<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
is	O
an	O
unlicensed	O
"	O
Shanzhai	O
"	O
demake	O
of	O
SquareSoft	O
's	O
role-playing	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
two-dimensional	O
"	O
port	O
"	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Chinese	O
company	O
Shenzhen	B-Application
Nanjing	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
for	O
Subor	O
,	O
a	O
Famiclone	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
itself	O
is	O
unique	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
structurally	O
different	O
from	O
licensed	O
Famicom	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
in	O
terms	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Items	O
,	O
spells	O
and	O
equipment	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
are	O
based	O
upon	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
original	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
and	O
although	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
have	O
been	O
omitted	O
along	O
with	O
optional	O
characters	O
and	O
some	O
side	O
quests	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
story	O
was	O
reproduced	O
in	O
very	O
minute	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
directs	O
the	O
protagonist	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
with	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
three	O
interchangeable	O
party	O
members	O
,	O
exploring	O
areas	O
and	O
interacting	O
with	O
non-player	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
act	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
journey	O
between	O
field	O
screen	O
locations	O
via	O
the	O
world	O
map	O
,	O
a	O
downsized	O
representation	O
of	O
original	B-Application
game	I-Application
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
other	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
–	O
related	O
games	O
,	O
travel	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
map	O
screen	O
and	O
hostile	O
areas	O
is	O
frequently	O
interrupted	O
by	O
random	O
enemy	O
encounters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
enemy	O
appears	O
opposite	O
to	O
the	O
three	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
party	O
;	O
each	O
battle	O
uses	O
a	O
turn-based	O
battle	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
featured	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	B-Application
and	I-Application
authorized	I-Application
version	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
SquareSoft	O
and	O
released	O
worldwide	O
in	O
1997	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
an	O
unknown	O
date	O
,	O
Shenzhen	B-Application
Nanjing	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
developed	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
NES	B-Language
demake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
the	O
box	O
and	O
manual	O
make	O
reference	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
:	O
Advent	O
Children	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
full	O
title	O
,	O
a	O
statement	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
name	O
on	O
the	O
box	O
and	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
simply	O
states	O
"	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
includes	O
no	O
content	O
or	O
plot	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Subor	O
,	O
a	O
Famicom	B-Operating_System
clone	I-Operating_System
series	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
Famicom	O
and	O
NES	B-Language
consoles	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
Japanese	O
games	O
use	O
only	O
8x8-pixel	O
hiragana	O
or	O
katakana	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
Chinese	O
games	O
use	O
4-color	O
16x16-pixel	O
tiles	O
stored	O
in	O
dedicated	O
CHR	O
ROM	B-Device
pages	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
several-hundred	O
16x16-pixel	O
monochrome	O
font	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
's	O
circuit	O
board	O
layout	O
is	O
unique	O
compared	O
to	O
most	O
Famicom	O
games	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
two	O
megabyte	O
PRG	O
(	O
program	B-Application
)	O
ROM	B-Device
chips	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
RAM	B-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
is	O
used	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
ROM	B-Device
for	O
the	O
character	O
graphics	O
data	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
UNROM	O
"	O
method	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
Nintendo	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
data	O
is	O
strewn	O
across	O
the	O
PRG	O
ROM	B-Device
in	O
various	O
banks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
features	O
one	O
8-kilobyte	O
battery-backed	O
RAM	B-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
,	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
single	O
save	O
slot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
are	O
borrowed	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
mostly	O
other	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
titles	O
and	O
including	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
graphics	O
converted	O
to	O
four-color	O
palettes	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Famicom	O
's	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
has	O
additionally	O
gained	O
mention	O
on	O
several	O
major	O
gaming	O
websites	O
,	O
including	O
Gameworld	O
Network	O
,	O
and	O
Japan-based	O
Gpara.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
overhaul	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
improve	O
upon	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
to	O
better	O
resemble	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
version	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Romhacking.net	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalist	O
Derrick	O
Sobodash	O
stated	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
experience	O
for	O
those	O
that	O
played	O
the	O
original	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
he	O
added	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
...	O
title	O
can	O
hold	O
its	O
own	O
against	O
the	O
other	O
NES	B-Language
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
,	O
further	O
calling	O
the	O
effort	O
"	O
surprisingly	O
professional	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
