King's Field: Collectibles and Memorabilia

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Controller Box Flyer

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• Language: English
• Description: Originally distributed in the box with ASCII's "Specialized Joystick" controller, the backside of this folded ASCII flyer (which advertises various pieces of PlayStation hardware), shows the original long box cover for King's Field(US) and several screenshots from the game.

Books

King's Field Mapbook

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• Language: English
• ISBN: None
• Original Price: $3.95 + Shipping
• Description: A nice cover art and a few color pages of maps for King's Field 2 (King's Field in US) with key locations marked.
• Includes: Comes with booklet.

Verdite Trilogy Perfect Guide (キングスフィールドⅠ・Ⅱ・Ⅲ 聖典)

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• Language: Japanese
• Original Price: 1500 Yen ($15 approximately)
• ISBN: 4-7973-1866-X
• Description: 6x8 inches, 127 pages, few color pages but mostly black and white. Contains information on the first 3 Play Station games in the King's Field series. Has a few pages of interviews and pictures of collectibles, but mainly consists of stat tables for enemies, weapons, items and maps for each game.
• Includes: Comes with book (looks similar to slip cover), slip cover (pictured), a secondary short slip (not shown), a 'fallout' registration postcard, and a green "bookmark" slip (not shown).

King's Field III Strategy Visual Book: The Story of Verdite

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• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 4-7897-9023-1
• Description: 9x11 inches, 111 pages, full color. Contains the Japanese '"Verdite Chronicles" which is a summary of the King's Field trilogy story and a few interviews, but mainly it gives detailed walkthrough for King's Field 3 including maps,and information on enemies, characters, spells and such.
• Includes: Comes with book (looks similar to slip cover), slip cover (pictured), and a secondary short slip cover strip (brown-lower pictured).

King's Field II: The Official Strategy Guide

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• Language: English
• ISBN: None
• Original Price: $12.95 + $2 Shipping and handling
• Description: 9x11 inches, 128 pages, full color. A very nice guide printed on heavy paper and with well laid out photos. Contains the English '"Verdite Chronicles" which is a summary of the King's Field trilogy story (written by Agetec's Mark Johnson) and a few general gameplay tips. But mainly, it lists a map by map walkthrough followed by equipment, item, enemy and spell charts. Also includes a basic (but nice looking) set of maps for King's Field 2 (released as King's Field in the USA). Was only available by mail order.
• Includes: Comes with book .

King's Field: The Ancient City Official Strategy guide

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• Language: English
• ISBN: 0-7615-3796-1
• Description: 10x17 inches, 111 pages, 32 color, rest black and white. A decent strategy guide with enemy and item lists, maps, and a step by step pictorial walkthrough
• Includes: Comes with book

King's Field IV: Premium Book (在りし日の憧憬 [Longing for Days of Yore])

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• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: none
• Description: 4 1/2x5 inches, 11 pages, full color. A small art book given as a bonus for pre-ordering King's Field 4. Shows nice artistic scenes from the game arranged with a whimsical story setup.
• Includes: Comes with book in sealed oversize plastic baggie.

Clothing

King's Field II(US) t-shirt

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• Colour: White
• Description: Originally selling by mail for $10 + $2 shipping, these have a small ASCII Entertainment logo on chest area, and King's Field II(US) logo and cover art on the back.

Play Station (PS1) Game Versions

See also Releases and variants

King's Field (Japan)

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• Language: Japanese
• Release Date: 12/16/94
• Original Price: 6300 Yen ($63 approximately)
• Serial: SLPS 00017
• Disk CRC: 54c8f64a
• Description: The original release version of KF. It was one of the 'debut' titles for the PS1 console and it's first RPG.
• Includes: KF game (disk, manual, case, front insert, rear insert, spine card).

King's Field (US) [Pink Sword]

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• Language: English
• Release Date:
• Original Price: $59.95
• Serial: SLPS 00158
• Disk CRC: 345dc81f
• Description: The second release of KF(US) which was called KF2 in Japan. This 'Pink Sword' version has pinkish jewels in the sword on the cover, manual, and bluish jewels on the phone card. The disk is identical to earlier 'Black Sword' release. The package has new screenshots, revised text, and adds a note informing people that a phone card is inside. It also clarifies the misleading 'uses 15 memory card blocks' tag, changing it to '2-15 blocks'.
• Includes: KF game (disk, manual, case) foam disk retainer, phone card.

King's Field II (Japan)

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• Language: Japanese
• Release Date: 07/21/95
• Original Price: 6300 Yen ($63 approximately)
• Serial: SLPS 00069
• Disk CRC: 21432521
• Description: The original release version of KF 2.
• Includes: KF2 game (disk, manual, case, front insert, rear insert, spine card [Not Shown]).

King's Field II (Japan): PlayStation The Best

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• Language: Japanese
• Release Date: 08/09/96
• Serial: SLPS 91003
• Disk CRC: 358ff959
• Description: A reissue version of the standard KF2 game (similar to the "Greatest Hits" in the US). The disk's files have been slightly modified from the initial release- perhaps to fix bugs or update to a newer Sony layout.
• Includes: KF2 game (disk, manual, case, front insert, rear insert, spine card).

King's Field II (US)

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• Language: English
• Release Date: 10/31/96
• Serial: SLUS 00255
• Disk CRC: f8a4c585
• Description: The original US release of KF 2.
• Includes: KF3 game (disk, manual, case, rear insert), and a folded insert showing enemies and items from the game.

King's Field III: Power Completist

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• Language: Japanese
• Original Price: 6300 Yen ($63 approximately)
• Serial: SLPS 003777
• Disk CRC: 358ff959
• Description: A special edition release of the basic King's Field 3 game which includes a small, full color walkthrough book. The book has maps with key locations labeled and a pictorial equipment gallery with stats.
• Includes: Comes with original release KF3 game (disk, manual, case, front insert, rear insert, spine card), book, and outer slip cover.

Magazines

PlayStation Magazine (US) Issue 55

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• Game: King's Field The Ancient City
• Language: English
• On Page: 103
• Description: A small review citing the usual 'slow moving' criticism, but also noting enthralling gameplay. Giving 2 out of 5 rating; send hate mail to Gary Steinman!

PS Extreme Volume 1, Issue 4

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• Game: King's Field(US)
• Language: English
• On Page: 32, 33, 34, 35
• Description: Front page, and a four page review of King's Field(US), giving the game a worthy 95%!

PlayQuestion Special Volume 4

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• Game: King's Field III
• Language: Japanese
• On Page: 18 & 19, 20 & 21, 22 & 23
• Description: A small, six page guide in the PlayQuestion magazine.

Other

King's Field: Concept Art Oil Painting

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• Game: King's Field 2 (King's Field in US)
• Artist: Gary Ruddell
• Description: King's Field (US) cover concept art. Perhaps the rarest collectible of all, a one of a kind oil painting by renowned fantasy artist Gary Ruddell who has painted several works of art for the Magic the Gathering card game. The triangular hilt on the right-side sword was turned into a circular design on the final game box cover. But the original triangular hilt still appeared on the manual and 'Black' phone cards which came in the original 'long box' game release. It's last know owner was Agetec's producer Mark Johnson.

King's Field 2: Production CDs

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• Game: King's Field 2 (King's Field in US)
• Description: CDs used by ASCII employee for King's Field 2 (US) project(s). It's not clear what data these CDs contain (beyond the information on the pictured label) or whether they are part of KF2 development or the KF2 Official Guide production (or both). But they originally belonged to the graphic artist who designed several aspects of the Official Strategy guide so they are likely part of the Guide's production.

King's Field IV: Quo Card

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• Game: King's Field IV
• Description: Quo Card, a Japanese form of gift card, printed with the logo for King's Field IV.