You can do a lot by linking Cover materia with Counter materia. You'll need a Mastered
Cover materia and as many Mastered Counter materia as possible. Now your charater can
cover and take out a group of monsters in one counter.

With this code, you can easily restore life while in battle without having to worry about
anything happening.  Enter a battle, and when your characters' health gets low, cast
regenerate on him/her/them.  Once the spell has been cast, open the Playstation lid and
have someone cast a spell.

FOR THIS TRICK TO WORK THE LID ON THE PLAYSTATION MUST BE OPEN BEFORE YOU CAST THE SECOND
SPELL!

With the lid open, the game won't be able to cast the spell, so the game will stop until
you close the Playstation lid.  Once the lid is closed, the game will function corectly
and you can resume play.  The trick to this code is that while the game is looking for the
CD, the regenerate spell will still be working, so your life will fill up while nothing
else happens!  This code works great for some of the ultra tough bosses (Emerald and
Diamond Weapon) because nothing else will happen while the lid is up.

While racing the chocobos, hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 to increase your speed. To
increase their stamina, hold R1 + R2.

While choosing a chocobo to race, press L1, L2, R1, R2 or any direction to pan, zoom and
rotate the chocobo you're viewing.

The saved-game picture changes depending on what slot your game is saved in. Here's the
complete list:

FILE 1  : CLOUD

FILE 2  : BARRET

FILE 3  : AERIS

FILE 4  : CAIT SITH

FILE 5  : RED XIII

FILE 6  : CID

FILE 7  : TIFA

FILE 8  : VINCENT

FILE 9  : YUFFIE

FILE 10 : RUFUS

FILE 11 : TSENG

FILE 12 : PRISICILLA

FILE 13 : RUDE

FILE 14 : DAIN

FILE 15 : SEPHIROTH

The following are lists of materia combinations that will give you an advantage over tough
enemies such as Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon. ("-" means the two materia must be
connected; all others can be put anywhere.)

1) Materia: Mega-all, Deathblow-HP Absorb/MP Absorb

Description: Restores lots of HP/MP while dealing major damage.

2) Materia: Cover, Counter Attack, Counter Attack, Counter-Deathblow

Description: Covers for  characters and counters three times, the last being deathblow.

3) Materia: "Knights of the Round" Summon-W-Summon, Mime

Description: Casts Knights of the Round twice and Mime casts it twice again for no MP
charge (can Mime unlimited times if "chain" is not broken).

4) Materia: Pre-Emptive, Sneak Attack-Kights of the Round, HP<->MP, Mime, W-Summon

Description: A player begins by casting Knights of the Round twice without need of rest
(HP<->MP materia). Also, all attack gauges  for other characters are full at the begining
of the battle which allows for an easy Mime to cast Knights of the Round twice again free
of charge (as long as chain is not broken).

Also, I find that FINAL ATTACK-REVIVE can be helpful by reviving you if you die
unexpectedly (great combination against Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon).

NOTE: This code requires a GameShark.

This code is by far the coolest thing you will ever see. First enter the code "8009A05C
0041" into your GameShark. Start-up FF7 with the first disk. Choose "New Game". Instead of
the normal opening CG movie you will appear in a room filled with Japanese symbols.
IMPORTANT! Turn off your Gameshark after you are in the room.

Walking onto these symbols will transport you to other rooms where you can go to any point
in the game, watch the CG movies, and gain a complete set of Materia among other things.
You can also talk to the man in the bottom left corner to adjust other settings.

When in normal status use a "Hyper." This will let your limit meter go up faster, so you
can use your old techniques more. The reason for this is that one way to get your limit
breaks gained is to use your old techniques.

WARNING: When you use the "Hyper," your status changes to "Fury," which will lessen your
hit rate.

Another way to gain your limit breaks is to defeat large groups of enemies. Try this: When
leaving the Nibel Mountains and heading for Rocket Town, you should see a group of forests
when you leave the mountains. Try engaging combat there, because sometimes you fight large
groups of enemies there. Such as a group of six "Battery Caps," or sometimes five "Battery
Caps" and one "Valron." This might help in getting your limit techniques also.

Use the following materia (must be mastered) to pull off a six in a row summon combo.

Enhance Sword and Wizard Armor with Cloud. Place the materia in this exact order:

Materia on weapon: Sneak Attack = ChocoMog,  Sneak Attaack = Mime, Sneak Attack = Ifirt, 
Sneak Attack = Mime

Materia on armor: Sneak Attack = Shiva, Sneak Attack = Mime, Sneak Attack = Mime, nothing
= Pre-emptive

To get to the URA battle (special battle) in the Battle Arena, first gain 64000 battle
points and buy the W-Summon materia. Next get 32,000 battle points and buy Cloud's level 4
limit, Omnislash. Equip Omnislash and talk to the lady at the counter in the battle arena,
and she will ask you if you want to participate in a special battle. Beat all 8 enemies
and get the Final attack materia.

Note: You must have your Ultimate Weapon equiped to fight in the special battle.

To cast three magic spells in one round, first equip someone with a Magic Materia + "All"
Support Materia.  You'll also need Barrier Materia with the Reflect spell learned.  When
you enter battle, cast Reflect on the entire party, (your party).  Then cast the magic
spell that was connected to the "All" Materia on YOUR party.  Even though you casted the
spell once, it will be reflected and returned to the enemy hitting for three times!  And
for the same price of the usual MP's.  What's even better is that if you have W-Magic, you
can cast that spell twice, or two different spells (both need to be connected to "All"
Materia) hitting for six times!!!

To get unlimited Sources (luck source, magic source, etc.) perform the following actions.
Get in the submarine and go to the downed plane. Wander around until you get into a battle
and use the morph command on the enemies. The best way to do this is attack the enemies
until they are almost dead and then use morph. In this area there are six different
enemies and each one morphs into one of the six sources.

For this fight you will need: Knights of the Round, Zero Bahumut, and any other summons.
Cure 3, Wall, "Mime", DeBarrier, Remedies and at least three Megaexlir's.

Start out by casting Wall on your party, then cast DeBarrier to take away Sephiroth's
wall. After this has been done throw everything you've got at him, use Mime to cause major
damage. During the fight Sephiroth will levitate higher, signaling he's preparing to cast
Super Nova.

If you are above 1500 energy you should be alright, watch out for his Heartless Angel that
will not kill you, but bring your health down to 1. Then use Megaexlirs. Keep up the
endurance and Sephiroth shouldn't be to hard to beat.

While in Mideel (before it has been destroyed), go to the weapons shop and check the door
in the back (the one that does not open.) Next, go to the shop on the hill with the man on
the balcony. Walk behind him along the part of the balcony on the side of the shop until
you here a rattling sound. Check the spot and you will get a key. Use the key on the door,
and it will break off. The owner will ask what happened. Tell the truth and he will give
you the curse ring. If you lie, he will not give it to you. It raises all of your stats,
but puts the character on death sentance, but this can be countered with a Phoenix Down.

Here's a way to get two very helpful accessories.

Ribbon: To get a ribbon you must go into the crater and walk around until you fight
a Master Tonberry (a mole creature with a rotating yellow star above its head.) Attack him
a few times and then morph him. He will turn into a Ribbon.

Tetra-Elemental: There is a small desert island in the south under the Western
Continent. Land there with the Highwind or with a gold chocobo. Walk on the sand until you
fight a small cactus man. Morph him a eh becomes a Tetra-Elemental.

Note: I have had the best luck morphing with Yuffie simply because see deals 9999
HP damage each time. It may be a different case for you but Yuffie is usually the best
morpher.

If you have the W-Item Materia, equip it and enter battle. Use the W-Item command and
select your first item you want to use with the Circle button. Then choose your second
item but do not use it. Select it so that cursors appear on the screen (either on you
allies or your enemies) then cancel with the X button. Select again and make the cursor
appear then cancel. Repeat the selecting and canceling of the second item over and over.
Each time you do this the quantity of the first item will increase by 1.

Near the exploded Mako site there is a small forest. Wonder around in it until you fight a
ninja woman. After you defeat her there will be a save point. DO NOT USE THIS or she will
run away. Talk to her and tell her you don't want to fight her again. Then tell her your
terrified of her. When she asks if you need her help, say "Yes" then tell her that you're
leaving and don't ask for her name.

Alternatively, try this. Equip the Enemy Away Materia which can be won in the Gold Saucer
Chocobo Racing and a Luck Plus Materia. Go into any forests and wait for a while. Note
that the Enemy Away Materia must be at Master Level for a higher percentage of

chances to encounter Yuffie.

To do this trick, you need a joystick controller with rapid-fire settings and access to
the Gold Saucer.

Go to Wonder Square, and up to the arm-wrestling game. Wrap a rubberband around your
joystick so that it's pulled to the upper left diagonal, so that Cloud continuously walks
into the arm-wrestling

machine but not into the GP-trading girl.  Now, turn on the rapid-fire for the 'O' button.
Cloud will now repeatedly challenge and beat the wrestling game. Slowly but surely, your
GP will increase. It takes a

while, so it's probably best to set this up just before you go to bed at night, and leave
it on while you sleep. By morning, you should have plenty of GP to buy your Gold Pass and
the two secret Materia: XP-Plus and Gil-Plus.  Cheater!