FINAL FANTASY 1 TIPS AND TACTICS!!
Cool Tip #1
Anytime in the overworld, you can press A & B simultaneously 53 times and a cool menu will pop up.
It's a game where you have to move the squares into their correct locations. Basically, press A to move the piece and B to quit the game at any time. MAKE SURE THAT A & B ARE PRESSED PERFECTLY TOGETHER OR THIS GAME WILL NOT WORK!!
Cool Tip #2
Near Provoka (Which is the town you got your ship at) is an AMAZING area to fight at. Keep walking to the right after you see the town, following the path until you can't walk anymore, and then go up as far as you can. There will be a small section of land from which you can see the other half of the map. In that section, there is a 2 square walking room in the top.
*WARNING! DO NOT TRY THIS WITH LESS THAN A LEVEL 6 PARTY*
In that area will be various good monsters that aren't so hard to defeat, but will give you lots of experience. A good example would be the Zombull. They're weak against Harm and Fire Magics, so if you encounter 4 of them you'll be laughing all the way to the bank with 2,000 extra dollars and probably a level up as well. Keep fighting there and build up your levels.
Cool Tip #3
There is an invisible guard in Cornia Castle, who is to the left in the second room. He will never move, you cannot go through him, but you can still talk to him about meaningless things.
Cool Tip #4
Kari is a fire monster, but one of her strong points is ice magic. If you attck her with ice, it will only deal 1/2 the amount of damage as it normal does.
This is also true with Earth,Fire,Water and Air Elementals. For Earth, Fire effects it no more than any other spell, for Fire, Water doesn't make a difference, for Water, lightning is the same as an earth spell and for Air, earth is the same as all other spells.
Table of the Elements
Earth=Fire
Fire=Water
Water=Air
Air=Earth