Comments on: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Dungeon Explorer

By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Kyūkyoku Tiger @ Magweasel

[I ♥ The PC Engine] Kyūkyoku Tiger @ Magweasel — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:36:58 +0000

[...] despite fitting in only two megabits, and the music (ported by Tsukasa Masuko, who we last saw in Dungeon Explorer) actually sounds a little better and less oldschool-FM “tinny” to my [...]

By: Dungeon Explorer addendum @ Magweasel

Dungeon Explorer addendum @ Magweasel — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:05:37 +0000

[...] that I meant to add about Dungeon Explorer that I didn’t quite get around to [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:30:14 +0000

Actually, you can play 5 players on Virtual Console, you use 4 Wiimotes/Classic Controllers for players 1-4, and plug in a Gamecube controller to port 1, for player 5. There is an option to configure what controller is used for what player, before starting up the game. I have played the VC version 5 players and it’s a blast, although it’s very confusing!

By: Esteban

Esteban — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:31:12 +0000

I agree that the game benefits from its dark, somber atmosphere (Faxanadu on NES is another game that had a purposefully somber mood and aesthetic as well).

Dungeon Explorer was a blast to play with folks back in the day, especially when hidden characters were unlocked (I don’t think the instruction manual or magazines mentioned the hidden characters, which made their discovery that much sweeter).

A princess, a robot (yes, a robot!), etc. were fun additions to the core cast of Dungeon Explorer.

Plus, there was a simple but satisfying sense of accomplishment when you defeated a boss as a team and then decided how you wanted to increase the attributes of your character.

But the music is divine. Period. Every single goddamned song is… fantastique. Even the arranged (Red Book) versions of these songs found on DEII (CD) fail to dethrone the original chip tunes.

Such is the greatness of DE’s soundtrack!

By: brandon

brandon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:20:12 +0000

I had no idea this was made by atlus, I thought it was hudson internal. Are they in the credits?

I think it’s got good graphical style – it’s a good japanese take on american PC games of the time, and the glowing powerups all have physics and weight to them, which was neat.

Neat also is the cheat that lets you walk through walls and such, and break the game world into nothing!!