I just picked this up for $6 at work, but I won't be home

I always love the SNES/PS1/PS2 graphics of the RPG Maker games - it's a shame they don't allow for easy distribution

>>3818170
This. You would need a DexDrive or similar - maybe a softmodded PS2(?) to copy pre-made RPGs onto a PS1 memory card. The PC versions have far more user content available and are also easier to develop for.

The most popular version is RPG Maker 2000 so technically not /vr/ which also saves us from the slippery slope of "are all RPGs made with RPGM2000 retro?"

>>3818185
Wait, so I'll be able to play it on my PS1 but I won't be able to copy my RPGs onto a memory card? Do they take up too much space or something?

>>3818168
It's a cool novelty but that's it.
You'll get some fun out of it by messing with it for a few hours, but I doubt you'll make any serious projects due to the limitations of no custom resources and lack of mouse and keyboard.

>>3818201
I'm talking about if you want to play games other people online have created, or want to share games you've created. There's not much point in creating RPGs for yourself then being the only one who ever plays them right?

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>>3818168
> It's a western release cover illustrator misinterprets briefing episode

>>3818215
>implying it's a misinterpretation and not purposely making it edgier for murikan audiences.

Can you draw your own characters or make your own music?

>>3818215
You know if he just took out the DM no one would be the wiser.

>>3818215
>>3818218
>>3818223
Western cover is better tbqh - using a dragons fire for inspiration for your story is badass

>>3818168
These old RPG Maker games have really cool musics and enemy sprites, I bet it could be pretty cool in the 90's, making a entire game and lending your memory card to friends to play...

But nowadays there's really no point, the PC versions are much more fast for everything, including online distribution and reaching more people.

btw I'm making a Shin Megami Tensei inspired game in VX Ace.

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>not Fighter Maker

>>3818260
>But nowadays there's really no point
>>3818185
>The PC versions have far more user content available and are also easier to develop for

So... don't buy it don't waste your time.........?

>>3818302
There's a few finished games to download here
http://www.rpgmpavilion.com/index.php?page=rpgm1games
But according to the site you must use a Dex Drive to transfer them, what I said earlier about using a PS2 won't work.

>>3818315
if they're in a dexdrive format then you can get the data out into a plain format. You should be able to then put that on a USB drive and then use ulaunch on PS2 to move the files to a ps1 card.

>>3818334
That was what I was thinking but they say on the website that corrupts it. I do have a modded PS2, a Dexdrive and a retro PC but I dunno if I want to put the time and effort into finding out for myself.

The helper lady on the anime maker is my waifu. Can't find a picture of her though.

>>3818302
Well, if you're still willing to taste some RPG Maker experience, try using Rpg Maker Vx Ace or Rpg Maker 2003, same principle, but different outer shell and conveniences.

>>3818278
best fighting game ever made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwfMkCg36U

>>3818168
It's the original indie shit enabler. You own a piece of vidya history there lad. Sort of like owning a lighter from Auschwitz.

>>3818185
Or, you know, as PS1 with two memory cards.

>>3818350
I don't think that's what they say and people who use RPG Maker aren't exactly wizards. I didn't see anything to indicate they've tried ulaunch. I'm guessing the devices they are using have problems with linked slots or something retarded like that. They list out a few they use, none of which is the official Sony device so ,yeah, I think there just might be options they haven't explored.

>>3818424
Ace was on sale for something like $5 on steam a while back. Best to wait for the next sale unless you like pissing money away on something you're just going to fuck around with a little.

>>3818168
I made an rpg about dicks once with this. Sucks that it requires a full psx memory card.

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>>3818221
>Can you draw your own characters
Yes, using something called "Anime Maker".

>make your own music?
I can't remember.

>>3818278
This shit here features a deep, EXTREMELY DEEP moveset editing mode, but you can't change how the characters look or create a new character altogether.

I never saw a good game made with this, maybe because animating is hard and not for amateurs. So we get things like this >>3818535

Thge game is also fucking ugly and the only good character design is fucking Skullomania, a Capcom character licensed for this crap.
AYYYY

>>3818221
no custom music in the ps1 version

>>3818168
>I had never heard of it

Not even mad just kinda impressed you never heard of it despite the gorllion games made from RPG Maker that are pretty popular.

>>3818168
That used to be very expensive once upon a time. I think I remember seeing it for like $80 in the early 2000s. Don't know if that means it's value is tanking or if you got a good deal. Probably cool to have as a curiosity since the PC versions are better in every conceivable way

nostalgia bomb. I think it has a preloaded game made within the engine included? it's something about elfs and it's pretty hilarious. it's great for shits and giggles because you can make a lot of potty humor dialogue but the graphics are really terrible.

>>3820875
wrong rpg maker, moran

>>3820883
The console versions aren't part of that same franchise? I know the games weren't made from the PS1 version but I always assumed it was still part of the same series.

>>3820684
Yeah, the cards are small and the files are relatively big. I've seen games that take up 10 cards. And the load times. Fuck me. It's worse than playing neo geo games off floppies on a MGD.
At least with game basic on the saturn you could put all your shit on a floppy or CD. It comes with demos where the code alone is larger than 2 PS1 memory carts.

Has anyone tried the Super Famicom or PS2 RPG Makers? Are they any good?

>>3820886
they're all the same franchise but i thinks its bounced around a few companies.

>>3821002
The SNES are cool but probably more limited than the ps1 version. RPGツクール has been on almost every system including the gameboy. In fact there is a Strategy RPG Maker for ps1 as well that lets you make a FFT style game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1lwrY7d94
I like the music better in the SNES RPG Maker

>rpg maker 95 doesnt run on my modern pc

>>3820858
>This shit here features a deep, EXTREMELY DEEP moveset editing mode, but you can't change how the characters look or create a new character altogether.
The biggest problem is that the game doesn't support the use of a mouse and the menus are extremely tedious to navigate and change things around using only a controller, if they had done something as simple as include mouse support the amount of time spend editing moves would be cut down by so much it's ridiculous

>>3820858
>>3818278
You guys should check out Intelligentsia. They did the soundtrack for Fighter Maker and "ZONDERLAND" an arranged album of RPG Maker music.
https://soundcloud.com/intelligentsia-japan/zonderland?in=intelligentsia-japan/sets/rpg-maker

Didnt even know there was a "shmup" Maker. I do know about Dezaemon but that is a different series and topic.
https://soundcloud.com/intelligentsia-japan/2013_shooting_tsukuuru
https://soundcloud.com/intelligentsia-japan/dinamo-homage-to-kraftwerk

bonus
https://soundcloud.com/intelligentsia-japan/made-in-japan

>>3822917
No mouse support for Fighter Maker 2 as well. I wish I had a PS1 mouse it would make RPG maker so much more enjoyable. Oh well its better to play it on emulator any ways.

>>3823056
https://soundcloud.com/intelligentsia-japan/sets/rpg-maker

>>3823056
here is there YT
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtN63nDhuZHH1jH10ZP4Qdw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc4aiSqW39g

>>3818535
This is pretty much my same experience with the game.

>>3823056
>>3823057
>>3823068
Really good.

>>3818168
the cover looks like doom

>>3818228
I want to see that

>>3818954
>You own a piece of vidya history there lad. Sort of like owning a lighter from Auschwitz.

how is it like this at all?

>>3823068
The whole ost sounds pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8foftKxvaM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3wYU40Oswk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmW6c7zowqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-xUQ0c5FU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Tlo2pnrUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1KzOeOvvhQ&list=PL618E982190D2562D

>>3826313
Maybe a bad comparison. RPG maker indie shit is a far worse atrocity.

>>3827307
The ost really is the best thing about that game. FM2 on ps2 also has a great ost. FM2 lets you customize your characters as well but no mouse support doh.

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>>3820894
>It's worse than playing neo geo games off floppies on a MGD.

well I got rpg maker 95 running with this update and template files.
http://stifu.free.fr/en/rpg95-files.php
rpg maker for ps1 is great but suffers from not being able to share your game.

>>3818315
good thing i have a dexdrive.

>>3818315
>>3829976
http://www.pavilionboards.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29439
This guy goes through the trouble of reviewing a bunch so you have an idea of what to play.

>>3818168
Only 6 bucks?

>>3818168
Overpriced