Game: Legend of Grimrock

The "dungeon crawl" is a videogame sub-genre that was particularly big back in the mid-80s and early 90s, an era when computer games were designed not to entertain so much as to punish those who dared play them. Vicious, unforgiving difficulty was the order of the day and sudden death was always close at hand. For gamers of a certain vintage, titles like The Bard's Tale, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Ultima Underworld and Stonekeep evoke memories of a simpler, better and absolutely magical time of sprawling catacombs, grid-based movement, DIY map-making and intractable frustration punctuated by moments of incredible satisfaction when puzzles were solved or tough battles won.