King's Field(Jap) beta?

[Guyra]

So, I just came over this site: https://www.unseen64.net/2012/03/09/king...-beta-psx/

Sadly, there's little to no info about it, but from the screens it certainly looks like an early version of the game. Anyone know more about this?

[HwitVlf]

That's really interesting! I've never heard of a beta version being released/leaked. I imagine those shots were a Fromsoft promotional preview of some sort. One picture looks like a group of items on the floor including the "Cross"- maybe it was a test room where developers could have easy access to key items from the game?

I remember that screenshots in the game manual don't match the final game so From was probably tweaking it right up until it went into production. There are also items on the gamedisk that weren't used in ‎  the final game (Dragon Crest). I'd love to know what they were going to be used for.

[Guyra]

From what I have gathered, these images were in one or two different game magazines before the PlayStation was released. I seem to remember reading the large image was from a Spanish magazine of sorts.

This is where the three small images are from: https://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1801...fan119.jpg
(Gamefan Issue 23 November 1994)