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Game-Maker

Game-Maker (aka RSD Game-Maker) is an MS-DOS-based suite of game design tools, accompanied by demonstration games, produced between 1991 and 1995 by the Amherst, New Hampshire based Recreational Software Designs and sold through direct mail in the US by KD Software. Game-Maker also was sold under various names by licensed distributors in the UK, Korea…

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Developer
Recreational Software Designs
Original authors
Gregory Andrew Stone Oliver Stone George Oliver Stone Joan Stone
Platform
MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x
Release
1991; 35 years ago (1991)
Type
Game creation system

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Game-Maker

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Avg. degree1.97
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Game-Maker

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related to history · 53
Game-Maker → A-J Games, Adventures, All, Also, Although, Andrew Stone, Animation, Attack, Barracuda, Below, Both, Canadian, CD-ROM, Cireneg's Rings, Create Your Own Games, Crullo, Donut, Gamasutra, Game-Maker Maker, GameLynk
related to Notable games · 35
Game-Maker → A-J Games, A-J's Quest, An, Andy Stone's Metroid-influenced, AOL Kids, Barracuda, Blinky, CD-ROM, Deluxe Paint Animation, GameLynk, Hedgehog, Jeremy LaMar, Joan Stone's, LHarc, Link, Lobster, Mark Hadley, Matt Bell, Nebula, Of
related to Influence · 24
Game-Maker → A-J's Quest, As, Benelux, Bionic Commando, CD, Die Blarney, IBM-based PCs, James, Jeremy LaMar's Blinky, Justin Meisse, Liight, Mark Hadley, Matt Bell's Paper Airplane, Morris, Others, Roland Ludlam, RSD's, Seiklus, Several, Shareware
related to Construction · 23
Game-Maker → BBL, Block Designer, CBL, CHR, CMF, Designer, GAM, GIF, Graphics Image Reader, Maker, MAP, MBL, MON, PAL, Palette Designer, PC, RSD's, SND, Sound Blaster, The
related to Game distribution · 16
Game-Maker → BBS, CD-ROMS, Distributing Your GAME-MAKER Games, During Game-Maker's, Frontline, Game-Maker Exchange, Gamelynk, Kennebunkport, Maine, Many, May, Night Owl, Oliver Stone, RSD, RSD's, To
related to Game engine · 16
Game-Maker → All, Although, F5, F6, GIF, Play, Pressing F2, Quit, Read Instructions, Read Storyline, See Credits, See Highest Scores, Through RSD's, Transition, VGA, XFERPLAY
related to Open format · 11
Game-Maker → Add, Despite, Dress, From, Galoob's Game Genie, Game-Maker's, Increase, Is, Stones, This, Too
related to External links · 7
Game-Maker → Game Creation Tools ClassificationRSD, Game-Maker Facebook, GitHubGame-Maker, Maker, Media Wiki, RSD Game-Maker, The Game-Maker Archive WikiRSD
related to Limitations · 6
Game-Maker → CMF, Creative's, Game-Maker's, One, Through, VOC
Developer · 1
Game-Maker → Recreational Software Designs

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games game tools rsd user design software also andrew engine later stone distribution monsters users one first code several shareware

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Game-MakerDeveloperRecreational Software Designs1.00infobox
Game-MakerOriginal authorsGregory Andrew Stone Oliver Stone George Oliver Stone Joan Stone1.00infobox
Game-MakerPlatformMS-DOS, Windows 3.1x1.00infobox
Game-MakerRelease1991; 35 years ago (1991)1.00infobox
Game-MakerTypeGame creation system1.00infobox
Computer Gaming Worldinstance ofand full-screen four-way scrolling.Primary distribution for Game-Maker was through advertisements in the back of PC and game magazines0.80text
VideoGamesinstance ofand full-screen four-way scrolling.Primary distribution for Game-Maker was through advertisements in the back of PC and game magazines0.80text
Deluxe Paint is easily importedinstance ofimage data produced with outside programs0.80text
split into background tiles or sprites.Game engineThrough RSD's proprietary XFERPLAY engineinstance ofimage data produced with outside programs0.80text
all Game-Maker games run in 256-color full-screen VGAinstance ofimage data produced with outside programs0.80text
at an eccentric 312x196 resolutioninstance ofimage data produced with outside programs0.80text
LHarc auto-compressioninstance ofincorporates external functions0.80text

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