RPG Maker

by Agetec

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004U3BX
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 19, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,718 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Ever want to try your hand at making games? Now Agetec has delivered a timeless masterpiece that will help many gamers fulfill their dream of constructing a video game--albeit a role-playing game--from scratch.

With RPG Maker for the PlayStation, would-be game designers can finally create their own digital world. All you need is a PlayStation, a little imagination, a lot of time, and you can create your own Final Fantasy, Ogre Battle, or Dragon Warrior adventure--sort of. It takes teams of 50 to 100 people two to three years to design and create the RPGs that we play today. If you think you've got the patience to do it on your own, then this game (or should we say set of tools) has a lot to offer.

Write, design, and control everything from the story line to dungeon designs, to organizing and constructing the towns in your game. You can even choose item locations, weapons, and enemy hit-point totals. Such standard, modern-day RPG elements are all at your disposal here. For those who really want to go for all the gusto, you can design and animate your own characters from scratch! The animation quality doesn't approach a Disney level, but at least the option is there.

This isn't a plug-and-play type of title; it will take you quite some time just to figure out where you want to start. If you don't have the patience to play a traditional RPG to the finish, then you might want to pass on RPG Maker. For everyone else, there's no better place to start! --Todd Mowatt

Pros:

• Players can create their own role-playing adventure from scratch
• Players can design and animate their own characters

Cons:

• Requires huge time commitment and lots of patience

Product Description

This is the game RPG Maker for the Playstation 1. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost everything you could want, September 30, 2000

By 

"kallah" (Springfield, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RPG Maker (Video Game)

RPG Maker will allow you to create almost anything you want, and it's amazingly easy to use for the most part. Characters, monsters, skills and field maps are surprisingly easy to grasp.

The most complex parts of the game are probably dungeon creation and event/scenario creation. You WILL need to read the manuals (there are two) several times to get the hang of that, but once you do, you will be able to create almost anything your heart desires. Cutscenes, intro scenes, endings (in addition to being able to create ending scenes, the game allows you to set snapshots to be used as a backdrop for the credits), branching storylines or non-linear play - if you have the time and the determination, you can create literally anything in this game.

However, the tilesets (the images you use to create dungeons) are very limited and almost entirely fantasy-based - creating an SF RPG here could be tough, since you can't create tilesets. In addition, the character graphics have the same bias .... Finally, the musical selections are adequate at best. The ability to import music and tilesets would have been a great addition.

But those are relatively minor caveats, and RPG Maker is well worth getting if you want to make your own RPGs.

58 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE AMAZING GAME, July 9, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: RPG Maker (Video Game)

RPG MAker is an awesome game. Being able to create your own RPG with your own custom graphics, special affects, dungeons, maps, worlds, towns, and people is what makes this game so great,,One thing about it though is the fact that it takes a long time to master the creation skills, this is not for kids, too complicated! Not for someone who expects instant results!

61 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the hideous limitations., November 11, 2000

By 

Alex (College Park, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RPG Maker (Video Game)

Before you buy this game, ask yourself: why? If your only role-playing experience comes from playing videogames, what you will end up with is a mediocre flop, too much wasted time, and a disappointment. If you are an avid role-player (paper-and-pencil as well as console), writer, and creator, this may just be your chance to see how your favorite creation handles.

Probably the only way to rate a monster like this is by analyzing its limitations and usability. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING YOU CAN MASTER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, CLOSE YOUR BROWSER BEFORE YOU GET ANY IDEAS ABOUT BUYING THIS ITEM. RPG Maker comes with TWO manuals, with a combined page count of one hundred pages, and even that is barely enough to cover the very basics of this software's mechanics. As the manuals are, they are barely legible and feature minimal graphics. There are no good walkthroughs on the Web to date. You're on your very own.

As for the limitations: get Agetec's slogan out of your mind immediately! Imagination is by far not the only thing that limits your creativity! First of all, your creation must be at least somewhat fantasy-oriented, since all tile-sets, mosters, and pre-made characters are. In the battle engine creation, you are limited to creating spells and skills, and setting the numbers. Other than that, every single one of your RPG Maker creations will feature a run-of-the-mill, turn-based, simplistic battle engine.

The graphics are beyond bad. They are pixilated, static, and bland, just like the ones in a Genesis RPG gone horribly awry. While the music is actually somewhat good, the sound effects are barely tolerable. You do not draw the overworld map. Instead you ASSEMBLE it from the random bits and pieces available. All of the overworld tiles are one color: sepia. Even the water. And unless you have a mouse, don't even think of using Anime Maker.

If you think that the game's virtue is the freedom with which you can manage your plot, here's a small example of the extents you must go to to organize even a semblance of logic: opening a treasure chest. Easy, you think. Place a treasure chest, and you're done. No. First you must choose the type of chest, and specify how it looks open and closed. You must specify what item is inside (you create all items from scrath), what character gets the item (you create all characters from scratch), etc. You can imagine how much toil goes into creating switches (conditions).

And, of course, you are always limited by the amount of space on your memory card.

If so far I haven't managed to dissuade you from buying this game, if you have extraordinary patience, ingenuity, and perseverance, if you aren't afraid to get your hands dirty, RPG Maker is for you. Just in case, if you happen to master it, you may give yourself the title of grandmaster of role-playing.