Final Fantasy Tactics’ Devs Had To Lean On Fans To Recover Original Source Code

“we know you guys do such a good job of keeping all of that up to date”.

After 28 long years, Final Fantasy Tactics is finally getting the remaster it (hopefully) deserves when The Ivalice Chronicles launches on Switch on 30th September 2025.

According to director Kazutoyo Maehiro, however, development on the upcoming remaster wasn’t entirely smooth-sailing thanks to one key issue: the original source code was essentially lost. Speaking at a panel during PAX West (thanks, Popverse), Maehiro explained that when the original PS1 title was released in various regions outside of Japan, the original code was overwritten multiple times.

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