The following section is for technical support and assistance with Final Fantasy VIII.
300Mb of free hard drive space for minimum installation (600MB recommended)
Please note: You may need to update the drivers for your system hardware for the game to function properly. Driver files are often obtainable via the web sites of their manufacturers, many of which are linked at our Hardware Support Links Section.
We did not test Final Fantasy VIII with laptop/notebook systems and therefore we cannot guarantee compatibility. Due to the variety of hardware configurations that ship with today's laptop systems, it would be impossible to configure a game that would work with all of them. Many laptop/notebook computers are limited in their ability to be used as a gaming machine. This is because of memory configurations, their micro-channel architecture, port configurations (i.e. no place for a joystick) and sound systems that are primarily designed to be used with productivity software.
The other common problem is that laptop systems will attempt to compress the traditional version of the standard 101-function keyboard (found on almost all desktop systems) into a much smaller keyboard configuration. This is usually done by relying on multifunction keys that allow the user to assign different functions to the same key. Unfortunately, this has been known to cause problems with our games.
Additionally, Final Fantasy VIII is not supported using Windows NT, Windows 2000 compressed hard drives, or Windows emulators. Although the game might run, its performance and stability will be questionable.
We strongly recommend that you have at least 500mb free on your system at all times for the correct operation of Windows and the relevant game software.
General FAQs
Upon attempting to play the game it asks me to insert disc 1, but the disc is in the drive
Due to the amount of information on the disc, you will need to adjust your CD-Rom settings. To do this go into the control panel, system properties. Click on performance and then file system. Select CD – Rom and you will be able to adjust the supplemental cache size. Upon adjusting the setting you will need to restart your PC. Adjusting these settings should enable to CD drive to read the disk correctly.
