The basic setup of the orginal, for those who haven't played it: The four elements of the world (water, wind, earth, and fire) have become wild and are destroying civilization. To regain control over these four elements of nature, the four fiends of the elements must be dealt with. This is the task of the Light Warriors, who travel the world, find these out-of-balance elements, and fix up what's wrong. While doing such they discover the force behind the imbalance, called Chaos, and they travel back in time 2000 years to fix the beginnings of the imbalace. Doing so, civilization is set safe once again, the rages of random fires being quenched, the crashing ocean being calmed, the fierce winds being stabilized, and the rot of the earth healed.
 

Watashi-wa Odoriko! Dancer!	Buying a cure spell.

There are those that copy from it indirectly, or just because the player has played that series so much that he/she has internalized how the game works. Examples: Destiny Calls, which had Rockabos (which looked and acted like Chocobos), and Wingedmene, where the first enemies are imps.

Second are fan-games, which take place within the Final Fantasy universe but not directly in any of the games. These are sort of the game equivalent of fan fiction or fan art, where a person intentionally sets their work inside the bounds of the work of another; similar to how a person may right a Star Trek story, even though they didn't create the Star Trek universe. Moogle1's old game Moogle Quest was of this type. These use the basic imaginary world of a game, and work from within that.

Byako's Final Fantasy Origins, as well as Kyp Durron's abandoned game Final Fantasy Remix, are of a third type: those that directly try to remake the game in the Ohrrpgce engine, with similar story, world, and gameplay. These can be looked upon as 'translations' of a sort, but changing the game's style in littel matters into the author's own. Whether such remakes are good or bad to make, I will admit that they can be fun to play. You are returning to something you are familiar with, but the little changes constantly surprise you. It's the same feeling you get from reading two different translations, by different translators, of a foreign writer, or from watching two different movies, with different directors, made from the same book.
 

Watashi-wa Arylon! Dancer!	The amano drawing the the sword is back.

Now that we're through with that, the good parts of the game are many. The game does succeed in having the same feel as the original game, and is more colorful graphically. It also has more text, with more sensible grammar patterns than the original English translation (which I believe Nintendo of America was responsible for). There is a greater variety of character classes.

As far as Ohrrpgce innovations goes, it does some good work. Particularly good is its 5-character in battle faking (the Ohrrpgce's 4 + one 'enemy' which acts as a 5th ally), and its ceiling disappearing trick (which works exactly like the original did).

The demo only really lasts up to Provoka (the second town), and not even that, since the houses there aren't functional. If the game is completed, balanced, and the bugs removed, I'd recommend it to anyone who played the original Final Fantasy. Until then, I recommend it to those who really liked the original, and to people who collect every Ohrrpgce game, as I do.

And for those who are wondering, the cover of this issue (issue#1) is for this game. It is an drawing of an unknown Final Fantasy fighter-type character, drawn in Amano style, by Komera Waddi. Ohrrpgce Monthly had a 'game of the month' tradition, and we'll keep that to an extent here: the game that gets the cover (for this month, Final Fantasy Origins) is the game of the month, which shall henceforth be defined as that game which I (and the other staff members, to an extent) felt was the most worth their time in playing.
 

Bikke seems larger than I remember.	The old 'Tceles B Hsup' broom.