This is the same author who did Into The Shadows, a solid paranormal monster-hunter system, but it's difficult to find.
Edit: Finally found a link. Finally.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020224173537/http://www.pcisys.net/~pandemonium/portrpg/index.html
And this seems to be his other work he references in Into The Shadows. V&V and Pulp Hero content.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020102152728/http://www.pcisys.net/~pandemonium/v&v/index.html
Wait a minute. Could S. John Ross (Risus, Cumberland Games, etc.) be related to Craig Griswold somehow?
Both people seem to have a fascination with simple D6 games and Griswold even links back to Cumberland Games on his Tripod site. It would also explain Griswold's sudden disappearance, yet the Tripod site is still being kept online by someone, somehow. Both wrote content for
Pulp Hero and had a large interest in the obscure
Pokethulhu. Also,
The Portable RPG System seems to resemble
Risus.
I might just be posting too late, not thinking too clearly, but it wouldn't be the first time a company invented a second identity to test out a product before releasing it under the real company name. German computer audio company Image-Line released a sound plugin called
Youwashock before officially releasing the same plugin as
Soundgoodizer. It was even labeled like it had been translated from another language:
QuoteThough nothing can bring back the missing particle, You Wa Shock!'s strength is in the behind parts. Excrete excite sound for your tracks. Push harder for a more exciting sound. The knob will go up. You can operate You Wa Shock! as early as possible in the track, or late. The four A B C D settings create new crunch excrete.
Maybe I've been awake too long, or maybe I'm onto something.
Both their names are listed in this publication. They indeed are connected somehow. Perhaps Griswold was simply copying what Ross was doing at the time and they shared a lot of similar interests. Who knows?
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/203219/pokethulhu-adventure-game-3rd-edition
I've got copies that I just put up on my site.
https://darkshire.net/jhkim/archive/freerpgs/portable/portable.zip
https://darkshire.net/jhkim/archive/freerpgs/portable/treasurehunter.zip
https://darkshire.net/jhkim/archive/freerpgs/portable/Rangers.doc
https://darkshire.net/jhkim/archive/freerpgs/portable/rangers.zip
https://darkshire.net/jhkim/archive/freerpgs/portable/samurai.zip
Thank you. It's difficult to find them, so that'll be very helpful.
Edit: and I'm adding that 'manga' game to Ranma 1/2 on the list. Might need to sort though your whole directory tomorrow... some great, rare finds there.
If you want to see some pre-internet BBS files, this site is pretty interesting. http://textfiles.com/rpg/
I need to print this out: http://textfiles.com/rpg/ultimatebeans.txt