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Dig Dug

Arcade

Released

1984

Exact day not announced

Platforms
  • MSX
Ratings

Not rated yet

Release dates

North America dates
  1. 1988
    • MSX
  2. 1984
    • MSX

About

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.

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Game info

Released
1984 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer · Split screen
Perspective
Side view

Other versions

Port of 1

Studios

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––

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Story & names

Follows Taizo Hori, a brave underground miner (or gardener in early manual translations) who is called in to defend the surface world.

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Release dates by region

2 releases in 2 regions

europe

japan

The Dig Dug series

All 33 games
  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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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.