𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝟗𝟖
☆ RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 was the first of ACII's RPG Maker series, released December 17, 1992 for PC-98. The program contained pre-made characters, tilesets, events and music. To encourage use of the system, Enterbrain hosted a monthly contest between 1997 and 2002 called インターネットコンテストパーク (Internet Contest Park), or "Conpark" for short. Games, music, art and a variety of editing programs were entered into the competition to showcase young developers skills. By far the most popular title made on the system was a horror classic known as Corpse Party, which won the 5th Annual Enterbrain Game Contest in 1996.
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My upload of all the 1997-2002 Conpark entries. You may access them through the wayback machine still, but this is in case it fails.
A site dedicated to Azusa 999, a Dante 98 adventure game translated by Samuel Messner.
A translated version of the horror classic Peret em Heru for Dante 98 II, a Platinum winner at Conpark 1998.
Another archival link for the original PC-98 version of Corpse Party (JP only)
A fairly comprehensive archive of PC-98 games, including ASCII's RPG Tsukūru series.
Manual for Dante 98-- Manual for Dante 98 II
A site hosting Dante 98 II programs, including D2win for playing D982 on windows, and a handy text editor for translation purposes.
A site with information on ASCII/Enterbrain's Tsukūru series 95 and onward.
