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Final Fantasy 7

In-game reset
Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Select + Start while playing.

Easy Chocobo races
Hold R1 + R2 while racing a Chocobo to restore energy slowly. Then swiftly press Circle to get energy back.

Defeating Teyioh
When Teyioh appears on the screen that shows your opponents, press Start. When the starting line appears press Select and hold Circle until your Chocobo has roughly one tenth of its stamina left. Then hold down L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 and restore its energy. When it gets back to two tenths or higher, then lower it back to one tenth. Note: Do not use stamina at the ending space background unless your Chocobo is green or better.

Easy Battle Square handicaps
Swiftly tap Square during the "slot machine" handicap sequence in the Battle Square section at Gold Saucer. The slots will now slow down, allowing an easier selection of your handicap. Note: This trick will also work in a similar manner with Cait Sith's limit break.

Hints & Tips

Cosmo Canyon song
You can play the Cosmo Canyon song on your own by going to Tifa's house in Nibelheim. Then, press Square, Square, Square, X, Square, Circle, Circle, R1 + X, Circle, R1 + Square, R1 + Square, R1 + Square, R1 + X, Circle, R1 + X, R1 + Square, R1 + X, Circle, R1 + X, R1 + Square, Circle, Square, X, Circle, Square, X, Square. Note: This serves no purpose in the game.

Extra experience (Japanese version)
When in the Gold Saucer prison, enter the well just outside of the town. Walk around until encountering a monster named "Test 0" which resembles a dog. You can poison or attack it. Instead of fighting back, it will whimper and ask that you not harm it.

Huge Materia from Cid's Rocket
The code to get the Huge Materia from Cid's rocket is Circle, Square X, X. Note: If you do not get the code, restart and try again from a previously saved game.

Avoid back attack
When surprised with a back attack, try running away to instantly turn around (hold L1 + R1). This allows your party to recieve less damage.

Faster time bar
When you get into any battle, quickly press Circle. However, if this slows the time bar down, swiftly press Triangle. If Triangle slows you down when it was speeding up, then swiftly press Circle again. Keep switching if you have to.

Presidential send-off tricks
After doing the Presidential Send-Off event and getting your prize from Hedigger, press Square, Circle, X, or Triangle to make Cloud do things like place his hands on his hips, shrug, and scratch his back with the gun.

View Cloud's Omnislash from behind
When you obtain Omnislash, use it. Instantly after you select your enemies, open the lid on the PlayStation. The game will go through all of the camera movements of the Omnislash, but Cloud will not use the technique. When the camera stops for the second time, close the lid. About 15 seconds after you close the door, Cloud will use Omnislash. Note: Sometimes the camera will go in front. Make sure you have either Cloud or Red XIII in the center or you may not see Cloud.

Bahamnant ZERO Summon Materia details
Walk around after boarding the Shinra No. 26 spaceship on disc two. Your party will be able to go down to the space pod or up the ladder to the right to the huge materia. Go to the huge materia and use the talk button at the tall glass to speak with Cid. He will explain the controls in this area of the game. Talk again at the case and enter the password Circle, Square, X, X to gather the Key Item "Huge Materia". After travelling to Cosmo Canyon later in the game, talk to Bugenhagen. He will take your party up to his observatory. Draw near to the Blue huge materia and get closer. Your party will get the Bahamnant ZERO summon materia.

Sense without wasting a turn
Press Select to show a window above the time bars, then sense the enemy. From this point on whenever you attack that enemy while selecting, look in that window to see its current HP and name. Note: This only works in the current battle.

Easy AP, Gil, and experience
Note: A controller with a turbo feature is needed for this trick to work. Go to Cactuar Island (an island in the far north east) and morph three Cactuars into Tetra Elementals. Go to the area around Mideel and "park" your Gold Chocobo or the Highwind on the small sliver of grass below the drop after you pass Mideel going west (not near the forest, but on the area below this.) Walk towards the long beach area far away from your transportation if you accidentally get off track, you could get on your airship or Chocobo and drift off. Equip a Mastered Enemy Lure and weapons that can get the most AP (not your ultimate weapons). The Scimitar, Apocalypse, Platinum Fist, etc. should be your priorities. Equip the Materia you want to get a lot of AP on the weapons. These may include Knights Of The Round, Double Cut, and Bahamut Zero. Cloud, Cid, and Tifa work the best if they are at high levels because they all get triple AP with certain weapons. Equip Cloud with the Apocalypse, Mystile, and Tetra elemental; Cid (if used) with the Scimitar, anything else, and Tetra elemental; Tifa (if used) with Platinum Fist, anything else, and Tetra elemental. Set turbo on Circle and keep it held (a rubber band is useful for this). Or, hold Down (also using a rubber band) If properly, you will be going left and right constantly and encountering an enemy called the Sandworm. The maximum damage it can do is 50 to 70 because you absorb the Sandstorm and Earthquake attacks (due to the Tetra elementals). Each beaten Sandworm results in 1300 EXP, 200 AP, and 5000 Gil. With luck, all materia will be mastered and you will have alot of Gil after a few hours have passed.

Maneuvering the Highwind
The Highwind can be turned sideways or flown backwards without turning around. Hold Square and press the D-pad in the desired direction while flying.

Instead of pressing Square + D-pad to fly the Highwind, press Circle to go forward. Press R1 or L1 to turn sharper. To fly crooked, hold R1 + Left or L1 + Right while moving at full speed forward.

Easy Key to Sector 5
Instead of going through all of the digging to find the "Key to Sector 5" on the top level of the Bone Village, go to the village in Disc 3. There should be an X on the ground in front of the ladder to the second level. Talk to the man and dig for normal treasure in the precise center of the X three times. The first time you should get Cid's mop, the second time you should get W-Summon, and the third time you should get the Key to Sector 5.