A friend of mine who draws for marvel made a comment about the Dungeon Explorer cover art once. He compared it to a Spanish painter, and I couldn't recall what the guy's name was. I asked me friend and even linked him to a picture of the image and he said "No idea. Perhaps I was referring to obscure Spanish painter Picasso?" I'm willing to believe that I'm being trolled on this point because Picasso can't be obscure what with how I've actually heard of the guy.
The Dungeon Explorer art does seem to get a lot of flak, but I've always thought it to be one of the best and most interesting on the system. It definitely brings more of a high brow style to what was typically a low brow art form in video games. Cubist body shapes that slowly delineate the further they get into the horizon, it seems to fit perfectly with the genre of role-playing, since you initially have such fine control over your character but as the journey progresses the options and possibilities seem endless.
I've yet to play this game, although it is one I continue to try and purchase. I have the SEGA CD version, but I'm told that the TG-16 version is the one to play. I hope to get the game soon, but I'd love to win the box and have that classy art displayed prominently in my gaming room. Sign me up, and thanks so much for offering it up (and with a great story, nonetheless).
