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RPG Maker

In RPG Maker, players with absolutely no programming experience or prior game-production skills can make their own role-playing quests and save them to the PlayStation memory card for themselves or a friend to…

27 November 1997

RPG Maker is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Kuusou Kagaku, released 27 November 1997 on PlayStation.

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What RPG Maker is

RPG Maker is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Kuusou Kagaku and released in 1997. It was published by Agetec. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In RPG Maker, players with absolutely no programming experience or prior game-production skills can make their own role-playing quests and save them to the PlayStation memory card for themselves or a friend to enjoy. The world creation in the game is tile-based, and the entire game is done in the 2D style of 16-bit era RPGs. Players can create characters, towns, dungeons and script action to move along at a certain pace. They will place treasures, enter dialogue and create events that are triggered by certain actions within the game world. Although players can create nearly anything they like with the game, it must be more or less contained in a fantasy theme, as the only graphics available…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

RPG Maker launched on 27 November 1997, within three weeks of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing and Time Crisis II.

Released around the same time: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing, Time Crisis II.

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When did RPG Maker come out?
RPG Maker was released on 27 November 1997 for PlayStation.

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