Case Study: Turok Dinosaur Hunter
Client: Acclaim Entertainment
Based on: The original Gold Key comic book character from 1960s, which had been licensed by Valiant Comics in the early 1990s.
Assignment: To re-imagine the Native American stereotype character as a contemporary super hero and recreate the Lost Land depicted in the comic book series as a vast persistent world with its own creatures, allies, villains and mythology. Then, to work with Acclaim Entertainment and Iguana Studios to launch and maintain the original Nintendo 64 first-person shooter video game franchise.
Products:World Design - The Lost Land, Galyanna
Turok Dinosaur Hunter Concept Document
Turok Dinosaur Hunter Design Document
Turok Dinosaur Hunter (N64, PC, Gameboy)
Turok Story & Style Guide
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Concept Document
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Design Document
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64, PC)
Turok: Rage Wars (N64)
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (N64)
Turok Evolution (PS2)
Strategy Guides (Acclaim Publishing)
Young Readers Novels (Goldenbooks)
Action Figures (Playmates Toys)
Web Sites
Feature Film Option
Results: The Turok series plus ancillaries grossed over $420 million for Acclaim Entertainment, making it the most successful non-sports franchise in the company's history.
"Jeff Gomez took a second-tier character in Turok and helped to create a video game universe so successful that it paid for Acclaim Entertainment's $65 million acquisition of Valiant Comics twice over within weeks of the release of the first game in the series."
— Fabian Nicieza, President & Publisher (1994–1997), Acclaim Comics
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