I would have been around 17 / 18 when this came out, which makes me feel really old now, let me tell you.

First saw it round my boyfriends house. He was somewhere in Midgar when I popped over, so I sat down to watch. After 30 minutes, I was bugging him to let me have a go. He refused. After an hour, I'd left the house to go buy a PlayStation and copy of the game for myself. Never looked back.