Boulder Dash: The Collection brings a classic series of puzzlers to your Xperia

Long before Minecraft had gamers spending their evenings digging rocks, there was Boulder Dash, a mixture of diamond-frenzied puzzling and action that both players and critics adored.

Now, you can experience five games from that classic series in a single app for your Xperia smartphone, including a version fully optimised for Xperia PLAY. The series is renowned for its fast-paced puzzling, with full support for the PLAY’s physical controls, you can be sure that this is the best way to experience a landmark series of games.

Your initial outlay gets you 30 caves, each with 3 levels of difficulty, from Boulder Dash-M.E. Vol. 2. If you like what you play, and it’s pretty safe to say you will, then it’s easy to download more caves from more classic Boulder Dash titles – right from the app itself.

For the uninitiated, and the youthful, the Boulder Dash series has you digging for riches in a world without health and safety.

During your quest for gems and diamonds you’ll have to contend with falling boulders and cave-ins, but they’re not the only dangers down in the caves. Deadly creatures lurk underground, and you disturb them at your peril.

As if all that wasn’t enough, some of the games even had you mining in environments which carried a constant threat of underground explosion. Zombie pigs and creepers…? Meh!

So go on, don’t be shy – be bould, er, and download it today! (Sorry…)