Final Fantasy VII

A role-playing game released by Square for the PlayStation in 1997. It combined 3D polygon graphics with pre-rendered movies. It was directed by Yoshinori Kitase, with music by Nobuo Uematsu.

Initially planned for the SNES, it moved to PlayStation due to technical and economic limits; a team of 100–150 people developed it in just over a year at an estimated cost of $40 million.

Developer

Square

Publisher

Square, Sony Computer Entertainment (outside Japan)

Play moves between the world map, field and battle screens, using the Active Time Battle system and Materia orbs slotted into equipment to customize characters.

Platform

PlayStation

CPU

MIPS R3000A @ 33.8688 MHz + GTE (geometry coprocessor)

Media

CD-ROM

Bits (period term)

32-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

31 Jan 1997[1]

North America

7 Sep 1997[1]

Director

Yoshinori Kitase

Producer

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Composer

Nobuo Uematsu

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1987

  Family Computer

  Final Fantasy

  ファイナルファンタジー

  Release

  JP 1987.12.18

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

• GAME1994

  PlayStation

  Ridge Racer

  リッジレーサー

  Release

  JP 1994.12.03

  Dev

  Namco

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  PaRappa the Rapper

  パラッパラッパー

  Release

  JP 1996.12.06

  Dev

  NanaOn-Sha

  Genre

  Rhythm

It sold over 2 million copies in Japan within three days and had sold over 15.3 million units worldwide as of September 2025 (English Wikipedia).

Series: Final Fantasy

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