FWIW, G.U.R.P.S., by Steve Jackson, is a very close tie, if not more so. (I misremembered them both being Paladium publications when posting above, honestly.)
If you don’t see the Matrix as endless spreadsheets, these are not the systems you’re looking for.
p.s. Sorry for the link to that other place, but it’s hard to find non-paid/ad RPG posts from the 90s without it. 🙇🏽♂️
what’s paladium? (i only play pf2e)
OG publisher of notoriously crunchtastic system Rifts
FWIW, G.U.R.P.S., by Steve Jackson, is a very close tie, if not more so. (I misremembered them both being Paladium publications when posting above, honestly.)
If you don’t see the Matrix as endless spreadsheets, these are not the systems you’re looking for.
p.s. Sorry for the link to that other place, but it’s hard to find non-paid/ad RPG posts from the 90s without it. 🙇🏽♂️