Baixar a Rom Hack do Final Fantasy Bugfix / Balancing Hack

"Grond's Final Fantasy Bugfix/Balancing Hack"
...for those who'd like something closer to the original game than FF++
(version 1.1)
Final Fantasy and all related indicia are copyright SquareEnix.
Original English translation is copyright Nintendo.

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Applying the patch:

You'll need a utility that can apply IPS patches. Go to http://www.zophar.net/utilities/patchutil.html,
download "Lunar IPS" and use it to apply the patch to a clean (unaltered) Final Fantasy 1 ROM (U.S. release).
Remember to make a back-up copy of your ROM first.

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List of changes:

-added a new mini-dungeon based on the Dark Forest floor of the Earthgift Shrine from Dawn of Souls
 (find it by heading south from the Black Magic shop in Lefein)

-added a quick-exit to the Vampire's room, so you don't have to walk all the way
 back out of the Earth Cave after beating him

-have 4 free Heal Potions at start of a new game now

-increased damage from poison status in-battle from 2 to 5

-increased enemy regen amount from 3 to 10

-let slain/petrified characters still gain experience

-added bulk item-buying feature

-removed palette-cycling effect when entering/exiting menu

-implemented B-button dash feature

-sped up dialogue window open/close

-stopped party-reordering when poisoned/petrified/slain

-fixed House bug

-fixed Run bug

-fixed monster attack bugs

-fixed weapon data bugs

-doubled weapon element/category damage bonus

-fixed Lock/Lok2 and Tmpr/Sabr bugs

-let Harm spells also hurt enemies in the "Unknown" ("Evil"?) category (listed below):
 WrWolf
 GrMedusa
 Catman
 Gargoyle
 R.Goyle
 Earth
 Fire
 Water
 Air
 Wizard
 MudGol
 RockGol
 IronGol
 Evilman
 Nitemare
 Kary

-increased Ship Minigame prize to 500 G

-lowered price of Steel Armor

-decreased Ribbon's absorb/evade to 0 (so BB/Master can wear it without ruining his natural Absorb)

-lowered incidence of surprise attacks

-allowed running from:
 FrGiant/FrWolf
 Water
 Worm
 WzOgre/Cerebus
 ZomBull/Troll

-disallowed running from:
 Vampire
 WzVamp/ZombieD

-slightly altered a few enemies' spell lists

-minor alterations to several enemies' stats (mostly lowering evade)

-increased all Fiends' (and Chaos') HP a bit

-tweaked some shops' inventories

-made inn and clinic visits a bit cheaper

-made magic spells (L3 and higher) somewhat cheaper

-slightly altered the stats of some weapons

-brightened the color palettes for most weapons, and switched the graphics for a few

-raised Thief/Ninja's hit% growth to 4 per level

-made slight tweaks to all classes' starting Magic Defense and/or MDef growth rate

-dimmed screen flashing when casting a spell

-tweaked the properties of some spells a little bit

-made Heal Potions a little stronger

New in version 1.1:

-eliminated screen (un)furling effect when changing areas

-upped hit% cap to 254 so Thief/Ninja's hit% won't max out at 200

-decreased experience required to reach each level

-added features from FFacelift (5-character names, enhanced text, etc.)

-many enemies, spells, items, etc. renamed

-added support for 10-character enemy names

-colorized battle windows

Minor update: changed hit% cap to 251 to prevent rollover to a low number

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Thanks to:

Disch - for his FFHackster utility and his Item Shop hack
Paulygon - for his FFHackster Companion utility and his Game Genie codes
Alex Jackson - for revealing info about various in-game formulas
Y Dienyddiwr Da - for his FFBytes documents
Goongyae - for his FinalFacelift patch
Dragonsbrethren - for help in removing the enemy-window border in battles
Dormento - for his B-button dash hack
Gavin & Vystrix Nexoth - for info about the dialogue window
...and everyone else who's into FF1.

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Contact info:

Please send questions, comments, bug reports, etc. to:
[email protected]
My (infrequently updated) web page is at:
http://members.fortunecity.com/grond1911/

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Legal disclaimer:

This archive and its contents are offered freely and "as-is". The author of the hack assumes no responsibility
if it causes anyone any kind of grief. The author is not affiliated with Square, Nintendo, or anyone else.
This hack is not licensed or endorsed by anyone. The author does not approve of, or wish to encourage the usage of,
illegally-obtained ROM files. Etc., etc....