I didn't have the internet when I originally played this game, so all of these rumours were missed by me.

But, I was a rather gullible child and was kinda sidekick to a friend of mine called Stephan, and he had completed the game before me. He told me a couple of fakers that I believed.

1. He told me that if you touched the security barrier on the train track (right after you jump off the train near the start of the game), then you have to fight a boss with a million life and it'd cause you to lose your save. I didn't try to touch the barrier for many years after hearing that.

2. He said that at the end of the game, Cloud and Co all try to climb out of the Northern Crater and as they are doing so The Great Escape theme plays. Sadly by the time I completed the game we were no longer friends so couldn't quiz him on this one.