The following box art is done by Dermont Power. If it's the same Dermont Power I found after some vigorous googling (how many artists can there be with the same name?), then he's a British artist, who has done quite a bit of concept design for various movies, such as V for Vendetta, Tim Burton's Alice in the Wonderland, Beowulf and so on. He has a website, so head there to see more of his stuff.
What can I say, I really like Judge Dredd and this is a fantastic illustration of the top judge of Megacity One. It's not perhaps the most original piece that comes to the concept, there have been quite a few illustrations of Dredd walking with his gun raised, but this is a solid version of the theme. It's no wonder Power worked for 2000 AD for a while.
The game itself isn't anything special. It's a sidescrolling action game, in which you control, you guessed it, Judge Dredd, on his endless prowl to take care of the numerous lawbreakers of the overpopulated Megacity.
I've played it once or twice, but I can't really say it left an impression on me, not in a good way anyway. Not that it left a tremendously bad one either, so I guess, it really wasn't anything special
An evil sorceress Selana has taken control of the city of Turnvale. With her army of skrols, she is terrorizing the people of Selana and the lands around Turnvale. You are Diermont, a hunter who gets rallied with the king's troops, who head to Turnvale to take care of the sorceress. All but you die and so you wake up from prison. It's up to you to take care of the Selana.
Lure of the Temptress is the first adventure game released by Revolution Software, which later gained more fame with Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword games. It's a pretty decent game, all in all, with an interesting system, in which you can ask the local people to move around and do things for you. The local people also move around, which can make solving some puzzles a tad annoying.
While the image I used here is from the manual, the box has the same piece. I've always loved this image. There's just something captivating about the casual manner the two skrols sit in front of Selana's throne adorned with skulls and severed heads. It's just a fantastic piece of art with a rather unique atmosphere.
And for the kicker, the game itself is available for free, so there's no reason not to give it a spin. You can get it from GOG.
Here's another title I've never played, but the cover by Power is pretty captivating, especially in what comes to the colour palette. I just dig it, a lot.
Overlord is a strategy game in which you, the supreme leader Epsilon Galaxy, wage your war of conquest against everyone else who is unlucky enough to be on your way.
It's not quite Master of Orion, from what I've seen of it, but it was reviewed quite positively back in the day, so I guess it might be interesting for fans of the genre.
Beyond that, I can't really comment on the game itself, but I can say that the box art is pretty solid.
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