We’ve covered how you can build your own somewhat HD version of the RPG classic Final Fantasy VII, but what if you wanted to play the game in a pixelated, NES-era format?

A bunch of hackers led by a guy with the handle Lugia2009 have taken an unofficial bootleg of the game, originally developed by ShenZhen Nanjing Technology in China, and turned it into something much more than what was originally intended. My guess as to why the original bootleg still eludes the Square Enix lawyers is because it was developed in China, the land where copyright and trademark doesn’t exist.

Anyway, the restoration of the game began after Lugia2009 realized how terrible the Chinese bootleg was. It took him and his team so long to finish the project because most of the game had to be tweaked or redone, like the sprites and character art. Almost all of which had to be altered or completely reworked, but that didn’t stop them from adding things to the game as well.

Here’s how the finished game looks:

Lugia somehow added pixelated cutscenes to the game, complete endings, and even a completely expanded soundtrack (the original game only had seven songs). If you want to see a full list of all the changes and additions made, you can view that here.

This de-make took four years to finish, and Lugia is not stopping here. His next plan is to completely translate and finish Shenzhen’s NES port of Pokemon Yellow, which he describes as “near perfect”, although it will still require some alterations. Further in the future, he plans to work on translating the NES version of Resident Evil. Yes, even Resident Evil was de-made on the NES.

If you want to grab the game before the Square Enix lawyers send a cease and desist, you can download it from the romhacking website.