(PSX-PSP) Final Fantasy VIII converted properly by KloWn

While calm in appearance, the serenity that blankets the world is merely a curtain over the turmoil that threatens to surface... An unprovoked attack against a neighboring country, an assault by a strike team deep into enemy territory, and a declaration of war against the world plunges a previously peaceful existence into bitterness and chaos. Thrust into the ensuing madness is a young man named Squall Leonhart, a cadet in the Garden military academy of Balamb. A lone wolf by the standards of others, Squall's relentless drive to become the best leads him into SeeD, an elite mercenary unit. His final test as a graduating cadet of SeeD is to settle the growing hostilities between the neighboring countries of Galbadia and Dollet. What was already a confusing set of events takes a turn for the worst when Galbadia begins its invasion on the rest of the world. For Squall, the turmoil of the world around him is nothing compared to the turmoil inside of him; his encounter with a free-spirited young woman named Rinoa Heartilly has turned his well-ordered universe upside down. As an intense man who thrives in the regimented discipline of the military academy, Squall finds Rinoa's carefree attitude fascinating. Yet there is no time to ponder these thoughts, for Galbadia's irrational hostility has been linked to a sorceress named Edea, a powerful magic user. The job of dealing with this new threat has fallen to Squall and the rest of SeeD. Focused on this new task, they can only ponder what the future will hold. I have also included the latest popsplugin and ALL sony prx which are required to play psx-psp conversions on custom firmware's... To install the pops simply copy the seplugins folder to the root of your memory stick, turn off your psp, hold down the right trigger button while turning the psp back on to go into recovery mode..Select the plugins option and enable the pops...Everytime you start a new psx game it will ask you which pops you wish to use I recommend using 3.40 pops as I have personally have had no problems with ANY psx game so far.....Drag and drop the folder of the game you wish to play to the PSP-->GAME folder on your memory stick and away you go..ENJOY and don't forget to say thanx.....BlUeMaGiC RG's ToX1c_KloWn... I have also changed all the Game Save ID's so there will be no problems when switching discs..

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udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

cbkid (2008-10-24)

Hi toxic thks for the game. I am new to the ps1 games. I get the game working but it seems to freeze up after a min or so in the intro videos after creating a new game any clue ? Also what exactly is the pop firmware for?

 toxicjuggalo (2008-10-25)

POPS is the original Sony PRX's that runs code for the PSX games to work properly on a PSP..

jobin16 (2008-11-05)

file is corrupted!

juggalo1088 (2008-11-08)

Hey Klown, thanks for the great upload! Your uploads are pure quality. Your effort and time put in is much appreciated. Down with the Clown, till I'm dead in the ground. WOOP WOOP!!!

neanderwill (2008-11-08)

i really appreciate your uploads. even the attention to detail like putting in great game art for the xmb bar. all your uploads are great.
i was thinking of psx2psp games i never see and a few came to mind. if you ever get the chance, it would be great to see these up too:
blast chamber
grid runner
disruptor
spider

viewpoint

neanderwill (2008-11-09)

i bring this request to you because you have already done so many great things! it would be great to see Motor Toon Grand Prix here. that would be awesome.

squallamo (2008-11-13)

I followed your instructions and yet when I try to play FFVIII I get a message saying "copyright protection is invalid" any idea what i did wrong? thanks for the help.

neanderwill (2008-11-14)

the game freezes at random moments after some time of gameplay, especially in the training center. any tips? tried pops 3.71, 3.4, straight from flash...

d11froman (2008-11-20)

Having the same problem as neanderwill. Game freezes from time to time, can't get past the train part with the Galbadian President. Tried all of the pops.

chk011 (2008-12-05)

damn sir why the game is always freezing when i fight with 2 monster in saving rinoa disc1.. it always freeze.. any help??? btw i already tried all pops. 3.10 - original pops.. thnks in advance sir.. btw thanks for sharing the game... ^^

bhscream (2008-12-09)

THIS LINK EXPLAINS HOW TO OVERCOME THE CRASHING GUYS

slainshad0w (2008-12-19)

OK I kinda ran into a problem -- You can't run away b/c no r2 l2 buttons am i missing something obvious or what because i cannot run from that giant galbadian thing that chases you, i mean I know that you can beat it if you a really high level but if i don't cheat it takes 4 ever help plzz

noppander (2008-12-29)

slainshad0w at 2008-12-19 17:02 CET:
OK I kinda ran into a problem -- You can't run away b/c no r2 l2 buttons am i missing something obvious or what because i cannot run from that giant galbadian thing that chases you, i mean I know that you can beat it if you a really high level but if i don't cheat it takes 4 ever help plzz
Damn you noobs! (ok just kidding ;) ) I think you already noticed but i post this anyway. When you press home there comes a menu (surprice!) and you can find "Assign buttons" under "controlling settings". There you can but R2 and L2 to stick. And there is one custom one too where you can put your own settings. (at least in my version which is the newest one)(i think...) :)
I hope that this is better than lopper's one. So slainshad0w. Can you say what this game looks like when you put it on zoom position from screen mode. Zuq at loppers there's black at the bottom of the screen and picture little bit gone from the above.

zidane73 (2009-01-19)

Thanks for the great uptoad KloWn, just finished the game. Had a few random freeze on the battle with Ultima weapon, fake president, the boss at the salt lake, but still managed to finish it. Mine is 4.01 M33-2 no popsloader. You rock KloWn!!!

zidane73 (2009-01-19)

I mean upload...

dj_dipity (2009-02-06)

Cheers Klown, works fine

terwey (2009-03-13)

Seems to work fine so far, had troubles with another release so got this one. This one actually works on 5.00 m33-6 with original pops from flash.
Wasn't able to get my other save game into this one so can't test yet if this one will get the dance FMV where Squall just met Rinoa. If it doesn't I shall try it with a different pops and if nothin then goes I shall report it here. But so far it's looking good!
KloWn++

terwey (2009-03-13)

It just totally hang itself when Quistis tried to do her Limit Break Laser Eyes. PSP actually turned itself off too! (it's not the battery, playing with the power plugged in)
Any ideas?

terwey (2009-03-14)

Good news everyone! :) I got past the horrid scene I did not get past first... although it did freeze when Quistis did her limit break Laser Eyes on pops 5.00.
Tried again on pops4.xx and so far everything seems to work :) (got past the scene on pops4.xx)
KloWn++

Xaronyr_EnCardier (2009-03-20)

Thanks man you're a lifesaver, mine keeps freezing on the scene where you meet Rinoa at the point where you just bumped into the other bloke and you get the close up of her giving you evils.
Thanks again

Xaronyr_EnCardier (2009-03-21)

Man I gotta say this.
The game hasn't froze on me once yet, good job keep em coming toxicjuggalo

trigger101 (2009-04-19)

tnx klown.... i download your final fantasy 7 on psp and i have no problem and enjoying it until i finish the game... hope this one will also work.. your the great klown tnx 4 the upload...

köttbiten (2009-05-21)

Dudes?! Any1 know which version of the game this is? US or EU? :)
Peace out

trigger101 (2009-06-03)

US version... actually i didnt finish the game... the last part fighting ultemicia.. i experience some freeze... when you use too much magic this game freze... but thanks klown....

k1mm1poo (2009-07-25)

I downloaded and did just what the instructions said but apparently not right.
When I try to load that game I see the 4 cd's in the memory stick menu but I start it and it asks for disc 1.
What am I doing wrong?

hotrod_d3mon (2009-08-18)

Hey klown, i love all the games you upload man, but this is the only one im having troubles with. at the fmv where squall meets riona for the first time at the dance, it freezes on the close-up of her face, ive tried every pops and it still freezes, other than that the game works smooth, let me know what you can do.

trigger101 (2009-08-19)

kimm maybe the one you start is not disc 1.... there are 4 disc in this torrent and at first you should figure out where is the disc1...

codycook (2009-11-23)

Thanks!
The only issues I have is random freezing... The freezing I am experiencing at the moment is the same place every time I restart the game. I get to Dollet and I am battling Anacondaur - it happens at random times but I decided to use some GF to make the battle go by faster and then all of a sudden it froze. :( I am not familiar with POPS and changing versions and so I'm lost here :( I am running the Straight from Flash as the 3.7 option I saw didn't even load the game. I am also running 5.50 GEN-D2.

xT00L (2010-01-26)

This doesn't work on my series3000 PSP w/ ChickHEN / MHU cfw. I put the Disc1 folder in my GAME directory, it looked great when I scrolled over Disc1 in my PSP, but it froze right after the PS1 Splash screen.
Which sucks, cuz Chickhen takes FOREVER to hook.
I re-hacked my PSP after the shutdown, and tried again. Exact same error.
:[ So much for thiss.

xT00L (2010-01-27)

Oh. I didn't try installing the popsplugin. That's prolly the reason it's not working?
I tried installin it tho. Couldn't get my psp to go into 'recovery mode'.
Is that because your psp needs to be hacked while the power is off? Cuz I gotta keep mine on, or else it goes back to v5.03..

xT00L (2010-02-02)

Can someone please help me figure out why I can't get this working?
I'm running series3000 -> ChicHEN -> MHU3.60
Here's what I've done:
-Pasted Disc1 in the GAME folder
-Pasted the seplugins folder into the psp's root directory
-Ran the CFWEnabler (holding R, to enter options)
-Went to: Flash Pops Modules.
-It tells me I need to write in flash. I hit Yes.
-This is where it errors.
ERROR! Can't find pops.prx
Sooo, where am I messing up?
Plz & Ty.
& Sry for bein the nub.

Chamberneazy (2010-02-03)

when I start my game I get the sony picture thing and then it goes black and stays there. I used the 3.40 pops and was wondering if i could try a different one to see if that works but i don't know how.

burntweed (2010-03-20)

MMFCL!!! it works perfect on my 3000 v5.03 Gen-C and 1000 v5.50 Gen-D2

Mr_Es (2010-03-23)

Hello Klown. I've been leeching and seeding torrents on thepiratebay.se for many moons and have never created an account. Simply because I really didn't care to comment. Until now.
Thank you so very much for a perfectly working and complete upload of this wonderful game.
Final Fantasy VIII is not only my favourite Final Fantasy. Nor is it simply my favourite RPG.
In actuality, this game is my favourite game of all time! And you've allowed me to relive my nostalgic days of youth on the go.
You're the man!

Miqunator (2010-05-02)

For those that are experiencing freezes at specific points might want to google "final fantasy VIII PSP freeze" or something.
Quite comming issue it seems

SpikeBolt (2010-05-12)

Hi. I'm having a hard time getting through the first CD. Right after Rinoa is atacked by 2 Iguions (where you draw Carbuncle). The game just keeps freezing and I've tried again and again and again with but it always freezes either during the fight or right after. I've tried most Pops versions with no success.

stockbreak (2010-08-12)

Ummm, i cant hear the sound. why is that?

thx4UL (2010-08-25)

Seed pls :) im at 89.4%.
Thx for UL!

Wingnut360 (2011-01-22)

Excellent torrent, KloWn, works perfectly for me. Also, I read somewhere on another one of your torrents (not sure which one, or where for that matter) that you said to shout out if we have any requests for PSX games that we want to see on the PSP? If so, could you do Bug Bunny & Taz: Time Busters, and Star Wars Demolition?
Thank again :)

tuggtugger2 (2011-05-05)

i've been getting a lot of random freezing too.
cast a spell on any of my characters in battle at any point, instant freeze, ALWAYS. i've had to go through the whole thing without using magic at all.
randomely for no reason it'll sometimes freeze.
X and DOWN for some reason also tendo to "jam" and i have to press like another button then the button to get them to respond.
either i'm having some shitty luck or there's something seriously wrong with this eboot.

Katagasm (2011-06-25)

So because you did the following..."I have also changed all the Game Save ID's so there will be no problems when switching discs.."... I can't play the game from a file starting me at disc 2. D: Gotta go find another one now.

Asakato (2011-09-11)

ooo KloWn's release :D KloWn RUlez!! Thanks for the converting this game "hug"

boomking (2013-01-24)

This is a great download. Thanks toxic. Love your torrents. If you could, please convert and upload final fantasy XII. if You could. Thanks

Hevroth (2013-02-25)

dude KloWn... I have spent untold hours trying to get my copy of FFVIII to work.. from ripping it and converting it to an eboot, to messing around with all the cfw/pops stuff, to no avail.
I give up and decide to just download it, and yours works perfectly! I was even able to copy my save over from my PS3 and resume my game on disc 3! You kick ass man! I'll make sure to always look for your games when I download stuff.

jahtooth (2013-11-06)

boss kLown... after I downloaded the game it shows on my end that the file is corrupted... can you help me fixing it?? anyway thanks for the popsloader that I need...