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Behold the aspiring repository for all there is to know about Recreational Software Designs' Game-Maker, the original game creation system for MS-DOS. Read of its use, its users, its surrounding culture, and -- of course -- the games themselves!

This site is not for profit; just for promulgation. Please feel free to contribute. Anything you can add or enhance, however incidental it may seem, will just increase the web of context about RSD Game-Maker. In updating, do use some common sense and courtesy; this wiki is for everyone, not just you or me. Otherwise, kick around. Break the place in.

Some destinations:

• Featured games (the best of the bunch)
• Known Game-Maker games (a work in progress)
• Known Game-Maker artists (a work in progress)
• Pending articles (they're coming...)

• Genres (adventure, shooter, etc.)
• Themes (satire, educational, etc.)

• General Game-Maker information
• Related tools and file formats

• Music library
• Image archive

• Game-Maker links

Game playing tips:

To play Game-Maker games with full compatibility under Win2K and higher, use a DOSBox frontend such as D-Fend Reloaded. Just drop the games in, turn up the CPU cycles, and play. For Mac OS X, try Boxer. Users with condensed keyboards may want to look into utilities like Keyboard Remapper or KeyRemap4MacBook.

Windows users may also do well with Joy2Key and perhaps a wired Xbox 360 controller.

It's as fun to make them... as it is to play them... Game-Maker: the state-of-the-art in game design tools.