FF V: 12 h and 32 min
FF VIII: 18 h and 25 min
FF II: 10 h and 47 min

Next up is FF XIII, which is currently being played

The marathon has started, and we're ahead of time.

Final fantasy V: 12.32 hours

Final fantasy VIII: 18.25 hours

I'm excited to announce that Tantalus 4 will start their marathon in about 2 minutes! 12 am, local time!

Here's the new game order!

V (E) 17 h [22th, 12 pm]

VIII (S) 24 h [23th, 05 am]

II (V) 20 h [24th, 05 am]

XIII (R, E) 20 h [25th, 01 am]

IX (V) 24 h [25th, 9 pm]

XII (S, R) 25 h [26th, 9 pm]

IV (E) 20 h [27, 10 pm]

X (V, R) 20 h [28th, 6 pm]

VI (S) 12 h [29th, 2 pm]

I (V) 13 h [30th, 2 am]

VII (E) 25 h [30th, 3 pm]

III (R) 20 h [30th, 4 pm]

Denotings: Rickard, Emanuel, Vikmo, Sundberg

UPDATE: 21th july

The countdown has begun my friends! In about 18 hours, we'll try to complete a full final fantasy marathon, which to our knowledge will be a world-first (completing the full marathon, that is). The above time-table is out of date, the first game will be Final fantasy V - but more on that later. As for me? There is still much to do. Playing even more FF, preparing the apartment, the live-cam and pesky details such as food and caffeine.

See ya tomorrow!

XIII (R, E) 20 h [22th, 12 pm]

II (V) 25 h [23th, 8 am]

VIII (S) 25 h [11 pm]

V (E) 17 h [24th, 12 pm]

I (V) 13 h [25th, 5 am]

XII (S, R) 25 h [6 am]

IV (E) 25 h [26th, 7 pm]

X (V, R) 20 h [27th, 8pm]

VI (S) 15 h [28th, 4 pm]

VII (E) 25 h [29th, 7 pm]

IX (V) 20 h [30th, 8 pm]

III (R) 20 h [31th, 4 pm]

Denotings: Rickard, Emanuel, Vikmo, Sundberg

Here it is! As you can see, Rickard and Emanuel will start playing XIII the 22th. It will of course change over time as we screw up/improve. The times are 01+ GTM.

This all seems like a very cool idea. :D

cprmauldin

We think so as well :)

UPDATE: 19th July!

The pressure is rising rapidly as July 22 approaches us. The marathon will start in 3 mere days, and I tell you, we really look forward to it with fear-mixed anticipation! Everyone is working furiously to get ready and pull stuff together. An apartment has been more or less re-organized and is now pimped with 2 televisions, a PS 3, two PS 2, a PS 1, 3 computers, a mixer-table and a nintendo DS.
The picture-in-picture view is ready, along with most of the games. Still in progress are FF IV, FF VII and FF XII.

If you blow through them without doing sidequests, youre looking at 10 to 15 hours or so in 1-6. 7 to 13 were talking like 40 to 60 hours on average unless you're the master at speed runs.

So were talking let's just roughly say, 10 full days of gaming. Like, 24 hours full day. That's like 8 hours a day minimum as a rough estimate.

SemiMaster

We're playing 12 games in 10 days, giving us 20 h average on each game. I think you're overestimating some of the games. You might complete 7-13 on 40 h + on a normal run, but not on a speedrun. Many of the games allow you to exploit the system/get away with low levels, just wait and see :)

Stay tuned!

This is pure madness. FFXII will kill all hopes of doing this. I will place my bet right now that you will not be able to do this in the time you have allotted yourself, however it does sound very fun and I look forward to the results.

this might be quite interesting, provided you all provide a running commentary XD. I'll only watch the games I've played though, which is.... VII, VIII and XII. Damn I'm behind...In that case I'll watch I, II, III and V as well as I'm not interested in any of those, so I don't mind spoilers for those.

You're gonna need a lot of spare time to practice. While it might sound silly to practice, the more you know a game and played it, the faster you'll be able to beat it. Especially with FF, you'll need all the time you can get.

It's possible, but you have way too much free time on your hands my friends.

I loved watching my older cousins playing video games as a kid. Now, I don't watch anyone unless they're extremely skilled. Like, the top ranking players in games like racing or fighting are always enjoyable to watch because they're just so awesome! So if you guys are going to do a snooze fest then no thank you. I don't necessarily want a speed run through, but keep it entertaining and let's see how skilled you are without grinding and always picking the right strategies to beat bosses.