RPG Maker 2000
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RPG Maker 2000 (also called RM2k) is the second Microsoft Windows version of the RPG Maker series of programs developed by Enterbrain and published by ASCII. It serves as the successor of RPG Maker '95 and the predecessor to RPG Maker 2003.
RPG Maker 2000 was originally released in Japan as RPG Tsukūru 2000 in April 2000. Since the Japanese release, it has gone through many unauthorized translations and distributed illegally throughout the internet.
The english version of RPG Maker 2000, translated by Russian programmer Don Miguel, was the most popular RPG Maker of it's time and enjoyed a wide fanbase for many years.
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Graphics
RPG Maker 2000 uses a 320 x 240 screen resolution for playing games, has 16x16 pixel tiles, and 24x32 character sprites. Although these low-res graphics may be considered limitations, they could also be viewed as an advantage, because the low-res graphics are not only more compatible with older computers, but sometimes they can be much easier to draw.
Default Battle System
RPG Maker 2000 uses a front-view battle system, where you can see but your enemy and selection screen.
Runtime Package (RTP)
RPG Maker 2000 was the first of the series to include a Runtime Package that came with the installation of the program. The Runtime Package consists of various character sets, facesets, MIDI files and more. Because of the RTP, created files can lessen their size if the Runtime Package was used.
Enhancements from RPG Maker 95
RM2K features lower-resolution graphics than RM95 (It has 16x16 tiles instead of 32x32 tiles), but fortunately, RM2K also featured various new features, such as:
- Self-typing message windows.
- Weather effects.
- Panorama (picture) backgrounds for maps.
- Higher frame rate.
- Customizable message and menu boxes via editing of "system" graphics.
- Two layers of tiles, instead of one.
- 90 built-in functions, instead of 47.
- More professional user interface.
- Jumping people/characters.
Games Made With RPG Maker 2000
While the originally marketed RPG Tsukūru 2000 included several sample games as basic examples of game making, Don Miguel's english translation did not. It did, however, feature a single game created by Don Miguel using elements from the Runtime Package.
Some well known games made with Don Miguel's translation of RPG Maker 2000 consist of The Way, by Crestfallen Studios, A Blurred Line, by Lysander86, and Legion Saga, by Kamau.
