When comparing EasyRPG vs RPG Boss, the Slant community recommends EasyRPG for most people. In the question“What are the best beginner game engines for making a top-down JRPG?” EasyRPG is ranked 5th while RPG Boss is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose EasyRPG is:
Game player can run assorted RPG Maker 2000/2003 games out of the box with few glitches currently.
Specs
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Pros
Pro EasyRPG's player works with assorted games
Game player can run assorted RPG Maker 2000/2003 games out of the box with few glitches currently.
Pro Aims to be compatible with RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
EasyRPG's editor aims to be compatible with projects made with RPG Maker 2000/2003.
Pro Free and open source
EasyRPG is licensed under the GPL license, with source code available on GitHub.
Pro Some third party RPG Maker patches are supported in the player already
Functionality not present in RPG Maker 2000/2003 such PNG 24 bit alpha transparency, MOD music support and some extra command line interface parameters, such as skip title menu, are already a part of the EasyRPG player.
Pro Built-in battle system
RPG Boss includes a side-view battle system that's arguably the most common battle system for JRPGs.
Cons
Con Discontinued
Con No way to export games directly from the software
Games have to be manually compiled from the game data.