Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy VIII is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was released for the PlayStation in 1999 and Windows computers in 2000. It was made by Square (now Square Enix). It is the eight title of the Final Fantasy series. It removed magic point-based spell-casting. It was the first title to consistently use realistically proportioned characters. The game became available on PlayStation Network as a PSone Classics title in 2009.

Final Fantasy VIII
Developer(s)	Square
Publisher(s)	Square PlayStation JP: Square NA: Square EA EU: Square AU: SCE Australia Microsoft Windows NA: Square EA EU: Eidos Interactive JP: Square WW: Square Enix (Steam)
Director(s)	Yoshinori Kitase
Producer(s)	Shinji Hashimoto
Designer(s)	Hiroyuki Ito
Programmer(s)	Ken Narita
Artist(s)	Yusuke Naora
Writer(s)	Kazushige Nojima
Composer(s)	Nobuo Uematsu
Series	Final Fantasy
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Release	February 11, 1999 PlayStation JP: February 11, 1999 NA: September 9, 1999 EU: October 27, 1999 AU: October 29, 1999 Microsoft Windows NA: January 25, 2000 EU: February 18, 2000 JP: March 23, 2000
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player