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  • FFV: Four-Job Fiesta Released

    Romhack of Final Fantasy V (SFC)

    clymax is a solo modder who has created numerous respinners for JRPGs and other genres primarily via binary editing. You can find clips of his work on his YouTube channel.

    solidification is a prolific creator of fan-made achievements across different game genres and especially in the world of Final Fantasy mods. You can follow solidification’s set-making journey here.

    xJ4cks is the producer of the Clean series of mods and is a core member of the translation team for FFV: Heroine Trilogy. You can follow the work of xJ4cks here or check out his bio here.

    The Four-Job Fiesta mod of Final Fantasy V on SFC has been released courtesy of clymax. The mod is only for use with the RPGe English fan translation.

    The mod is unofficial and unaffiliated with Square Enix and FourJobFiesta.com.

    A. Credits

    Team Fiesta Redux of FFV Central

    • Web form by solidification
    • Randomization logic by solidification
    • Graphical output by solidification
    • Web design by xJ4cks
    • Text output by clymax
    • Server integration by clymax
    • Emulator integration by clymax
    • Achievement integration by clymax
    • Romhack by clymax
    • Prior work: Mime Galuf sprite fix by clymax

    B. Promo

    Play with ease and confidence!

    Introducing the Four-Job Fiesta mod of Final Fantasy V.

    For the first time since the event’s inception over a decade ago, no more tedious scrolling through pages of confusing rules throughout your run.

    Are you up for this classic challenge now?

    Earn badges and compete on our leaderboards if you prevail.

    Other hacks are also supported, many of which are exclusive to our community.

    C. Release Build: Features

    You can find the release on Romhack Plaza here.

    To use the hack, as a registered user of our website, click on Roll My Jobs in the top navigation bar to access our Four-Job Fiesta web app.

    Note that both registered and unregistered users can roll jobs for personal use, such as in offline runs on a local emulator.

    Using the hack is not required to get job rolls.

    Click on the Randomize! button to get your job rolls.

    Hover over Play in the top navigation bar and then click SNES. Drag your Four-Job Fiesta hack into our web emulator to play.

    Your job rolls apply to your game automatically.

    Various Fiesta rules are enforced by the hack.

    Can you complete the challenge by beating the game?

    If so, you will be awarded a game badge.

    Victorious players during a Fiesta season are also eligible to be awarded an event badge for the season.

    Players can also compete on our leaderboards. Players have the option to link to a YouTube video of their full run.

    The Mime Galuf sprite fix has been incorporated.

    See below for a video clip of the features.

    Here are some examples of other badges you can earn on our website.

    D. Why Some Other Sites Just Don’t Cut It for Rolling Your Jobs

    Click on the thumbnail for a highlight clip.

    Clip credit: clymax

    Video credit: Davidvinc RPGs on YouTube

    E. Event Announcement

    Introducing Classic Four-Job Fiesta (FJF), based on the FJF mod of Final Fantasy V.

    Given the mod was not released until August, the first season of Classic FJF will run from August through October (instead of the normal June through August). Update: event now runs year-round (from January to December).

    To participate in this event, using our web emulator is required. Web registration is needed to use the web emulator.

    Discord membership is not required to use the web emulator or to join the event. However, Discord membership is required to make a support request and to receive support relating to the event.

    The web emulator allows fast forwarding but does not allow loading states.

    Players who prevail in the event are eligible to earn a one-time game badge for the mod (obtainable year-round). Players are also eligible to earn a season-specific event badge (design TBA). They are also eligible to earn a tiered Discord role for completing the event.

    For any questions concerning the event, post a new topic in the help channel of our Discord. The host of this event is clymax.

    F. Fiesta Comparison Chart

    Four Job Fiesta (FJF)Four Job Fiesta (FJF)Classic Four-Job Fiesta (CFJF)Whirlwind Four-Job Fiesta (WFJF)
    HostRevenant KiokuSutarionclymaxclymax
    PlatformFourJobFiesta.comRetro AchievementsFFV CentralFFV Central
    Platform history13 years14 years2 years2 years
    Event edition16th4th1st2nd
    WhenSummerSummerYear-roundSummer
    Community moderation stylePro-censorshipPro-censorshipAnti-censorshipAnti-censorship
    Refrains from allegedly pushing own political narrative through choice of charityAdopts chosen charity
    Compatible with FourJobFiesta.com
    Four jobsTotalTotalTotalPer character
    Roll jobs without user registration
    Roll jobs outside of summer
    Roll jobs for personal runs (non-event)
    Event natureChallenge runChallenge runTimed challenge runSpeedrun competition (Division I); challenge run (Division II);
    custom challenge (Division III);
    bonus
    (Division IV)
    LeaderboardLinkSpeedrun.com
    Supported version(s)SFC, PSX, GBA, Pixel Remaster (various)GBAFour-Job Fiesta mod (SFC)Whirlwind dev build (SFC)
    EnrollmentOpen to website usersOpen to website usersOpen to website usersOpen to qualified Discord members; subject to enrollment limit
    RequirementsLegally obtained gameLegally obtained gameLegally obtained game and modLegally obtained game; qualified access to mod’s dev build
    SeedingRandomRandomRandomChoice of community seed, player seed, or auto-rando seed
    Job rollingWeb appEvent staff manuallyWeb appWhirlwind mod
    Job enforcementSelf-enforced by player manuallyAchievement logic counts jobs with ABP but cannot check job rolls or prevent player mistakesFour-Job Fiesta modWhirlwind mod
    SubmissionScreenshotScreenshotAutomatic via Web PlayLivestream, video, and/or input recording
    VerificationScreenshot verification done manuallyFour-Job Fiesta modVideo verification done manually
    Farming boosts2x-4x (Pixel Remaster)62x
    Average run length20 hours20 hours20 hours2 hours
    Event badge as reward
    Game badge earnable
    Superboss incentive
    Sample VODLinkLinkLink

    So, what do you think? What’s your favorite challenge in the Final Fantasy series? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Final Fantasy Legend III Sound Engine

    Backported to Final Fantasy Legend II

    You can follow Yohnstoppable’s work via YouTube.

    Says the hack author Yohnstoppable:

    Successfully got the Final Fantasy Legend 3 sound engine working in 2.

    Now I need to translate the songs from 2 to get them back in.

    After that will be Legend 1 and Adventure, followed by other songs I’ve already been translating over

    Speaking exclusively with FFV Central, Yohnstoppable adds:

    I was translating songs over to use for the FFL2 sound engine, but it doesn’t have a pulse channel. So I was throwing away the drum channel for every song. Got sick of that and brought the 3 engine in.

    Hoping to have 100 total songs on the jukebox when I’m done.

    Music from Legends 1 and 3 and Adventure will be a part of it. Then a lot of NES music and a few songs from other Gameboy games. A few SNES songs, too, but those can be difficult to condense

    So, what do you think? What track would you like to listen to most in modded Final Fantasy Legend II? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Battle of the Titans: Dog Versus Alex T

    Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) 2026, Semifinals

    For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube or Twitter.

    The official playlist has just been completed and is available here.

    In a epic rematch of the CTWC 2024 Finals, the following players duke it out in a most anticipated match of this year’s tournament:

    • Dog, 2x CTWC Champion (2020, 2021)
    • Alex T, 2x CTWC Champion (2024, 2025)

    Will one of these players advance to the finals and ultimately be crowned the first three-time champion since Jonas Neubauer?

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  • Fan-Run “Falcom Music Channel” Taken Down on YouTube

    Copyright Strikes Despite Longstanding Declaration of Free Music

    For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube or Twitter.

    The fan-run channel was formerly accessible here.

    As noted by RPGFan.com in a social media post here:

    Falcom has taken down the fan-run ‘Falcom Music Channel’ (a YouTube page they’d even link to themselves!).

     Despite once lax rules for use, Josep (who ran the page) would also try crediting individual composers who are otherwise more simply credited as ‘Falcom Sound Team JDK’.

    Image credit: RPGFan.com

    Says the channel owner on social media:

    Discussion on social media:

    It is noted that Falcom does not even appear to have an official music channel on YouTube. Instead, there is only an auto topic of auto-imported tracks here.

    Recent discussion on the Falcom subreddit:

    A forum thread on ResetEra is available here.

    Ironically, Falcom has long had what it hails as a world-first declaration of free music. The following is an English machine translation of their policy in Japanese here:

    What is Falcom’s Music Free Declaration?

    This is a declaration made with the aim of allowing you to freely use all of Nihon Falcom Corporation’s (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) musical works.

    For over 40 years, our company has produced and sold a vast amount of game music, gaining support from many users across generations due to the diversity of our sound and the high quality of our productions. We have released over 5,000 songs, and that number continues to grow.

    With the desire to share these songs with even more people than before, beyond just game music fans, we are launching the “Falcom Music Free Declaration,” a world-first initiative.

    You can use music in situations like these.

    • I want to play Falcom music at a piano recital.
    • I want to play in a band’s live performance.
    • I want to use it as background music for my wedding.
    • I want to use it in a play for the school festival.
    • I want to use it as background music for a radio program.
    • I want to use it as a song for a TV commercial.
    • I want to use it as background music for events and presentations .

    On social media as noted above, and on YouTube, there is speculation that the channel was taken down specifically because the Kyoto Xanadu OST was ripped and uploaded before the OST release:

    Other coverage on YouTube:

    Rumors regarding a replacement channel to be started by another fan:

    Speaking exclusively with FFV Central, JRPG streamer and Falcom content creator NeoKakarot offers the following insight:

    Falcom could have very easily communicated with Josep telling him that BGM rips before the official OST is a no no now.

    I think they used the Kyoto Xanadu uploads as an excuse to just be rid of the channel.

    Falcom with their expanded western reach realized they were missing out on ad revenue of all these westerners not listening to their official YT channel or spotify.

    So, what do you think? Is Falcom finally backpedaling from their policy? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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