Here's a crazy way to connect Gary Gygax to the Turbografx. (Not just through their collective love of the letter "X")
in 1992-93 Gary left TSR he went to start his own RPG that eventually became Dangerous Journeys. Very similar to D&D with a few twists, but it never really took off the ground. For a bit of time Electronic Arts and NEC/TTi had planned on releasing video games based on the world for PC, SNES, and Turbo Super CD!! It was planned to release around the same time as Beyond Shadowgate, so I was EXTREMELY excited to see this release... However, it was never meant to be. 🙁
Gary Gygax’s Dangerous Journeys™ Super CD Adventure Game
Coming soon for the new Turbo Duo is TurboGrafx Super CD version of Gary Gygax’s Dangerous Journeys™, a new Mulitgenre Roleplaying Game System, This product can be used on the new Turbo Duo platform or the TurboGrafx CD accessory system with system-upgrade card. Initial release of the Dangerous Journeys product is planned for April, 1993.
For more information contact 1-800-366-0136Dangerous Journeys is a trademark of Omega Helios Limited.TTI Turbo Technologies, Inc.
According from the Turbo Grafx ad so, the release date was optimistically set to April 1993. In fact, between the 1992 and 1993, some previews of the game appeared on the Turbo Play Magazine.
Due to TSR's lengthy lawsuit against Gary in regards to his Dangerous Journeys game being too similar in style/gameplay and NEC/TTi starting to bow out of the video game market by mid 1993-1994, the game was ultimately scrapped....
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I can't imagine being sued by your old company over something you invented/created. Crazy.
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