<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
(	O
RPGツクール	O
2003	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
of	O
programs	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
role-playing	O
games	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Kadokawa	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
24	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
received	O
an	O
official	O
English	O
translation	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
into	O
the	O
Steam	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
XP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
graphics	O
within	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
are	O
in	O
2D	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
and	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
graphical	O
resources	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
minor	O
changes	O
in	O
resolution	O
(	O
though	O
some	O
tilesets	O
,	O
while	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
those	O
included	O
in	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
include	O
redrawn	O
resources	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Battle	O
Character	O
and	O
System2	O
sets	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
's	O
new	O
battle	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
all	O
graphics	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
achieved	O
with	O
sprites	O
,	O
or	O
single	O
images	O
that	O
has	O
a	O
composition	O
of	O
frames	O
in	O
a	O
specific	O
orientation	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
software	O
of	O
RM2k3	B-Application
can	O
give	O
the	O
impression	O
of	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
MIDI	O
and	O
WAV	O
much	O
like	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
for	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
programs	O
received	O
an	O
update	O
on	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
2003	O
to	O
support	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
(	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
strongly	O
desired	O
feature	O
by	O
users	O
)	O
and	O
ADPCM	O
compressed	O
WAV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RM2k3	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
any	O
audio	O
editing	O
software	O
so	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
program	O
is	O
needed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
compose	O
desired	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
much	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
its	O
successor	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
XP	O
,	O
comes	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
set	O
of	O
Runtime	O
Package	O
files	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
RTP	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
2003	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
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
order	O
also	O
included	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
Alpha	O
(	O
RPGツクールα	O
)	O
I-mode	O
i-appli	O
for	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
503	O
or	O
later	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perhaps	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
's	O
most	O
notable	O
new	O
feature	O
is	O
its	O
battle	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
in	O
third-person	O
side	O
view	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
first	O
person	O
view	O
that	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
unlike	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
real-time	O
"	O
ATB	O
"	O
system	O
,	O
like	O
in	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
classical	O
"	O
turn-based	O
"	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
less	O
noticeable	O
but	O
no	O
less	O
significant	O
change	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
program	O
more	O
than	O
doubles	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
images	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
simultaneously	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Show	O
Picture	O
"	O
command	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
fifty	O
separate	O
images	O
compared	O
to	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
's	O
twenty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
is	O
also	O
the	O
only	O
program	O
in	O
the	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
series	I-Application
which	O
allows	O
weapons	O
and	O
armor	O
to	O
cast	O
spells	O
when	O
used	O
as	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
can	O
convert	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2000	I-Application
games	O
into	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
games	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
cannot	O
be	O
reversed	O
.	O
</s>
