Underplayed Gems

Simulation RPG Tsukuuru (1998)

Simulation RPG Tsukuuru cover
Developer
Pegasus Japan
Publisher
ASCII Entertainment
Platforms
Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Genres
Simulator

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A flexible creation toolset that feels more like building a fantasy world piece by piece than playing a structured game.

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About

RPG Maker, known in Japan as RPG Tsukuru, is the name of an expansive series of programs for the development of role-playing games (RPGs), first created by the Japanese group ASCII, then succeeded by Enterbrain. The Japanese name, Tsukuru, is a pun mixing the Japanese word tsukuru , which means "make" or "create", with tsuru, the Japanese transcription of the English word "tool". The RPG Maker series has been released primarily in Japan, with later versions also released in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and North America.

Screenshots

Simulation RPG Tsukuuru screenshot 1Simulation RPG Tsukuuru screenshot 2

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.