Quote Originally Posted by Darth Holmes
Are there any fanmade challenges to beating this game?

So far the only ones I know of is beating the game without the game timer exceeding 24 hours, running from every random encounter, mastering every piece of materia you find, and playing the game for more than 100 hours to see if the game's timer rolls over.
The game's timer does not roll over; it remains at 99:59:59.

Various challenges of notable difficulty have been devised; as far as speed runs go, the fastest completion time I've heard about is just over nine hours. A true low level game can be played, and a No Materia game isn't even all that difficult. A SCIENM challenge (solo character, initial equipment, no materia), on the other hand, is very challenging, but fully possible. I believe Ultima Shadow of these forums has completed a SCIENM game.

Beyond speed runs, low level games of varying strictness, and challenges using any or all of the SCIENM components, one can easily create a challenge by simply adding one's own stipulations. For example, one could play a solo character game and not use items to create a SCNI challenge.

Quote Originally Posted by Dinnova
How do u solo character?
Basically, as soon as more than one character is present in battle, you have to reduce your own character(s) to 0 HP. From there, you can fight using only the living character, leaving the other two dead.