SteamFirst: The history of RPG maker is a long one, with its very first release as far back as 1988 but limited to the Japanese market. Many versions followed until finally in 2000 it was released in the U.S. for the first time. Today we will have a look at the polished re-released 2003 version.
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Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
RPG Maker 2003 is a much older version of the software that has only just recently been translated and localized. In the years since many have seen and used the later versions of XP, VX, and VX Ace. I have personally spent hours upon hours trying to make even the tiniest of games and there is always this wall that comes up blocking further progress. This was generally due to either a lack of more ideas or complete hard drive crashes and the loss of data.
Though with the availability of massive, cost-effective hard drives, the latter has not been much of a problem these last few years. So when someone honestly says “oh you just made that using RPG Maker” they generally have no real idea of how much time and effort still needs to go into making such a project. The time building the environments, the time scripting events and cutscenes, and the time getting combat “just right” to not have it too easy, too hard, or just plain boring. All of this is even before getting into the more custom sprite making, music and battle systems.
