where can I get the graphic packs from? namely the NPC and object packs, also is there some kind of patch to slow down the subgames?

Final Fantasy VII, it's nigh impossible for the average gamer to not have heard of this ground-breaking title.

Square had been the masters of pixelated worlds in the era of Nintendo and Super Nintendo, but with the dawning of the Playstation they took their art to a new medium and a very exciting place.

The story centers around a group of freedom fighters known as AVALANCHE. They're against the ShinRa Electric Company's use of Mako Reactors to drain the Lifestream of the Planet. Joined by Cloud, whom once served under the ShinRa mantle, the group quickly find themselves in the middle of a conflict that has been silent for centuries, only now to be awoken.

Providing players with the turn-based/Active-Time battles they'd come to enjoy since Final Fantasy IV, the game also utilised the classic new iteration of how abilities are used and obtained.

This came about with the use of Materia, which had the ability to affect a character's base stats in return for providing a skill. This could be a magical spell, a summon... a different type of attack etc.

Equipping Materia in well thought out ways could give the player many advantages in battles which added a nice layer of technicality to the mix whilst the classic gaining of experience by killing enemies defined a characters rate of level growth.

It was this combination of features that somehow took the world by storm. Final Fantasy VII was an adventure, there was no doubt about it. You were IN this world and ultimately, you didn't want to leave.

We look back today and laugh at how hooked we became to these character models which were very blocky and easily surpassed in future Final Fantasy installments. But it was all part of the aura Final Fantasy VII brought with it.

FFVII was set in a futuristic world where technology and magic co-existed, with the spiritual and the sadistic.

Of course, there are many people that debate Final Fantasy VII's adoration. Claiming the game itself is nothing spectacularly new.

But these are all opinions that people are free to have.

No one really knows WHY Final Fantasy VII became a gaming icon, different aspects appealed to different gamers. It had something for (almost, it seems) everyone.

Say what you will about the sequels and off-shoots, but it is certain the gaming scene would be very different had Final Fantasy VII not been created.