Once upon a time there was this really cool website, kings-field, a one stop for most things related with the King's Field and Shadow Tower series. The site had guides and really cool maps that help me get through some of these games.

I am in the process of recompiling the contents of kings-field with the aim of making it available for posterity. Despite that the original website has its charm, it's pretty outdated and difficult to browse with modern devices, such as phones and tablets. To be clear, my plan is not to simply republish the original content but also add content of my own to:

(1) compliment some of the old original content,
(2) improve readability,
(3) increase visual interest, and
(4) perhaps finish some of the parts that were never started or finished (such are the sections for King's Field II).

I came across an old discussion (https://www.swordofmoonlight.com/bbs/ind...opic=807.0) in this forum and it seems some of you had an interest in restoring the site. The
member dmpdesign started archiving the site here (Thank you!), but it appears that some of the content is broken or missing. Moreover, the site still have links taking readers back to the current (plague infested) site.

I began collecting all of the content and browsing the internet of some of the broken and missing parts. So far I've been able to find most, except the 150 screenshots of creatures from Shadow Tower that were once published there. I believe that back in the day I saved these somewhere, but unfortunately haven't been able to find. I was hoping that some one here had a copy of these files. I found a post in Imgur that reuploaded some of these (https://imgur.com/a/xxuqg).

It's something I've been wanting to do for a while and finally decided to commence. I hope that I can give all the content that the original authors created a new home. ‎ 

Hi!

Went to find something on the wiki today and it seems to be missing all the content. Well, the information is there if you select the 'view source' tab, but nothing is rendering on the page.

Tried with all the ad-blocking etc. stuff disabled and still no luck.

Anyone else have the same issue?

Hey I recently found this forum so I decided to post here some hacks I made for FromSoftware PS2 games

The Adventures of Cookie & Cream

CRC - 348CEAC4

//No-Interlacing
patch=1,EE,001DCD94,word,30420000


Evergrace - NTSC

CRC - 758F0EE6

//No-Interlacing
patch=1,EE,001BC654,word,30420000
patch=1,EE,001B4810,word,00000000
patch=1,EE,001B481C,word,00000000

Shadow Tower Abyss - NTSC-J

CRC - 117D1977
CRC For Fan Translated Version - 38145680

//60FPS
patch=1,EE,001EDE90,word,00050000

//Don't Crash While FMV is being played
patch=1,EE,E0010001,extended,001F1370
patch=1,EE,201EDE90,extended,00020001

//Player Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001C2644,word,3C023f00

//Player Melee Attacking Animation Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001C6D90,word,3C033F00

//Player Shooting With Gun Animation Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001C65E8,word,3C033F00

//Player Shooting With Bow/Crossbow Animation Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001c69f8,word,3c033f00

//Environment Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001BAD9C,word,3C023f00

//NPC and Enemy Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,0013C0D4,word,3C023f00

//Menu Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001877B8,word,3C023f00

Note: When picking up Items they will spin 2x faster but it isn't affecting the gameplay


//Bonus

//Player Traverse Modifer
patch=1,EE,001C3330,word,3C02XXXX //3C023F80

XXXX - 3F80 - Original
XXXX - 3FA0 - 1.25 Faster
XXXX - 3FC0 - 1.5 Faster
XXXX - 3FE0 - 1.75 Faster
XXXX - 4000 - 2 Faster

Echo Night: Beyond

CRC - 2DE16D21
//No Interlacing + 60FPS
patch=1,EE,0013FFDC,word,10000014


King's Field: The ancient City - NTSC

CRC - 36E02E91

patch=1,EE,202218B4,extended,00000000
patch=1,EE,2022193C,extended,00000000
patch=1,EE,0021F710,word,00000000


//Bonus

//Enanch Graphics - this is just personal prefrence
//Increase light
patch=1,EE,0019B204,word,3C013EC0 //3C013F80
//increase enemy visbelity
patch=1,EE,00125C44,word,3C014340 //3C014300
//Increase Red light
patch=1,EE,00113014,word,3C013F20 //3C013F80
//Increase Green light
patch=1,EE,00112FE0,word,3C013F30 //3C013F80
//Increase Yellow light
patch=1,EE,00113048,word,3C013F40 //3C013F80

Feel free to edit my code and customize them

Eternal Ring - NTSC

CRC - C7B9F4F7

//No-Interlacing
patch=1,EE,001cfb44,word,00000000 //64420008
patch=1,EE,001C6EDC,word,00000000


Forever Kingdom - NTSC

CRC=E3C4037

//No-Interlacing
patch=1,EE,00104DA8,word,00000000
patch=1,EE,00202E94,word,00000000


//60 FPS
patch=1,EE,00588DE0,word,00020002

//Don't Crash During FMV
patch=1,EE,e0010000,extended,005969CC
patch=1,EE,00588DE0,extended,00020001

//Player Traverse Modifier
patch=1,EE,0012C05C,word,3C013fa0

//Player Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,00127034,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012C570,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012C82C,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012CBC8,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012CEBC,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012D114,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012D334,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012D414,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012D5D0,word,3C013f00

//Player Speed Modifer For Analog Movment
patch=1,EE,001F4F70,word,3C013F00

//Fix Player is walking instead of running
patch=1,EE,0012DA7C,word,3C013F00

//Allies Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,0012B6C0,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012BAB8,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012CDC4,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0012D1AC,word,3C013f00

// Fix Allies stuck between walking and running animation
patch=1,EE,001294DC,word,3C013F00

//Enemy Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,00139AF0,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,00139BD4,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,00139DD0,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,00139E50,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,00139F50,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013A338,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013A428,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013A63C,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013A724,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013A7F4,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013A890,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013AA54,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,0013AB2C,word,3C013f00
patch=1,EE,00140198,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00140e24,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00140ed8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00140fb0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00141090,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,00141170,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,00141b5c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00141c3c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00141cd8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0014296c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00143728,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00143f30,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00148680,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00147f1c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00148bb8,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,0014d6a8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0014de18,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001510c4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001511f0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00152430,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00152b3c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00152c2c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00152da0,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,001531b4,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,00153470,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,00153560,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00154f58,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00155050,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00155260,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,00155340,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,0015542c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015553c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015579c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00155b24,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00155cf4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00156d9c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00156e4c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00156f24,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00156ffc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001570d4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157260,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157404,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001576e8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001577b8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157974,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157a2c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157cb8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157af8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157ba8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157d5c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00157e30,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00158f8c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001591d0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001592c0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001593d0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001595a8,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,001596d8,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,00159a00,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,00159c90,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,00159de0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00159f9c,word,3c013F00
patch=1,EE,0015c32c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c3dc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c4b4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c584,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c65c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c758,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c7d4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c8cc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015c9c4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015cbf4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015cd0c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015cf4c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015d108,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015f5c0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015f670,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00160ffc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001610b0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001611b8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00161260,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016135c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016149c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001616a0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00161aa4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00162360,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00162448,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00162128,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00162238,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00162bb8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001639b8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00163f34,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164028,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164190,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001642f0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016457c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016464c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164804,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001648cc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001649e4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164a74,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164be4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164c94,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00164ec0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001664dc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00165f60,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001665d0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00166b24,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00166e74,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00166bf4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00166f8c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016701c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016723c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00166898,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168634,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001686e4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001687bc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168974,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168a14,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168b50,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168c44,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168d3c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00168f48,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016923c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00169470,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001695f8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016a894,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016a96c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016aa44,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016abbc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016acb4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016ae50,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016aec4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016af64,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016b0f8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016b240,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016b374,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016b468,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016b70c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016ccc4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016ce74,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016cfec,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d0e4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d280,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d2f8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016da8c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016db74,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d3cc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d5f8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d6a8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016d7dc,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016e9b4,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016ea8c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0016ec7c,word,3c013f00

//Treasure Chest Speed Modifier
patch=1,EE,00153970,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00153a0c,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00153ac8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00153c64,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00153d30,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00153fb8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0015405c,word,3c013f00


//NPC and Cutscenes Speed Modifer (Missing Audio sync)
patch=1,EE,00197F48,word,3C013f50 //3c013f80
patch=1,EE,001996CC,word,3C013f50 //3c013f80
patch=1,EE,0019D718,word,3C013f00

//Menu Speed Modifer
patch=1,EE,001afd64,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,001AFDF8,word,3C013f00

//Unkown Enemy Speed Modifier
patch=1,EE,00139cc0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0013a050,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0013a150,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0013a28c,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,00143eac,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,00143f30,word,3c013f00
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patch=1,EE,0014da84,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0014dbb0,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0014dbd8,word,3c013f00
patch=1,EE,0014dccc,word,3c013f00

//Revert to 30 fps during Cutscenes
patch=1,EE,e0040001,extended,005968E4
patch=1,EE,00588DE0,extended,00020001
patch=1,EE,20197F48,extended,3C013f80
patch=1,EE,201996CC,extended,3C013f80
patch=1,EE,2019D718,extended,3C013f80

//Bonus

//Widescreen For Text
patch=1,EE,0020559C,word,3C013EC0 ‎  //3C013F00
patch=1,EE,001A162C,word,3C013EC0 ‎  //3C013F00
patch=1,EE,001A3528,word,3C013EE0 ‎  //3C013F00

//Remove Text Box (Optional)
patch=1,EE,001A3014,word,3C015000 ‎  //3C013F00


//Performance Boost (Removes Reflection on Water)
patch=1,EE,00121DA8,word,00000000


Note:
In cutscenes when the characters talk without the player pressing X - The audio desync. ( 4 cutscenes in the entire game)
So I made a revert to 30fps during all cutscenes, feel free to remove it if you want.

So, I can't pick up items with the action button unless I just spam it. Does this on Keyboard or Gamepad...it just doesn't register most of the time. Now, the action button always works on everything else, just can't grab items from the Yes/No prompt after opening a chest or barrel. I have to just, keep pressing it until it works.

Signs and Doors work on the first try.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbu-pDzGhwg

Holy Field is an open-ended dungeon crawler RPG inspired by King's Field (From Software!). Explore a forsaken world while collecting various equipment & magic to battle terrifying undead creatures, all rendered in glorious low-res pixel art! Created for the 2020 LOWREZJAM.

Peace, Golden King!

Features:

- About 1-2 hours of gameplay.
- Open-ended, interconnected level design.
- Various weapons, magic, and armor pieces to collect.
- Lots of secrets and easter eggs to discover.
- Original 8-bit soundtrack. Listen Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo0iJQ-AHbs

Solo-developed by @JC_Bailey1112.

Download From:
Itch: https://jc-bailey.itch.io/holy-field
Game Jolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/holy-field/528165

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So starting in King's Field 2, you can slaughter NPCs! ‎  It takes quite a few hits, but it can be done. ‎  I know there's a shopkeeper you can push/kill to get an item early, and you can also skip the termite section of the game and get into that village early. ‎  (It's been a while, forgive me for not recalling the names.) ‎  I also know that the dwarf in KF3 will refuse to make armor out of Promeus for you if you kill someone. ‎ 

I was wondering if there are other interesting scenarios like this, another example being sequence breaking in KF3 by killing that guy that thinks he's you (or a glass of orange juice) since he blocks your path. ‎ 

According to here (https://www.reddit.com/r/KingsField/comm...s/fn8qrn5/) the download isn't working or the hosting site is defunct one.

Version 5.5

Hi there! I am creator of Brigandine: Cross MOD, and I will leave here an information about new updates, as well as all the necessary links.

First, a few words about the project. Cross MOD is a global mod for Brigandine: Grand Edition, which has totally reworked balance of knights, classes, magic, summon system and equipment. I mean that EVERYTHING in the game balance was redone (except for some things which I plan to work on in the future). The difficulty level here is higher than in a regular game, especially in boss battles. Also, some things you can enable or disable using special patcher called BrigaPPF (it is in the game folder).

So, the current mod version is 5.5 for now, and next version is already under development. Before the playing make sure that you have read the readme file. This version may have some glithes, but I'm working on fixing them.

Feel free to discuss this project here! I'm glad to answer your questions and see the suggestions for improving and finalizing the modification.

â– ‎º Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qCOnbtP...qcQfO/view

Foreword: I don't mean this to be read like a "conspiracy theory".

I think I've actually stumbled/worked on/out the likely inspiration behind much of King's Field's unique/weird idiosyncrasies?

Here (\<span> site blocked, contact your administrator/bbs2/index.php?topic=122.msg2810#msg2810) is my most recent go at laying out the evidence, but I've been slowly picking up the pieces for a few weeks. Some of the elements I've had suspicions about for many years.

Earlier I wrote some of this up on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingsField/comm...ngs_field/

What I mean to suggest is that whoever was behind the deep structure of the King's Field world/story was working primarily from this material all along. These topics may seem esoteric but I actually think they are relatively mainstream as these things go. They draw from Carl Jung's adventures probing his own unconscious and dreams and well-trodden elements of Kabbalah (the mainstream Jewish mystical tradition) that feature in a lot of other Japanese anime and video games from the same period. I think new-age books on these topics would have littered Japanese bookstores for much of the post-war period. They would have seemed very exotic and hard to resist I think... like illustrated books on extraterrestrials or anything like that.

EDITED: I don't want to suggest that I disapprove of this. I'm making a case for its likelihood. I actually think it's quite beautiful/apropos. What sent me down this rabbit hole was YouTube recommend I listen to David Bowie's Station to Station (usually thought his de facto masterpiece) that is a tour of the sefirot that I explain more of in these links.

Was King's Field 2 ever made in SoM?