Can someone point me in the right direction please!!

[A.C.Sanchez]

So I have just started FF1 for the original NES. I have found the original instruction manual online, but I would like to find the original maps that came with the game as well.

Yes, I know I can just google FF1 faq or walkthrough, but I feel like those sites will tell me way too much. I would like to at least try the game as it was intended, with just the original materials (copies of them).

Can anyone tell me what actually came with the game besides the instruction manual? Or better yet, do you have a copy?

Thanks!

[Dr Unne]

It came with two double-sided posters. They have a complete enemy chart, items chart, world map and some dungeon maps. The instruction booklet had a walkthrough (of sorts) all the way up to getting the airship. It also has complete magic charts etc. It's quite a lot of information, so you may be spoiled slightly just from the official info.

Note that these things contain errors. The original charts had errors, I mean. The stats for the Opal and Gold bracelets on the armor chart are wrong for example.

As for where you can get them, my site here at EoFF has them:

http://eyesonff.com/ff1/downloads/posters.zip
http://eyesonff.com/ff1/downloads/manual.zip

[A.C.Sanchez]

It came with two double-sided posters. They have a complete enemy chart, items chart, world map and some dungeon maps. The instruction booklet had a walkthrough (of sorts) all the way up to getting the airship. It also has complete magic charts etc. It's quite a lot of information, so you may be spoiled slightly just from the official info.

Note that these things contain errors. The original charts had errors, I mean. The stats for the Opal and Gold bracelets on the armor chart are wrong for example.

As for where you can get them, my site here at EoFF has them:

http://eyesonff.com/ff1/downloads/posters.zip
http://eyesonff.com/ff1/downloads/manual.zip

Thank you!!!

I wasn't expecting the 'full' walkthrough that the instructions give for the game up to the airship, but I guess I'll use it ;-)

Thank you for the maps though, they are just what I needed. Time to find the crown.

[Dr Unne]

Likely the game developers thought the game was too difficult to release without walking you through half the game. I'm unsure there were many console RPGs out at that time and Nintendo always seemed to have a low opinion of American gamers in general. I'm just happy the game itself was released in the US without being dumbed down, other than church->clinic sorts of censorship changes.

If it's any consolation, the walkthrough in the manual is not very good, so it shouldn't help you that much.

[Captain Maxx Power]

I am nothing short of amused at the "notes". My favourite is Kary being marked out as "Bad Dude".

[Lawr]

I can't think of anthing to say but I want to!

[Dr Unne]

I am nothing short of amused at the "notes". My favourite is Kary being marked out as "Bad Dude".

Those would be courtesy Collector of FFOrigins fame. He gave me the scans.

[Collector]

Hi, I just had to mysteriously appear to defend my honor.

Those apparently aren't the posters I scanned. First because mine are free of notes and tears, but also because these seem to be the Canadian versions.

[Dr Unne]

Hi, I just had to mysteriously appear to defend my honor.

Those apparently aren't the posters I scanned. First because mine are free of notes and tears, but also because these seem to be the Canadian versions.

Well, that's strange. I clearly put a credit.txt with your name on it into the zip file when I created it. I know someone gave them to me personally. Beats me though.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

That's got to be some kind of record.

[eestlinc]

surely a post got pruned somewhere along the line...

other than Dragon Warrior/Quest I don't know if there were any console RPGs out for NES in america at the time FF was released.

[Zeromus_X]

Alot of RPGs for the NES had half or all of the walkthrough in the instruction booklet. (As can see from FFI, and DQIII, but only the ones I have.)