D+D Order of the Griffin

[dragonbait]

I found this game today and wondered how in the hell I could have missed this?!

Then I see that it was released in Japan on the TurboGrafx-16 only.
It was an rpg that basically combined Pool of Radiance and Eye of the Beholder, and it's made by Westood! (HOW COOL IS THAT!!) but used D+D rules rather than AD+D rules. (I like both D+D and AD+D so it's cool either way).

Order of the Griffon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Griffon
TurboGrafx-16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16

Man, I would have had a blast with this one if I had known about it back in the day. The only downside I can see is that the player characters and some monsters have tall combat images rather than having combat images that fit within a 1 square like Pool of Radiance did. Playing an Eye of the Beholder style game in a Pool of Radiance combat style gameplay seems like a freaking blast! 8)

Here is a video that someone has on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apD7jTlndss

[Growler]

Great catch!
Thanks for posting, D.
Does look really cool.. and amusing video there. 8)

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