt install the game but the program FF8 (it is named already FF8) seems to be the game.
i click on it but its just black in the screen whenever i run it.
But i cannot install it cause its just a unknown file.
anyone please help. i wish i can play this game.its so nice. thanks for any help.

joloocampo (2010-01-29)

ok so just forget my post a while ago.
so here's the real question.
why does the final fantasy 8 startup (i think it is the installer) doesnt do anything?
i have click the INSTALL and the squaresoft and the installer shows 99% then it will be gone and it doesnt install.
please help me. i have been looking for this game always then im stuck in the installation process.
any help would be nice.thanks for helping me out.i really like to play this game.

AllegroRitmico (2010-02-26)

Works GREAT! Took a day to download, but installation procedure went very smooth.

caladbolg28 (2010-03-05)

im a little stumped here, i spent all of yesterday trying to get the game to work when finally i did at 1 in the morning. So i played for half an hour, saved it, all seemed fine then closed the program down. This morning when i decided to continue playing i got the "wrong disc error" yet again when i loaded up the save. i have done absolutely everything, changed the drive in regedit, created a new file for the .exe, put the .exe on the desktop, even created new files in the base drive for each disc and copied the ISO's into them and so on, everything and im now at the end of my tether with it, anyone have any ideas of what to do? because i checked on forums and message boards and all the infomation they give just doesnt work.

EBelle (2010-05-15)

First of all, this is an amazing torrent. I am really psyched to play this game again. I had trouble finding my datadrive file, but with the help of ctrl-f, it was really easy. Just thought I'd let people know it works and that you can use find on the REGEDIT.
I'm going to be seeding this for a long time.

FellowsPirate (2010-05-27)

thought i would rack your brain if you wouldnt mind. So I made the registry fix so i could run the the disks from Deamon tools, and i completed they first disk without an issue, but when i try to mount disk 2 the game crashes, it says that FF8.exe has stopped working. I am using windows 7 but am running it with 98/me, resolution 400/600< 600/400> which ever, and 256 color. Any input would be appreciated
Fellow Pirate
If you could e-mail ideas to Quesh11@aol.com

Bean_head (2010-06-16)

No idea if i'm screwing something up? or did so with the installation or whatever, but i can get as far as "Insert disc 3"
Loading disc 3 + 4 individually, and they are both recognised as disc 2....

eric1631000 (2010-07-07)

Donot Download Daemon tools as that program sucks...i used Ultra ISO and mounted each img file one by one and it worked fine

eric1631000 (2010-07-08)

For all You Guys who Is either Downloading this torrent or ready to download it here is a setp by step instruction on downloading and installing this game.
You will need:
Ultra ISO
Winrar Archiver
An Updated Version of Directx
A torrent Program
To Begin
Step1: Download the torrent
Step2 Download and Install Winrar
Step3 Download and Install Ultra ISO(activate Using the keygen Provided)
Step4 open the download location of the torrent..its usually in your downloads folder.
eg.. C:\users\yourusername\Downloads if you are using Vista and 7
And C:\Documents and

settings\Yourusername\documents\downloads

if you are using xp
Step5 Right-Click the archive
and select Extract To FF8 All 5 CD +Goodies
Step6 After all files is extracted
Extract the Install CD First.
Step7 Open The IMG File in the install cd folder in Ultra ISO.
step8 From the tools menu convert->To iso and click convert.
step9 after the file is converted go to the install cd folder and right click the iso file and extract it using winrar
step 10Mount the IMG file in the new folder using Ultra iso.
*step 11Browse to the virtual drive and run the setup file directly..donot run startup.
step 12 Install the program
*Step 13 Restart your computer
Step 14 Go back to Download location of the torrent and extract disk 1
step 15 Mount Disk 1 using ultra iso
step 16 RUN FF* CONFIG from start menu
if you have an intel graphics card..change the setting from direct 3d to software renderer and click ok.
step 17 Launch the game.
*notes
To quit the game press ALT + F4 (save before exiting) and extract each cd as you make progress in the game to avoid corruption.
Daemon tools sucks eggs
you donot need to run regedit
for setup problems right click and select run as...
You can obtain winrar and ulta iso on Thepiratebay-arrrrgghhh matey!
and please seed after downloading
uploader gave the run around on the install disk
enjoy the game

eric1631000 (2010-07-08)

forgot to say it works on xp/vista/and 7 both 32 and 64bit tested

nathan20 (2010-09-21)

WORKS GOOD !! Played it 3 times .. lol ..

paedad (2010-10-10)

OK, i've dl:ed, installed it and extracted the files.
i hit start, then run, then type regedit, then press HKEY_local_machine, then software but i don't find Squaresoft! Please help me.

mjzanga (2010-11-25)

I have the same problem! and its weird because i tried this once before with a different torrent, and it showed up then...

mjzanga (2010-11-25)

nevermind i got it to work! so for anyone having problems finding the key in regedit...
under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE would normally be the squaresoft folder. For me, it placed the folder in the Wow6432Node folder. from there its Square Soft, Inc\FINAL FANTASY VIII\1.00.
also, im running this on Windows 7. when i tried it before (as mentioned in my previous post) the computer had Vista on it. possibly windows 7 handles the registry differently?

koiwai (2011-02-16)

To those who complain over graphics, try googling FF8 launcher 1.31 and get the winzip file from filecrop. It a "patch" that allows custom display, up to 2560x1920, though it helps mostly on character models.

valkyrion055 (2011-03-27)

Ok, I've been trying to install this game for some time now and no matter what I do it wont install it self. I get to the startup screen with install, direct x, read me and exit and when I click on install it shows the houglass for 5 seconds then it stops and nothing happens.
My computer has windows 7, 64 bits, is it compability problems or something else?
If you know either put a comment on it here or tell me on that email please: eternaldragon055@hotmail.com

tong_21 (2012-03-06)

how do i install this? im running vista ultimate 32 bit. please help i really want to play this game! :( i tried running daemon tools as admin and still when i press install nothing happens. i tried changing the compatibility of the setup.exe still nothing happens. please help :(

BBlaze420 (2012-07-18)

This is one of those things that really made me scratch my head... I was reading along and some people had my problem but every other problem was discussed. I had the install CD mounted and I clicked on INSTALL and nothing was happening... The weird solution was to just do it in safe mode haha ... so easy as soon as I booted up in safe mode and then obviously did the reg edit shtuff ;) LOVE IT THANKS!

bgrstaff3281 (2012-07-31)

I was able to run it in my Windows 7 Pro 640bit pc. I extracted all files. I used MagicDisc program. I mounted the Install Disc. Then, I mounted what is inside the mounted Install disc. (***eye roll*** a disc image within a disc image - took me 3 hours to figure it out!!!). After I installed the program, I edited HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESquare Soft, IncFINAL FANTASY VIII1.00 using regedit. I edited the "default drive" key to the drive letter of my emulated drive.
I then mounted disc 1 on my emulated drive... Everything worked fine then.... ***Geez!!!

tikibomber (2013-05-24)

Okay, I will verify that this torrent installation set up does NOT work with Virtual Clone Driver. If you are using VCD, then do not download this.

Files:

1. FF8/daemon-tools/setup.exe 492.50 Kb

2. FF8/FF8 All 5 CD + Goodies.rar 3487.96 Mb