Dig Dug

Dig Dug is a 1-2 player arcade game in which you have to use your shovel to dig your way through the earth. Stopping you from doing this are two monsters, called Pooka and Fygar, who will continually chase you around. The only weapon that you carry is an air pump, which you can use to inflate the monsters to the point where they explode. (if you start to inflate them but stop doing so, the monsters will get turned back to their normal selves). Furthermore, rocks are scattered throughout the earth, and you can use these rocks to squash them. If the monsters do not find you for several seconds, they will eventually get turned into ghosts, which can walk through the earth. They are invincible and cannot be killed. From time to time, vegetables will appear in the center, and you can get these for points.

Released

1984 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

• NamcoDeveloper
• Datasoft, Inc.Publisher
• AAtarisoftPublisher

• Action

1. Dig Dug1982
2. Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise1985
3. Dig Dug Arrangement1996 · Remake
4. Mr. Driller1999
5. Dig Dug Deeper2001 · Remake
6. Dig Dug: Digging Strike2005
7. Dig Dug Arrangement2005 · Remake
8. Dig Dug Island: Minami no Jima no Pukapukapon2008

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