.: April 19, 1982.: 1982Mode(s), (alternating turns)Upright, cabaret, tabletopDig Dug is a 1982 developed and published. It was distributed by in North America and Europe. Controlling the titular character, the player is tasked with defeating all of the enemies in each stage, done by either inflating them with air with a pump until they pop or crushing them underneath large rocks. It ran on the arcade board.Dig Dug was programmed by Shouichi Fukatani, who worked on many of Namco's earlier arcade titles, and designed by junior colleagues of creator Shigeru Yokoyama. Music was composed by Yuriko Keino, becoming the first game she worked on for Namco — the short jingle made when the character moved was made when executives wanted a walking sound in the game. It was described as a 'strategic digging game' by Namco for its large amount of strategy used to defeat enemies, which was heavily used in the game's marketing.Upon release, Dig Dug was well-received by critics for its addictive gameplay, cute characters and strategy, and was a popular title during the. It was met with a long series of sequels and spin-offs for several platforms, alongside ports for home consoles and digital storefronts.
Dig Dug is also included in many for a number of systems. Characters from the game appear throughout the series, itself based on the Dig Dug gameplay. Arcade version screenshotDig Dug is a maze video game.
Use your Joystick Controller to dig through the earth in this one-player game. Your objective: Destroy the meanies who lurk below and uproot the prized produce. Destroy meanies by using the fire button on your controller to pump them up until they burst or by drooping boulders on them.
Controlling the titular character, the player's objective is to eliminate the enemies on each screen; these being, red tomato-like creatures with comically large goggles, and Fygars, green that can breathe fire. Dig Dug can defeat these enemies by using a bike pump to inflate them with air until they explode, or by crushing them under large falling rocks. Bonus points are awarded for squashing multiple enemies with a single rock, and dropping two rocks in a stage will cause a bonus item to appear in the middle of the screen, which can be eaten for points. Once all the enemies have been defeated, Dig Dug will progress to the next stage.Enemies can travel through solid dirt to reach the player, where only their eyes will be shown.
Inflated enemies pose no threat to the player, allowing Dig Dug to pass through them without harm. The game will play a short jingle when Dig Dug moves, abruptly stopping when he becomes idle.
If the player takes too long to clear a stage, the enemies will become faster and much more aggressive, indicated by a short jingle. Stages are indicated by the number of flowers placed at the top of the screen. Later stages feature variations in the color of the dirt, while increasing the movement speed of the enemies. Development and release When released in 1980, it was an unprecedented success.
It sold over 400,000 arcade units in North America alone and grossed over one billion in quarters. The game helped establish the maze genre with its usage of item collecting and colored enemies that pursue the player; this concept lead to the creation of several similar maze-chase games to cash in on the success. With Pac-Man and other maze games being major players in arcades, Namco sought to make another similar title that could potentially be just as successful as Pac-Man.Dig Dug was programmed by Shigeichi Ishimura, a Namco hardware engineer, and the late Shouichi Fukatani. The rest of the staff were made up primarily of colleagues of Shigeru Yokoyama, the creator of. The game was based around the concept of allowing the player to make their own mazes.
Pac-Man had a pre-set maze for the player to explore, but the development team thought the idea of letting players make their own mazes was interesting, and could lead to some unique gameplay mechanics. Namco described it as a 'strategic digging game', a phrase heavily used in marketing material. Yuriko Keino composed the soundtrack, and was her first video game project. The staff commissioned her to make a walking sound for the protagonist as he moves around the screen; Keino couldn't come up with a realistic stepping sound, so she instead went with a short melody that only played when the player was moving. Dotman' Ono, a Namco graphic artist, designed the sprites. The game was programmed for the arcade system board. Dig Dug was published in Japan on April 19, 1982.
It was released in North America by as part of their licensing deal with Namco.The first home conversion of Dig Dug was released for the in 1983, developed and published by Atari, which was followed by versions for the,. In Japan, the game was ported to the in 1983, and later to the in 1984 and the Nintendo in 1985.
Produced a handheld LCD tabletop game in 1983, which replaced Dig Dug's air pump with a flamethrower to accommodate for hardware limitations. Namco released a conversion in North America only in 1992, which featured an all-new game called 'New Dig Dug' where the player must collect keys to open an exit door — this version was later included in the 1996 Japan-only compilation Namco Gallery Vol. 3, which also included, and Famista 4. A Japanese version was developed by Dempa and released in 1995, bundled with. The Famicom version was re-released in Japan for the in 2004 as part of the lineup.Dig Dug is included in several, including Namco Museum Vol.
3 (1996), Namco Museum 64 (1999), Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (2005), (2007), (2009) and Namco Museum Switch (2017). The game was released digitally for the in 2006, featuring support for online leaderboards and achievements, which was added to the 's backwards compatibility lineup in 2016. A version for the Japanese was released in 2009. Dig Dug is also included as a bonus game in, alongside the arcade versions of and Galaga. Reception ReceptionReview scoresPublicationScore(ARC)8/10 (ARC)6/10 (XBLA)6/10 (XBLA)7/10 (XBLA)(A8B)Dig Dug was a critical and commercial success upon release, being praised for its strategy, gameplay and character designs. It sold 22,228 arcade units in North America by the end of 1982, grossing US$46.3 million in revenue, and was a popular title during the.American publication favorably compared it to games such as Pac-Man and Defender for its simple controls and fun gameplay. Allgame called it 'an arcade and NES classic', praising its characters, gameplay and unique premise, and for it being easily translatable to home platforms.
Japanese magazine called it one of the greatest arcade games of all time in 1998, applauding its addictiveness and for breaking the traditional 'dot-eater' gameplay used in titles such as. In a 2007 retrospective, praised its 'perfect' gameplay and strategy, saying it is one of 'the most memorable and legendary videogame releases of the past 30 years'. The rated it the sixth most popular coin-op game on their website.praised the Atari 8-bit version for retaining the entertaining gameplay from the arcade version and its simple controls.
Reviewing the digital re-release, IGN liked its presentation, leaderboards and addictive gameplay, recommending it for fans of the original and newcomers. A similar response was echoed by, who praised the XBLA version's colorful artwork and retaining the original arcade gameplay, while Eurogamer applauded the game's addictiveness and for still holding up years after its release.Some home versions of the game were criticized for quality and lack of exclusive content.
Readers of Softline magazine ranked Dig Dug the tenth-worst Apple II and fourth-worst Atari 8-bit video game of 1983 for its subpar quality and not living up to consumer expectations. Eurogamer, IGN and GameSpot all criticized the XBLA conversion's lack of online multiplayer and achievements being too easy to unlock, with Eurogamer in particular criticizing the game's controls for sometimes being unresponsive. Legacy Sequels Dig Dug was met with a long series of sequels for several platforms. The first of these, was released for Japan in 1985 and was less successful, opting for an overhead perspective; instead of digging through earth, Dig Dug drills along fault lines to sink pieces of an island into the ocean. A second sequel, Dig Dug Arrangement, was released for arcades in 1996 as part of the arcade collection, adding new enemies, music, power-ups, boss fights and two-player co-operative play.A 3D remake of the original, titled was published by in 2001 for Windows. A Nintendo DS sequel, was released in 2005, combining elements from the first two games and adding a narrative link to the Mr.
Driller series. A massively-multiplayer online game, was publicly released in 2008, and was an online version of Dig Dug II; servers lasted for less than a year, shuttering on April 21, 2009. Related media Two Dig Dug-themed slot machines were produced by Japanese company Oizumi in 2003, both having small LCD monitors featuring animations with the Dig Dug characters.
A webcomic adaptation of the game was produced in 2012 by, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco that focused on reviving older Namco game franchises, being drawn by several different artists and lasting for nearly 200 issues, concluding in 2014 following the closure of ShiftyLook. Dig Dug also appeared as a main character in the Shiftylook webseries.
A remix of the Dig Dug soundtrack appears in the PlayStation 2 game.The character of Dig Dug was renamed to Taizo Hori, a play on the Japanese phrase 'horitai zo', meaning 'I want to dig'. He became a prominent character in Namco's own series, where he is revealed to be the father of Susumu Hori and being married to protagonist Masuyo Tobi, who would divorce for unknown reasons. Taizo appears as a playable character in for the and for the PlayStation 2, both of which were only released in Japan. Taizo appears in the now-defunct web browser game Namco High as the principal of the titular high school, simply known as 'President Dig Dug'. Pookas would appear in several other Namco video games, including (1985), (1998), (1999), Pro Baseball: Famista DS 2011 (2011) and (2014).
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Dig Dug
Dig Dug
DOS - 1983
Also available on: Commodore 64 - Atari 8-bit - Apple II - VIC-20 - PC-88
4.38 / 5 - 61 votes
Description of Dig Dug
Dig Dug is a great PC port of Namco's coin-op classic of the same name, ported by Atari. You are Dig Dug, an intrepid gardener whose soil is infested with pesky Pookas and fire-breathing Fygars. You're armed with your trusty pump, which you can use to inflate your enemies until, finally, they blow up. But both the Pookas and Fygars can crawl through the ground and can pop out into your tunnels, and if a Fygar sneaks up behind you, he can toast you if you're not careful.
Like other arcade classics, the game is easy to learn but hard to master and highly addictive. A must-have, but not as timeless a classic as Windmill's Digger.
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MYMOON2020-03-280 point Commodore 64 version
Classic, although not my cup of tea.
DigDugMaster092019-04-300 point
Dig Dug is my favorite arcade!!!! :) I love dig dig dug!
Mr Vampire2019-02-050 point Commodore 64 version
A favorite in the arcade and a favorite on the C64.
Tsusumu22018-09-111 point
My father is DigDug
NIGHTRIDER2015-11-040 point
LOVE RETRO GAMES
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A classical arcade game on several platforms, the franchise was exploited later on in several games like the Driller serie. Dig Dug was very popular in arcade systems!
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DOS Version
Commodore 64 Version
Year:1983
Publisher:Atarisoft
Developer:Namco Limited
Atari 8-bit ROM
Year:1982
Publisher:Atari, Inc.
Developer:Namco Limited
Apple II Version
Year:1984
Publisher:Atarisoft
Developer:Namco Limited
VIC-20 Version
Year:1983
Publisher:Atarisoft
Developer:Namco Limited
PC-88 Version
Year:1983
Publisher:Dempa Shimbunsha
Developer:Namco Limited
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