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CoolSoft released a program called VirtualMIDISynth, that allows any new Windows computer (Yes, even 8) to use soundfonts instead of the default Microsoft Synth. Before now, you'd need a soundcard like an Audigy 2 to switch soundfonts... Now anyone can do it!

RPGmaker just doesn't feel the same to me without it!
I made this video because I hadn't seen it mentioned in the RPGmaker community...

You can get the program here :
http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth

As for the soundfonts :
A bunch are linked on that page.

Here are some more :
http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-soundfonts.php
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351893

The Musical Box 2.1 soundfont is currently down, replaced by the newer version called Evanessence... It doesn't always sound as good for RPGmaker midis, but if you want it, see if the creator will give permission to reupload it for our purposes. Or beg me to ask @_@ ...

Some soundfonts may be compressed in Sfark or Sfpack formats...
A quick google should find those small programs.

I have only had ONE issue that I will mention while using this : While I'm 99% sure it is unrelated, when using RPGmaker in fullscreen, sometimes all the instruments are piano. It works fine windowed, so I am able to work around it. I do not believe it is this program that causes this issue, because it didn't go away when I uninstalled. I just got this Windows 7 system recently, so I haven't been able to pinpoint the issue.

UPDATE:
As requested, here's the download for the japanese rpgmaker side-scroller Jeanne Action as shown in this video:
https://www10.atwiki.jp/vip_rpg/pages/442.html

The link to the download site is at the top: "ダウンロード"
Look for that button again on the download page, in the center.

Once you download it, it has all the game files but seems to be missing the rpgmaker 2000 (or was it 2003?) exe file to run it.
Just copy over RPG_RT.exe from another rpgmaker game, and it should run normally. (You might need a japanese RPG_RT.exe for best compatibility, and for the japanese characters to display correctly, you'll need to be in japanese locale or using a locale converter thing like applocale which works for older Windows operating systems... There's something else that works for newer systems. And if you have trouble running it in Windows 10, you might need to run it windowed.)