The music is the same too. Check that most of the Prelude music is almost exactly the same. Also, when you get that "Game Over" screen, wait for about 10 seconds or so, and then the Prelude music will come, except it will just be the piano music. Go to http://www.ffonline.com/ and go to Final Fantasy 9 (duh). Click on the "Music" icon at the yellow bar. Scrolling down, there will be a music title called "The Dark Messenger". This is what Diablos' attack is called, except they left "The" out. Also, Necron reminds me of NORG in FF8 on Disc 2.