Modding Scene
✨ A Bite of History ✨
The Legacy • The Heroes • The Future
Final Fantasy
On
11 February 1999, Squaresoft (now Square Enix) unleashed
Final Fantasy VIII on the PlayStation 1 — a game that redefined beauty in RPGs.
✦ Over
8 million copies sold in its first decade
✦ Stunning full-motion video, 3D graphics, triple-triaded gameplay and improved audio quality.
✦ In 2025 the entire Final Fantasy franchise has officially surpassed
200 million units sold worldwide — cementing its throne among the greatest video-game IPs of all time.
The Eternal Wall of Fame
The FF8 modding scene was born in 1999 with the creation of
Qhimm.com — the true campus of our community.
Too many are part of the eternal wall of fame: Qhimm, Ficedula, NFITC1, Alhexx, Aali, Iros, myst6re, vertex2995, Cosmos, TrueOdin and so on; the dedication and perseverance of the community, together with the constant evolution of hardware and software, has allowed for high level results. With the advent of a new advanced driver called
FFNx,
created by TrueOdin in late 2020, there have been real generational leaps. The well-known
FFNx team is engaged in assiduous efforts behind the scenes, they've got a lot of new
features and
bug fixes coming your way. The ultimate mod manager Junction VIII (J8) is released too. You're in for a treat!
What?! A full voice acting mod? Hell, yeah!
Tsunamods is thrilled to bring you a taste of it with the available demo.
A massive shout-out as well to Makipl and MCINDUS for their incredible passion and contributions to FF8 over the years.
With the advent of Junction VIII Mod Manager —
A New Era. Get ready for the most amazing experience ever!
The Future is Bright
Cooking in the Kitchen:
✦ Full Voice Acting mod
✦ Full HD Backgrounds mod
✦ Full 60 FPS mod
✦ And countless surprises from the most talented modders
📰 News Flash & Upcoming Magic
Spoiler: Behind the scene • show 07/02/2022 - FFNx team bringing on the table since 2020: real-time lighting support; steam achievements; voice layer; external SFX audio effects layer for modders; HDR support; Audio 5.1/7.1 support; gamepad vibration; in-game voice acting; restore from PS1 full 360 analogue movement support while using gamepad as well as dual stick control for vehicles; vibration option in config menu and battle pause menu; ambient layer; card game in 60FPS and much much more.
28/04/2023 - AxlRose starts working on FF8 tools and mods.
13/03/2024 - A wild saeed3944 has appeared! He's got his hands on all the latest AI tools, and he's busy scaling up all the backgrounds at speedlight. Shunsq on the other hand helping with the "cutting" part.
14/05/2024 - Hobbitdur starts working on FF8 tools and mods.
01/12/2024 - Junction VIII Mod Manager is released.
03/08/2025 - True widescreen "unlocked"! Awaiting modders to rock it!
18/08/2025 - Slimebucket has brought some MCINDUS mods to the J8 platform, with MCINDUS's permission! Slimebucket also made some heavy test and bug fixes. The "Plus" mods can be found in J8 mod manager.
{NEW ☆}08/09/2025 - Sebanisu working on field map editor, awaiting last polishing in order to achieve a full background mod. AxlRose working hard on a batch cut tool and its own background mod... full field background mod closer. We are just getting started.
The best version of Final Fantasy VIII is being written right now — by all of us.
