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Miscellaneous Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: rmco2003 on 2005-06-12 16:21:44
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If Eidos didn't have access to Final Fantasy 7's source code, how did they port it to the PC?
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they did have access to the source code
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I think Eidos was just the distributor. Not sure, though.
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You are confused.
Eidos had access to the source code.
They didn’t have access to much of the original artwork and movie files, and as a result the game has lower-quality movies and same low-quality backgrounds.
L. Spiro
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First of all 50% of people will say Eidos just distributed the game (as publishers do), while a small team at Square got to port the game (but with no budget for remaking the actual content for the higher-fidelity PC platform). Thus we get a crappy PC game since it would be Square's first attempt at PC programming, low-priority at that. The other 50% will say Eidos both ported and distributed the game. Thus we get a crappy PC game since Eidos didn't know enough about the original code nor had any chance to remake the content. Usually, about 100% haven't seen any sort of official statement about this at all but still talk as if they knew for sure.
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I'm tempted to say Eidos handled the ff7 port, as they're the ones whose site has all the patches and technical info for it; whereas with ff8, eidos definatly only published that, and they got nothing on their site about it.
Mebbe someone should e-mail them and ask =)
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Usually, about 100% haven't seen any sort of official statement about this at all but still talk as if they knew for sure.
I’m just going off Gears.
L. Spiro