Here is an item I only just now learned about. It was sold last year by retro*dream, the same person who sold me the FFVII CG Collection DVD.
Item description from the eBay article:
Needless to say, I'm devastated over the fact that I only just now heard about this item and that I don't own it.
Item description from the eBay article:
Playstation 1 promotional 6cd box made for the ECTS,
European Computer Trade Show in 1997.
The exposition was only open to industry professionals and journalists
held at Grand Hall Olympia exhibition centre in London.
Loads and loads of unseen WIP illustrations, videos, presentations and pictures from the industry leaders. The second disc is dedicated entirely to Squaresoft and Final Fantasy VII and has high-quality making-of photos and direct-feed illustrations of the (then still unreleased) Final Fantasy VII.
This 6cd box of "electronic press kits" was made in a limited number as this was not meant for the public.
I doubt there are many surviving copies of this left after 20 years.
This set comes in a custom black clamshell case with the Playstation logo on the cover.
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A small selection, mostly FFVII from the Squaresoft disc, just to give you an idea...:
#picture3. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-work environment
#picture4. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-work environment. Note that on the table, you can see a VERY early version of Vincent Valentine's character design by Tetsuya Nomura.
#picture5. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-Concept Art by Yoshitaka Amano
#picture6. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-illustration by Tetsuya Nomura
#picture7. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-illustration by Tetsuya Nomura
#picture8. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-Cloud ver.2 CG Model 01
#picture9. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-Sephiroth CG Model 02
#picture10. from the Squaresoft disc, FFVII-RED XIII
#picture11. from the Corporate disc, peripherals
#picture12. from the Corporate disc, Ken Kutaragi, "The Father Of PlayStation"
disc 1. NAMCO
Time Crisis
Namco Museum vol 5.
Xeviuos 3D/G+
Treasures of the deep
Ace Combat 2
Point Blank
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disc 2. SQUARESOFT
Final Fantasy VII
Bushido Blade
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disc 3. JAPAN
Kurushi
Gran Turismo
Parappa The Rapper
Depth
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disc 4. USA
Captain Blasto
Steel Reign
Crash Bandicoot 2
X-Files
Nhl Face Off 98
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disc 5. SONY
Rapid Racer
Rosco Mcqueen
Hercules
Nightmare Creatures
Medievil
Broken Sword II
Z
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disc 6. SONY CORPORATE
Peripherals
Corporate
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Note:
This is not playable demos, it's text info, pictures, videos etc for journalists. These are CD-ROM format, not Playstation discs.
Not every game title includes wip files
Browse each cd to access the files, image file formats: eps - psd, and gifs, txt/word and QuickTime.
you can also browse by html
Needless to say, I'm devastated over the fact that I only just now heard about this item and that I don't own it.