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Hi, I am new here.

Although I primarily come here for two game requests, I am also interested in what has changed since I was active in the RPG Maker territory - around 2000-2004, the end of the not-so-loved RPG Maker 95 and the rise of the great RPG Maker 2000. I completely skipped over everything that came afterwards and I am also not really coming here now to contribute in regards of self-made games for newer makers, but I'd like to see to where the games have been going. Yesterday I checked Youtube and saw that the famous SNES-Mode-7 3D effect is possible in later RPG Maker versions, so I am curious how some newer games play with such special effects because I have - despite all love for old games - also a big affinity towards good graphics.

Regards,
Grizzly

Well, reading my sentence again, it sounds a bit wrong. I wanted to say that I love sprite-based 2D graphics but I like them even more if they are mixed with special effects. But they must be pixelized special effects, such like the SNES-Mode-7-3D effect that doesn't add high resolution but just a flat 3D plane in a completely unfiltered pixely way. Also pixel snow, transparent moving fog or sprite-based water reflections are, in my opinion, very cool when a 2D game uses them. They enhance the feel of a great 2D game even more for me without going away from the overall pixel 2D.

Actually, I never really played one of all those vector-based 2D games that are released recently for IPhone but from the looks of it they are definitely inferior to good old pixel 2D.

Yes, I have made four games, although one is very simple because it was the first "big game" from me and one is more like a tech demo without a real story. But two games are actually quite fun.
Where would I post them? Here in the thread or is there a special area for this?