Cult Heroes
A look back at a bygone age when men where men and games were art. Possibly

Kurushi
Why? Because it’s "Perrrrr Fect!"

Puzzle games involving blocks are either infuriating or just plain boring. Kurushi is neither of these and can bask in the relative glory of actually being fun while it challenges your reactions and forward-planning skills.

You play as a man trapped in some sort of existential nightmare of Sisyphean proportions as blocks tumble towards him and the floor behind him disappears, edging him closer and closer to certain squishiness. You’re not totally defenceless though (because that would make for one rubbish game) and at your disposal is the ability to make the blocks implode.

By marking the floor you can make a block disappear when is rolls onto the spot and by activating the trap you’ve set, that block will sink into the ground and out of your life forever. That’s not all (because if it was just that it’d still be a pretty rubbish game) as there are three types of blocks: normal boring grey ones, evil black ones and awesome green ones. You can only get rid of the grey ones one at a time, and God forbid you destroy one of the black ones because that’s what removes sections of the floor behind you. It’s the green blocks that are the heroes of Kurushi, Trap one of those and it’ll take out a three by three area of the blocks beside it, letting you rip through the blocks tumbling towards you.

You have to be careful though and this is what makes Kurushi so good. There’s a lot of lateral thinking and planning as you lay down the traps in the hope of making them chain off each other so you can complete each section in as quick a time as possible. But the best thing is that there is always a solution to find to each set of blocks. It might take a wee while before you see it, but once it all clicks and you remove a whole set of blocks in about three moves, you feel like a gaming god. Do a whole level without any mistakes and you’re treated to one of the best announcements of your genius when the booming voice utters that marvellous word "Perfect!" It’s almost a reward in itself, though you do get some bits of floor added behind you to help you on the next level. It may not be much of a looker but Kurushi really is one of the best puzzle games you (n)ever play.

Kurushi is rare now. A poor marketing campaign kept people from knowing about it and so it was even difficult to find back in the day. On eBay Kurushi has a Buy It Now price of £15. You could try Amazon but the prices start at £20. It’s worth it though.