Final Fantasy VIII

SLES-02080
Initially Released 27 October 1999

Final Fantasy VIII is the 1999 role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft, the eighth main entry in the long-running series and the first to feature realistically proportioned characters by Tetsuya Nomura. The PAL physical landscape is unusually broad, with nineteen catalogued variants spanning the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands across Original, Enhanced Edition and Platinum release types. The five language-specific SCES masters split the territories cleanly between English on SLES-02080, French on SLES-02081, German on SLES-02082, Italian on SLES-02083 and Spanish on SLES-02084. All variants are housed in the Multiway Jewel Four Disk case format necessitated by the four-disc presentation, and most carry Hologram B on the case, with selected late Platinum reprints carrying the PSP Hologram instead. The Enhanced Edition is a particularly notable group, bundling poster, memory card, stickers and a t-shirt and frequently surfacing without the documented EAN. Final Fantasy VIII remains one of the headline collector targets in the PAL PSX library.

Collector Notes

Keep an eye out for a rare misprint on the Platinum edition. A small number of these were shipped with a case with the PSP hologram sticker on instead of the PlayStation One. These stickers are square, not rectangular, and bear the PSP logo at certain angles. This appears to affect all regions - though I’m still collecting all examples.

PAL PS1 Releases

Release Title	Case Data	Release Country & Disk Language	Content
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02080	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858423	UK English	M? 3 P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02080	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858423	UK English	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02081	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858829	France French	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02081	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858829	France French	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02082	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858522	Germany German	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02082	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858522	Germany German	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02083	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858621	Italy Italian	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02083	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858621	Italy Italian	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02084	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858720	Spain Spanish	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 27 Oct 1999 SLES-02084	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719858720	Spain Spanish	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 29 Sep 2000 SLES-02080	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719193920	UK English	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 29 Sep 2000 SLES-02080	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719194026	Netherlands English	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 29 Sep 2000 SLES-02082	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719194323	Germany German	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 29 Sep 2000 SLES-02083	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719194422	Italy Italian	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 29 Sep 2000 SLES-02084	Multiway Jewel Four Disk Hologram B 0711719194521	Spain Spanish	F? B? M? D? P? S?
Final Fantasy VIII 1 Jan 2005 SLES-02080	Multiway Jewel Four Disk PSP Hologram 0711719193920	UK English	2 4 P? S? 5
Final Fantasy VIII 1 Jan 2005 SLES-02082	Multiway Jewel Four Disk PSP Hologram 0711719194323	Germany German	F? B? M? D? P? S?

Note: 2 additional releases for this title are currently being verified and will be added soon.