<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
FromSoftware	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
debut	O
video	O
game	O
project	O
after	O
developing	O
business	O
software	O
for	O
eight	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
series	O
and	O
has	O
players	O
navigating	O
a	O
vast	O
underground	O
labyrinth	O
to	O
discover	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
an	O
invasion	O
of	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FromSoftware	O
's	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
production	O
—	O
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
title	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
before	O
shifting	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
which	O
they	O
felt	O
had	O
better	O
specs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
known	O
3D	O
console	O
role-playing	O
games	O
,	O
predating	O
later	O
more	O
famous	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
not	O
only	O
spawned	O
multiple	O
sequels	O
,	O
but	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
inspire	O
future	O
FromSoftware	O
games	O
including	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
played	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protagonist	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
,	O
royal	O
heir	O
Jean	O
Alfred	O
Forester	O
,	O
comes	O
to	O
the	O
infested	O
monastery	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
his	O
father	O
,	O
who	O
led	O
a	O
squad	O
of	O
soldiers	O
into	O
the	O
catacombs	O
beneath	O
the	O
monastery	O
graveyard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
title	O
developed	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
to	O
develop	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
dungeon	O
crawling	O
game	O
after	O
playing	O
Wizardry	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FromSoftware	O
initially	O
attempted	O
an	O
action	O
game	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
PC	O
)	O
—	O
featuring	O
3D	O
CGI	O
graphics	O
and	O
robots	O
navigating	O
an	O
underground	O
labyrinth	O
—	O
but	O
stopped	O
development	O
as	O
no	O
PC	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
could	O
handle	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
public	O
announcement	O
by	O
Sony	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
home	B-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
FromSoftware	O
successfully	O
pitched	O
the	O
project	O
after	O
redesigning	O
it	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
first-person	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
dungeon	O
environments	O
were	O
built	O
using	O
a	O
development	O
tool	O
later	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Sword	O
of	O
Moonlight	O
"	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Japanese	O
PCs	B-Device
in	O
2000	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
FromSoftware	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
1994	O
;	O
this	O
was	O
thirteen	O
days	O
after	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
console	I-Device
's	O
Japanese	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
PS	B-Device
One	I-Device
Books	I-Device
budget	O
line	O
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
then	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
on	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
fan	O
website	O
"	O
Sword	O
of	O
Moonlight	O
"	O
also	O
hosts	O
the	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eventual	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
(	O
selling	O
twice	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
FromSoftware	O
predicted	O
)	O
prompted	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
sequels	O
,	O
establishing	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
would	O
influence	O
later	O
titles	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
including	O
Shadow	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
,	O
which	O
used	O
similar	O
mechanics	O
to	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
;	O
and	O
Demon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
,	O
described	O
by	O
its	O
staff	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Field	I-Application
,	O
and	O
inspired	O
multiple	O
follow-up	O
titles	O
which	O
form	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
series	O
and	O
propelled	O
FromSoftware	O
to	O
international	O
fame	O
.	O
</s>
