Poll for next import RPG Maker feature

[Valkysas]

Now that RPG Tsukuru DS is out of the way, I'm letting you pick the next import RPG Maker title I do a feature on. Only one is made by Enterbrain though.

Rather than do another portable feature and have to take photos of a GBC or DS screen again, I'm only letting you choose titles that I can just toss in my computer and run on an emulator, and then pound the print screen key. So the options are:

Simulation RPG Tsukuru -
I don't know it's actual name. But everyone calls it that. Released for the Saturn and Playstation in japan, it lets you make your own tactical style RPGs. It's horribly confusing to me, because I don't play the types of games it makes.

Dream Studio -
Made by Sega, and released on the Dreamcast. It's an odd thing. it's a full 3D game development tool, and it's very, very complex. It's scripting system is still a mystery to me, as it uses an odd visual event interface where you chain things together. Probably one the most limited game creation titles ever released for a console soley due to it's reliance on 128k VMUs. It makes pretty games though. I only managed to get one of the two manuals with my copy, so that has a pretty big impact on me not understanding it.

[Ωbright]

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Since they both sound like pains in the ass, I voted SRPGM.

You still have a working Dreamcast? I'm jealous.

[Valkysas]

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Nope. my dreamcast refuses to read most discs, and the internal battery is dead and so I have to set the clock every time I turn it on.

so I'm gonna use a dreamcast emulator.

[orius]

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You know, I was thinking recently that it might be interesting if Enterbrain were to do an RPG Maker spinoff that focused on SRPGs. Then I read this topic, find out they already did one like 10 years ago and we got another case of No Export For You..

Again.

Though it might be understandable, given that the market for this type of game isn't exactly big to begin with.

So another vote for SRPGM.

[Duel]

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Simulation RPG Tsukuru

[Jeroak Nelave]

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I'll vote for Simulation i guess...but i remember when Dream Studio was shown in magazines, and i think even at the Pav, i wanted it bad...too bad the Dreamcast died. I still have mine and it still works.

[Eschaton Orochi]

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Simulation RPG Tsukuru, because tactical rpgs are cool.

[1ce]

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I'm one of the odd guys that voted Dream Studio. I've never seen it and would love to see it in action.

[Wavelength]

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Srpg tsukuru sounds great for a feature. I know a bunch of pavvies were interested in it and I think it would shine some interesting light upon features I'd like to see in regular rpg makers (like instantiation of characters and better stat control). As a bonus maybe it will contribute to the drive to get NA gamers clamoring for more tsukurus to be localized and released in NA. A bunch of people here can give you a crash course in Srpg's before you mess around with it if you think that would make for a better feature...

[Red Dragon]

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Dream Studio, if only because you'll be able to make nicer pictures I imagine.

[Valkysas]

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they'd both be played off an emulator. I don't have a capture card, a japanese saturn or PS1, or a working dreamcast.

... You know, I probably should have tested the dreamcast emulator before I put this poll up.

[Valkysas]

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No one has voted on this for a long time, so I'm just ending the poll now.

Congrats to the winner.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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I remember when I almost got that. Was sitting there on eBay, ripe for the pickings. Now I get to find out if I missed out on anything good.

[Valkysas]

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All the japanese RPG Makers have become incredibly common on ebay, aside from RPG Tsukuru 4. Japan finally figured out that this community was interested in the games, and so this one, and the two super famicom ones are now readily available for 10-20 dollars. They used to be very rare on ebay, but over the last year they started becoming a bit more common, and as they became more common, they stopped going for around 90 or so on average due to competition.

RPG Tsukuru 4 doesnt show up as much, but it's a lot more frequent than it used to be (there have been about 3 sightings this year by me), and the copies that do show up go for around 20, compared to the 90+ they went for last year.

How do I know it's this community that they're aiming at? I was recognized by a japanese seller when buying another copy of Super Dante 2 a few weeks ago, so I wouldnt have to open my sealed copy. He asked if I was "going to do a feature on this one too".

[Thutmose]

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RPG Tsukuru 4 doesnt show up as much, but it's a lot more frequent than it used to be (there have been about 3 sightings this year by me), and the copies that do show up go for around 20, compared to the 90+ they went for last year.

Looks like there are two copies available on ebay now. There were three... but I bought one. :P

There's a bunch of the Simulation Tsukurus on there now, though.

RPG Tsukuru 4:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PS-1-RPG-Maker-4...item563c6f393e

http://cgi.ebay.com/RPG-Maker-4-Sony...item27b1ca2908

Simulation RPG Tsukuru :

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=Sim....c0.m270.l1313