It all started just over 15 years ago when David Whatley, CEO of Simutronics in St. Charles, Mo., released a text-based game called GemStone on the online service GEnie. Thus began an era of the most in-depth and content-intensive MMORPG’s on the net.

“Text-based MMORPG’s?” you ask… Absolutely! However, an idea sparked several years ago is coming to fruition.

Hero’s Journey is slated for a 2005 release – drawing upon the environment and history of it’s predecessors, the players will explore the far reaches of Elanthia where danger promises to lurk around every corner, threatening to destroy everything in its path – but even if you’ve visited Elanthia in GemStone or DragonRealms, you can rest assured that you’ve never seen anything like this!