I purchased FF8 off ebay with the 4 game discs, install disc, and cardboard game case. I put in the install disc and went through the install process. I then opened the FF8config to make sure everything is set right. I then fired up the game and was able to get to the main menu. The default hand/arrow-thing is set at "Continue" and I cannot move it up or down. I hit "X" (using keyboard, and Yes the keyboard keys are setup in the FF8config) and it takes me to the menu to load a saved game. I don't have one yet so I hit "W" to cancel back out to the main menu. No other keys work. On the "X" and "W" seem to do anything. I closed down the game and opened the FF*config again just to make sure and everything seems right. I restarted the game and I'm stuck a the menu. I cannot get the cursor to move up to the "New Game" option.
What do I do? I was thinking of going down to Bestbuy and buying a PC game controller (looks like a PS3 controller) and seeing if that works. Any suggestions? Is this a common problem? I played the S*** out of this game 12 years ago in college and now I want to play through it again.