The much-anticipated second installment in the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy II hit the market in 1988.

Caught up in the conflict between the armies of the Palamecian Empire and the rebels who stand between it and world domination, four orphans of the war are at the center of this sad and beautiful tale as it dramatically unfolds.

This title began the evolution that has characterized the ongoing series, introducing innovations like getting rid of experience-point levels in favor of a Mastery System that enabled players to develop their characters as they pleased, and a Word Memory System for remembering keywords from conversations and using them to solve the story.