Final Fantasy 8 Cheats - PlayStation
Primary Collection of Cheats
In-game reset
Hold [L1] + [L2] + [R1] + [R2]
+ [Select] + [Start] during game play.
Run away
At any time during a battle with wild monsters, press
[R1] + [R2]. Note: This will not work on Bosses.
Hidden song
Place the game disc in an audio CD player and play
track two to hear the song "Eyes On Me" by Faye Wong.
Limit Break continues
When any one of your party members is badly injured
(indicated by a yellow life gauge), press [Circle] repeatedly
until the arrow on "<attack>" appears for a limit
break. Go to the second floor hall of Galbadia Garden. Keep
walking in the way of the man in the wheelchair. Sometimes you
will see him floating around next to his wheelchair.
Glitch: Floating book
After you acquire the Ragnarok, go to Balamb. Standing
next to a gas pump will be a man. Make sure Zell is in your party
and talk to the man. He will say that a girl with a pigtail went
to Zell's house. Talk to Zell's mom, then go to Balamb Garden
(at Fisherman's Horizon). Go in the library. There will be a girl
reading a book. Go behind her and talk to her. When she finishes
talking, the book should be floating behind her. If not. go behind
her and try again.
Glitch: Run through bus
When in Deling City, run into a bus. Keep going and
you will eventually run through it.
Glitch: Blasting Zone
When fighting Ultimecia True, use the Renzokuken with
Squall and use Blasting Zone. You will see the beam coming out
of earth even through you are in space.
Glitch: Saving Rinoa
When saving Rinoa in the Socceress Memorial Hall, if
you have an upgraded weapon with Squall, he will pull out a revolver.
Glitch: Saving Rinoa in space
When you are at the space station and Rinoa enters
into a trance and goes into space, you are supposed to talk to
everyone in the control room. Do not choose Selphie. If you do,
the game will not proceed. When you are directed to talk to everyone,
you will never be able to talk to her.
Glitch: Bahamut from earth
On Disc 4 when you are fighting Ultimecia True, summon
Bahamut. He appears to come from earth, even though you are in
a time compressed space.
Glitch Cactuar in space
When fighting Ultimecia True, if you use Cactuar it
will still show a sun, even though you are in the time compressed
space.
Glitch Eden in space
When fighting Ultimecia in space, summon Eden. In the
very last part where she sends the enemy into a galaxy, will show
Ultimecia going through space from Earth, even though you are
in time compressed space.
Glitch: Brothers in space
Use the Brothers when you fight Ultmecia. One will
pick up a chunk of earth and toss the other into the air, even
though you are in space (compressed time world).
Glitch: Sleep talking Raijin
When you fight Raijin outside of the Balamb Hotel in
Disc 2, cast Sleep on him. Keep doing this until he is asleep,
then defeat him using magic attacks so that he does not wak eup.
After you defeat him, the little Zs will be above his head while
he says "Ugh ya got me ya know".
Glitch: Different Beat Finish
When fighting Ultimecia True, use Zell's Different
Beat Finish. Even though you are already in space, Zell should
keep kicking Ultimecia True and end up in the sky.
Glitch: Strange sounding Squall
Cast Protect on the enemy that you are going to do
Squall's Limit Break on. If he does a Lionheart finish, the Protect
will still be on and will glitch the sound. Note: This will not
have any bad effect on your game.
Glitch: Stuck in Caraway's mansion
When Rinoa leaves the room, go to the door. Caraway
comes in, he will walk through you and you will get stuck. To
get out, you have to finish the dialogue with him.
Glitch: Scanning Selphie
If you scan a monster or yourself with the Scan magic,
you can use the D-Pad to move the character in all directions.
If you use Scan on Selphie and try to rotate it, it will only
allow you to move her left and right and not up and down.
Glitch: Misspelling
When you go to Timber for the first time, Watts will
say "The forests of Timber sure has changed!" instead
of "The forests of timber sure have changed!"