Guyra is probably the only one who would care about this, but I recently got my very own copy of King's Field 3 Pilot Style for PS1.
Among collector geeks, the term "Holy Grail" is thrown around to describe the latest rare item on their want list. Jason Dvorak of game-rave.com announced the 2Ball demo a Holy Grail and now it's selling for $200 bucks a copy. It was a Playstation 1 promotional demo handed out at various NBA sporting events.
I won't call Pilot Style a Holy Grail, but this is the only copy I've found for sale in around 8 years of constant searching in both Japan and the USA. To my knowledge, it was only handed out at the Fromsoftware booth at the Tokyo Game Show and 5 copies were given out as prizes for a Japanese Playstation magazine.
I've tried to ask Fromsoftware how many copies were made, but got no response. My guess would be no more than 1000 copies were produced and maybe as little as 100. Regardless, I'm really glad to have a copy and will post more detailed info when I get time.
Among collector geeks, the term "Holy Grail" is thrown around to describe the latest rare item on their want list. Jason Dvorak of game-rave.com announced the 2Ball demo a Holy Grail and now it's selling for $200 bucks a copy. It was a Playstation 1 promotional demo handed out at various NBA sporting events.
I won't call Pilot Style a Holy Grail, but this is the only copy I've found for sale in around 8 years of constant searching in both Japan and the USA. To my knowledge, it was only handed out at the Fromsoftware booth at the Tokyo Game Show and 5 copies were given out as prizes for a Japanese Playstation magazine.
I've tried to ask Fromsoftware how many copies were made, but got no response. My guess would be no more than 1000 copies were produced and maybe as little as 100. Regardless, I'm really glad to have a copy and will post more detailed info when I get time.