The RPG Maker series is one of the best things to ever hit the gaming scene. In the 6 years since its arrival on the Playstation, it has been used to create dozens upon dozens of different games and concepts. Creative juices have flowed, and the dreams of gamers who have wanted to create their own unique masterpieces have been manifested.

Though RPG Maker is a fantastic tool, it is also a limited one. Developers have struggled for years against the base set of tools given in the RPG Maker titles and have found and used countless tricks to manipulate the software into creating some of the greatest user-made software in RPG Maker history.

This article, written in celebration of RPGMM's 100,000th hit, is designed to showcase just a sliver of the magnitude of talent that dwells in the RPG Maker community. While few people ever agree with lists, this is only the opinion of one mere mortal (Ixzion). Make sure to read our reviews and our user ratings to find the best games out there by developers! Some developers, when the game told them "Hey, you can't do that!", spit in the game's face and told RPG Maker that it better do what they want. RPG Maker then complied with their demands and that how these games came into being. True story.

Or maybe not. Still, these games break the rules, and that's all that matters.

Well, the 2006 RPG Maker Magazine Awards have finally come to an end. It was a long time in the making, but thanks to the entire RPG Maker community helping in the nominations and voting, we were able able to finish this massive event!

The Awards, nominated and voted on by the actual community, are given to the games, produced within the last year, and their creators in recognition of their mutual excellence in the field of RPG Maker.

Bringing in his first installment created from RPG Maker 3, JMB thisMAN is definitely a fantasy enthusiast. Drawing his inspiration from series such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, JMB thisMAN has employed RPG Maker 3 to create a non-linear character driven adventure of his own.

So, here we have a new RPG Maker 3 game on the block, and it goes by the name of Daniel's Quest III. It's made by Pagerron and is based around his real life friend, Daniel. So, what is Daniel's Quest III and why is it here?

With RPG Maker 3 having lots of limitations, there seems to be no escape from the standard "Dungeon Crawling RPG" setting. There's hope though. In comes Series 3, the third game in the series created by Perversion.

I wound up taking this preview, not realizing that the game I'm previewing is Mature-rated. I generally avoid M-rated games for various reasons. But hey, all that means is that this preview will be/is/was interesting to tackle.

Here we are, RM3 out for several months, and getting the first wave of it's new games. This prospect can only fill someone with hope for a new breed of good games (one that adapts to some various discomfiting features of RM3), and designers.

A Dark Link game made by none other than magonian DarkLinkOmega, whom we can only assume enjoys the Dark Link concept, but did he pull it off?

What do you get when you mix an original RPG with some FFVI here and there? Simple, a game called Forgotten Isle, that's what!

RPG Maker 3 has been out for some month and a half now, and
already people are releasing demos, some even giving out full games!
While the game listings are still low, it is rising at a fast rate (or compared to RPGM2). Here is one of those demos, made by Eclipse Studios, and from what I hear, it's based off of an anime series? Anyway, here is the review of Record of Lodoss War.

Somewhere between Teen and Mature lies a game, and not only is it a game, it is THE first completed game built for RPG Maker 3. I haven't got a clue on whether to say congratulations, or to say 'what in the heck?', for releasing it. Anyway, from the one and only Oblivion Dragon, here is the review for Second to Last Fantasy XXVII (don't ask...). Story: Slop any cliche ever and compile it into one game, and you just replicated Second to Last Fantasy XXVII. From a crystal that stops bad guys, to sages who created and protect everything, to even your home town and father being destroyed, this game has 'em all. If you thought that was exciting, wait till you hear the main character's name, Mr. Hero!

Some are an uncanny challenge to perceive in this manner, and some are ridiculously simple (Zelda renditions, for instance), but still others I simply cannot seem to relate to anything but a decent feat of imagination on the part of the designer.

Once upon a time, a long-eared, sharp-toothed Bunnywolf was given a quest by the mystic Kittykicker.