The name Lurid Land conjures up images of sleazy nightclubs and ladies of the night hanging around street-corners after your lunch money. Thankfully everything is well above board and what we have here is a slickly polished adaption of a classic game that until now was only enjoyed by emulation nuts and LCD game enthusiasts. So what's the idea? Well, each level is a 2D platforms and ladders affair, where you run about finding keys and other objects that will help you get to the exit. This by itself would be pathetically easy so there's a legion of supernatural nasties hunting you down. Thankfully you carry with you a rather special device which will temporarily knock out a section of the platform you're on, and timed well this means that your paranormal stalker will be thrown off your scent temporarily. Get the idea? Good, because each subsequent level expands on this basic concept slowly until the later stages become real tests of your brain as well as your trigger finger. This might not win any awards for originality or technical achievement but it certainly does the business when it comes to solid gameplay that is worth coming back to time and time again.