| Released By | Bregalad |
|---|---|
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | GBA |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Mods | S |
| Patch Version | 3.0a |
| Hack Release Date | 25 October 2014 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 45004 |
| Last Modified | 07 November 2015 |
Description:
This hack completely restores the music and sound effects from the SNES original.
The framerate drop that was introduced when porting the game to GBA is almost completely eliminated.
All 3 releases of the game (Europe, Japan, America) are supported.
A new streamed orchestral intro is optional for the European version only.
ROM / ISO Information:
- ety-ff5a.gba
- CRC32: 7197117E
- MD5: EBC874A9FFABAACD7EA1A3E128DD97D3
- SHA-1: 4FC4BC7C1C3ABE9D2F9C59A3AE4172B5CB57BD2C
- ffva.gba
- CRC32: 7A24AB0C
- MD5: 9ED82843CC54876362BE56FACCB15D75
- SHA-1: 492789276EAA3E94152B143AD92F310B8A3D5366
- wrg-ffv.gba
- CRC32: FC7909A7
- MD5: B8FB00C59242AFC33B1A40D0D2B94EE7
- SHA-1: F4F6806051097C3088A5763D6D7211024FE5CC34
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| Bregalad | Hacking |
Amazing Work - Most Highly Recommended!
Reviewed By: Eselred on 25 Sep 2014This is a review for version 3.0 of the patch.
The Final Fantasy GBA games, while containing some new content and updates, are notorious for being lazy ports by Square-Enix and TOSE. All of them suffer from various bugs and reduction in quality, but the most terrible is the ruined soundtrack.
This patch restores the music to SNES quality. Having played the game for many hours with the 3.0 patch applied, I’ve noticed no issues whatsoever. It sounds awesome!
I don’t remember the framerate drops in the original version, and to be honest, I didn’t play it all that much. However, while I haven’t seen any noticeable framerate dropping, there are times during battle when everything will just halt for a few seconds. I’m not sure if it was in the original version or not, but it is definitely there. It’s most prevalent when there are many enemies on the screen.
Overall, this is a quality patch, and it is a definite must-have if you intend to play this version of Final Fantasy 5.
Recommended - Yes
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The negatives stop JUST short of outweighing the positives. | jonespianist | 31 Dec 2022 | 3.0a | Yes |
| Don't play the game without this. | T29 | 10 Jun 2022 | 3.0a | Yes |
| Amazing Work - Most Highly Recommended! | Eselred | 25 Sep 2014 | N/A | Yes |
| Not on par with SNES tracks | X-or | 05 Feb 2022 | 3.0a | No |
| A definite improvement! | TheZunar123 | 06 Sep 2014 | N/A | Yes |
| Good, just needs a little tweaking | Malev | 10 Nov 2010 | N/A | Yes |