<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
(	O
RM2K	B-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
series	I-Application
of	O
programs	O
developed	O
by	O
Enterbrain	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
ASCII	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
as	O
RPG	B-Application
Tsukūru	I-Application
2000	O
(	O
RPGツクール2000	O
)	O
in	O
April	O
2000	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Humble	O
Game	O
Maker	O
Bundle	O
went	O
live	O
,	O
including	O
RM2K	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
officially	O
released	O
in	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
RM2K	B-Application
features	O
lower-resolution	O
graphics	O
than	O
RM95	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
320x240	O
resolution	O
instead	O
of	O
640x480	O
,	O
and	O
using	O
16x16	O
tiles	O
instead	O
of	O
32x32	O
tiles	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
other	O
visual	O
improvements	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
higher	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
weather	O
effects	O
and	O
panorama	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
320	O
x	O
240	O
screen	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
for	O
playing	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
16x16	O
pixel	O
tiles	O
,	O
with	O
24x32	O
character	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
default	O
green	O
message-window	O
and	O
menu	O
systems	O
are	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
signs	O
that	O
a	O
particular	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
with	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
Dragon	O
Quest-like	O
battle	O
system	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
classical	O
turn-based	O
,	O
"	O
front-view	O
"	O
battle	O
system	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
enemy	O
faces	O
you	O
directly	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
you	O
do	O
not	O
see	O
your	O
characters	O
on	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
featured	O
in	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
collection	O
of	O
MIDI	O
and	O
,	O
less	O
commonly	O
,	O
WAV	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
added	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
use	O
WAV	O
files	O
compressed	O
with	O
ADPCM	B-Algorithm
(	O
also	O
usable	O
for	O
sound	O
effects	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
these	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
successor	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
(	O
ver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
unofficial	O
patches	O
released	O
afterwards	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
older	O
versions	O
,	O
though	O
reliability	O
with	O
said	O
patch	O
has	O
always	O
been	O
an	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
communities	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
common	O
misbelief	O
that	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
natively	O
before	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
XP	O
's	O
release	O
because	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
were	O
unknown	O
to	O
most	O
users	O
outside	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
that	O
introduced	O
the	O
"	O
Runtime	O
Package	O
"	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
RTP	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
later	O
PC	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTP	O
is	O
a	O
whole	O
set	O
of	O
default	O
graphics	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
,	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
,	O
the	O
RTP	O
must	O
be	O
downloaded	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
games	O
made	O
with	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
included	O
the	O
following	O
demos	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
includes	O
the	O
following	O
changes	O
to	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
supported	O
playback	O
formats	O
include	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
and	O
WAV	O
(	O
Microsoft	O
ADPCM	B-Algorithm
codec	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
