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I'm quite infatuated with this project. There's a rich history of beloved RPG Maker 2000/2003 games and I'm glad people are putting in the effort to preserve them. Actually, people are still making them to this day!

IIRC: There's a similar project for XP as well

Ps. I think a lot of people are getting the wrong idea. An editor IS in progress but it isn't ready yet and most of the focus is currently on compatibility.

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RM2K, BYOND, and Zelda Classic were essential early 2000s internet culture. They got me hooked on software engineering.

This is such a great project. I hope we'll see these become more accessible and live on for a long time.

I didn't use or play Zelda Classic but I was a young kid and later teenager trying to make games in Qbasic, RM2K/3, GameMaker, BYOND, MUD makers, and so on. It was a huge part of my life and inspired a life and passion in IT.

I miss the forums and communities from back then. Gaming World aka gamingw.net was my old haunt. Rival GamingGroundZero was another popular community at the same time. Late 90s early 00s. I had a lot of really close friends that I may never talk to again. That's life though.

Wow, didn’t think I’d see a reference to old RPGMaker forums from way back! What was your old username on GamingW? I’m still in touch with quite a few GW people there via Discord.

So many fond memories of playing weird DBZ games on BYOND!

>Zelda Classic

but did they have a license to make an unauthorized zelda story?

I do mean this as constructive criticism, not an insult.

Jokes are supposed to be funny.

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