| Final Fantasy VII | 
The North American cover portrays the protagonist, Cloud, wielding his Buster Sword, standing in front of the Shinra Company building. | | Developer(s) | Square | | Publisher(s) | PlayStation
JP Square
NA SCE America
INT Square
PAL SCE Europe
Windows (PC) Eidos Interactive | | Designer(s) | Hironobu Sakaguchi (game producer, original scenario concept)
Yoshinori Kitase (game director, scenario writer)
Tetsuya Nomura (character designer, original scenario concept)
Kazushige Nojima (scenario writer, event planner)
Yoshitaka Amano (image illustrator, title logo designer)
Nobuo Uematsu (composer) | | Series | Final Fantasy series | | Release date(s) | PlayStation
JP January 31, 1997
NA September 7, 1997
INT October 2, 1997
EU November 17, 1997[1]
AUS November, 1997
Windows (PC)
NA June 24, 1998
EU 1998
AUS 1998 | | Genre(s) | Console role-playing game | | Mode(s) | Single player | | Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) (13+)
USK: 12+
ELSPA: 11+
PEGI: 16+
OFLC: G8+ | | Platform(s) | Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Windows | | Media | PlayStation
3 CD-ROMs
Windows (PC)
4 CD-ROMs | | System requirements | Windows (PC)
166 MHz Pentium CPU, 32 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 5.1 compatible sound and video card, 260 MB available hard disk space, Windows 95 or above (officially not compatible with 2000 or XP) [2] | | Input | Windows (PC)
Keyboard, mouse, or joystick
PlayStation
PlayStation controller | Final Fantasy VII (ファイナルファンタジーVII, Fainaru Fantajī Sebun?) is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix), and the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy video game series. It was released in 1997 and is the first numbered Final Fantasy game for the Sony PlayStation video game console and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers; it is also the first to use 3D computer graphics[3] featuring fully rendered characters on pre-rendered backgrounds.[4][5][6] The game's story centers on a group of adventurers as they battle a powerful mega corporation called "Shinra", which is draining the life of the planet to use as an energy source. As the story progresses, conflicts escalate and the world's safety becomes a major concern. A major critical and commercial success, the game remains arguably the most popular title in the series,[7][8][9] and is often credited with allowing console-style RPGs to achieve mainstream success outside Japan.[8] The ongoing popularity of the title led Square Enix to produce a series of sequels and prequels under the collective title "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII". As of September 2004, Final Fantasy VII has sold more than 9.5 million copies worldwide, earning it the position of the best-selling Final Fantasy title.[10]
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