Bootlegging Minigames — Prohibition Arcade Pack for RPG Maker MZ

Part of the MZ Minigame Collection. This plugin is one of a growing library of themed minigames for RPG Maker MZ, from board games and puzzles to sports, casino and crafting. Mix and match to fill your world with things to do.

👉 See them all: https://itch.io/c/8090415/mz-minigame-collection

Three Prohibition-era arcade games. One plugin. Zero extra assets.

Drop Bootleg_Minigames.js into your project and your speakeasy, moonshiner's cabin or back-road smuggler NPC gets a real game to play — all drawn by the plugin, no images to install.

🥃 Still Tender

Keep the heat needle inside a drifting sweet zone to fill jugs. Hold your nerve through PRESSURE! spikes (tap to vent) and REVENUER! visits (douse the fire and lie low). Every jug is graded Smooth / Fair / Rotgut by how steady you kept it — Smooth jugs pay 1.5×.

🚗 Rum Run

A four-lane night drive. Grab crates, dodge roadblocks and potholes, and watch the Feds' heat meter — the black sedan behind you gets closer with every mistake. Hold DOWN to brake and cool the heat; pass an obstacle in the next lane for a close-call bonus.

🚪 Speakeasy Door

You're the doorman. Memorise tonight's secret knock and password, then decide who gets in. Regulars fumble a beat now and then; plain-clothes agents get the password one word wrong and have a "tell". Survive a surprise RAID by mashing to hide the bottles.

What you get

• ✅ 3 complete minigames with intro, play and results screens
• ✅ Three difficulty levels, per-call overrides
• ✅ Saved high scores (per game, in the save file) with a NEW BEST! flash
• ✅ Score & Result variables + an optional Common Event, so you can hand out rewards, gate doors or build a leaderboard
• ✅ Stat breakdowns on every results screen (jugs by grade, crates, close calls, Feds turned away…)
• ✅ "Did you know?" Prohibition history cards (toggle off if you don't want them)
• ✅ Keyboard, gamepad and touch controls
• ✅ Uses your project's font and fades like a stock scene — it feels native
• ✅ Everything is abstract arcade mechanics. No real-world process information of any kind.

Plugin commands

Start Still Tender · Start Rum Run · Start Speakeasy Door · Show Prohibition Card

Or from a script call:

js

BootlegMinigames.start("rumrun", { difficulty: "Hard", distance: 2000 });
if (BootlegMinigames.lastResult.result === 1) $gameParty.gainGold(BootlegMinigames.lastResult.score);

Controls

Game	Keys
Still Tender	Hold UP / OK = heat · OK on PRESSURE! · CANCEL on REVENUER!
Rum Run	LEFT / RIGHT lanes · hold DOWN = brake · touch: tap left / right half
Speakeasy Door	OK = let in · CANCEL = turn away · mash OK in a raid
Any	SHIFT ×2 = quit (Result = 2)

Compatibility

RPG Maker MZ 1.6+. No dependencies. Works alongside other minigame and menu plugins (it only adds scenes; nothing is overwritten). Tested at the default 816×624; layouts scale with Graphics.width/height.