gog2002x: I think only the Original version of Ara Fell was made with RPG Maker 2003 (...)
UCrest: Forgive my ignorance. But as far as I remember I only tried the Ara Fell Demo and it is true that the graphic engine used was RPG Maker 2000 or 2003. What I never got to see was the full version in RPG Maker. Do you know if the development team released the full version in RPG Maker or was it only the DEMO? Thanks, @gog2002x!
gog2002x: Here's another bonus, I've not had a single crash in the Enhanced Edition (Win7 64-bit, can't speak for Win10) and gameplay has been very smooth. They seemed to have taken exceptional care in making things work, gameplay and story.
UCrest: I'm playing it on Windows 10 x64 and I haven't had any problems. The game runs smoothly.
That's a good question, unfortunately I don't have a good answer since I wasn't really following the development of the game back then or now. I don't have Steam, but from reading some of the posts there, it would appear they may have released the Original there, then later released the Enhanced version.
I do know there are guides out there that are based solely on the Original from start (Prologue) to finish (Epilogue), so I imagine it must have been a complete game for some platforms. The guide I looked at was for a console (Xbox?). But Steam obviously would have been the PC version. :)
There are some posts out there where the developers explained that they faced some limitations using RPG Maker and were not happy about that. I'll see if I can find some of those articles, both on the full PC version (if any) and the developer comments on the engine.
Also, the developers seem like a nice bunch, so it may be possible to contact Stegosoft directly and ask. They may even have a way to get you a copy (if it exists) since EE is now their official version, who knows. Never hurts to try.
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