RPG Maker XP

> *"RPG MAKER allows you to create an original role-playing game without any specific knowledge or previous training. RPG MAKER XP is packed with the features you've been asking for, including game data encryption and a scripting function that lets you change the heart of the RPG MAKER engine."*
> - Steam
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> *"The operational properties of the program have been improved, it can now provide support for a color display and significantly increased graphics capabilities. With support for PNG color mode and alpha channel, you can adjust settings for graphic translucency and specify the transparency gradient. RPG Maker XP includes three map layers, allowing you to create complex, layered courses. The program includes a basic set of graphics and sounds that you can use and modify at no additional cost. You can also import your own graphics and sounds, making your game really stand out."*
> - Degica
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**RPG Maker XP** is a fourth installment of RPG Maker series, developed by Enterbrain in 2004. It is the successor to RPG Maker 2003 and was replaced by RPG Maker VX in 2007, became the first application of its kind officially released in English on PC in 2005.

RPG Maker XP represented a huge leap forward in the history of the tool. Technically, XP is more powerful than its predecessors and successors, considered as the most widely used of most RPG Makers; the improvements it has made have expanded the possibilities for programmers to customize their creations.

## System Requirements

* **Processor**: PC with 800MHz Intel® Pentium® III equivalent or higher processor.
* **Memory**: 128 MB RAM.
* **Video card**: 1024x768 or better video resolution in High Color mode.
* **Hard drive**: 100 MB of available space.
 **Recommended** | * **Operating System**: Microsoft® Windows® XP/2000 0 (64-bit OS is NOT supported)
* **Processor**: PC with 1.5GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 equivalent or higher processor.
* **Memory**: 256 MB RAM.
* **Video card**: 1024x768 or better video resolution in True Color mode.
* **Hard drive**: 500 MB of available space.
* **Sound card**: DirectSound-compatible sound card.

## Distribution and software piracy

Before the program was officially translated and published by Enterbrain, some members of various RPG Maker communities made translations and/or patches. The most famous of these are DynaEmu, who made the first hack of RPG Maker XP, RPG Advocate, who made the most widely used version, and Dubealex, who created a patch of RPG Advocate's Translation that allowed 4-line messages and a larger event script box.

Over the years, when legal XP was released, hackers began to create key generators, which simulate the purchase of the program. Most of these hackers, however, have been banned from most RPG Maker websites. After the legal English version, many sites (including rmxp.org, rpgmakerfori,s and rpgmaker.net) have banned the distribution of information leading to illegal copies of RPG Maker XP in an attempt to show their respective support for Enterbrain's decision.

## Trivia

* Regarding the events related to the English language distribution of the new software, the initials in the names of the default actors for the RPG Maker XP games represent the first eight letters of the English alphabet.

## References

1. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/235900/RPG\_Maker\_XP/
2. ↑ https://www.degicagames.com/a/software/rpg-maker-xp
3. ↑ https:// www.pcgamer.com/the-secret-history-of-underdog-game-engine-rpg-maker-and-how-it-got-its-bad-reputation/
4. ↑ https://www .icrewplay.com/la-storia-di-rpg-maker-e-facile-cosi/
5. ↑ https://github.com/Fleurman/translate-solution-xp