The gameplay was good and I remembered the day when I went to my neighbor's house and he was playing this game. He offered me to play this game too but I did not understand it and when I understood it, it was too late to go home. My school friends used to talk a lot about this game. Now many versions of this game have been released.
Final Fantasy VII may be clunky mess, and hard to understand for those who haven't played RPGs before, but it's charming!
You're correct that there are many versions of Final Fantasy VII, the most recent one was announced for PC. But I wouldn't consider other Final Fantasy numbered titles as FFVII versions.