Nintendo Lifes Damien McFerran remarked that the title built on the concept of Gauntlet by introducing role-playing game elements and locations to explore, which added more depth and felt it was a much better game than Gauntlet. Richard Aihoshi of RPG Vault considered it a pioneer title in the action role-playing game genre due to its co-operative multiplayer gameplay for up to five players. Legacy A sequel to the game, Dungeon Explorer II, was later released for the TurboGrafx-CD console in 1993. A heavily modified port of Dungeon Explorer II was made for the Super Famicom, titled Crystal Beans from Dungeon Explorer, and was released in Japan in 1995. There was also a Sega CD game which goes by the name of Dungeon Explorer. It is related to the series, but not a port of any previous game, and very different from the others. Developed by Westone, Dungeon Explorer for the Sega CD is far closer to Gauntlet than other games in the series. Weapons and armor may be bought with the gold found in dungeons. In 2007, two related games, again different from the original titles, were released to coincide with the release of the original Dungeon Explorer on the Wii's Virtual Console. Both Dungeon Explorer: Meiyaku no Tobira and Dungeon Explorer: Jashin no Ryouiki were released for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS respectively on November 15, 2007. Both games were localized but released as Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts. Notes References External links Dungeon Explorer at GameFAQs Dungeon Explorer at Giant Bomb Dungeon Explorer at MobyGames 1989 video games Action role-playing video games Atlus games Hudson Soft games Konami franchises PlayStation Network games Role-playing video games TurboGrafx-16 games Video game franchises introduced in 1989 Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender Video games scored by Tsukasa Masuko Virtual Console games Virtual Console games for Wii U Multiplayer and single-player video games