Cheating at Final Fantasy 2

Today on Snarkmarket, Matt mentions that Final Fantasy 2 was the last game in a dozen years to emotionally move him. Well, what a coincidence -- that was one of the games I successfully cheated at during spring break! Thanks to modern emulator technology, you can play all your favorite video games from childhood on your home PC. I use an emulator called SNES9X Custom, which allows me to edit the emulated SNES' memory locations in real time. With some helpful background info from GameFAQs, some searching skill, and a familiarity with hexadecimal notation, you too can give yourself unfair amounts of gold, experience, and items.

In order to inspire you to try cheating yourself, I've posted some images of my experiments. Right now I'm at the point in the game where I need to go visit the Sealed Cave, so keep that in mind when you see my wicked levels. :)

My main menu -- I gave everyone about 3 million experience points, thus everyone's almost at level 70.
Cecil's equipment -- Yes, I've got the Crystal sword and Adamant armor, and I haven't even visited the moon yet!