![]() The meanies who chase you are: the fire-breathing Fygar, whose flames fry you, the balloon-like Pooka, and the ghosts of Fygar and Pooka. You dig in the same direction as you move your Joystick. The game ends when you lose all your lives DIG DUG GAME PLAYĬreate your own tunnels and escape routes as you carve your way through the earth. To get the valuable vegetable, dig to it as soon as it appears and cover it completely by moving Dig Dug over it.Įach round is completed when you destroy all the meanies or when the last one escapes. Destroy meanies by using the fire button on your controller to pump them up until they burst or by drooping boulders on them. Your objective: Destroy the meanies who lurk below and uproot the prized produce. Use your Joystick Controller to dig through the earth in this one-player game. Their touch kills| Worse, these two meanies can transform into spooky ghosts that will appear out of nowhere and haunt you to death. Ever on the watch for vegetable prizes, you must also look out for the fierce Fygar(tm) and mean Pooka(tm) that lurk underground. With your jet-powered shovel, you create intricate, subterranean mazes. Arcade Video game published 40 years ago: Dig Dug © 1982 Namco.Licensed by Namco DIG DUG original Atari 2600 manual DIG DUG GAME OBJECTIVE Dig Dug is single screen action game in which the player must dig horizontal and vertical tunnels to reach and eliminate the underground-dwelling monsters living there. This is achieved by either inflating them with an air pump until they explode, or by dropping rocks onto them. There are two kinds of enemies in the game 'Pookas' (a race of round, red monsters) and 'Fygars' (a race of green, fire-breathing dragons). Monsters are initially trapped in caves and can escape in one of two ways: Dig Dug can dig them out, after which they will immediately start chasing the player, but after the set time monsters can also escape a cave by turning into ghosts. In this form they can't be killed are aren't restricted to using tunnels to move around. They can float through solid dirt and travel diagonally but once a ghost enters a tunnel, it can be killed. ![]() The monsters move faster than Dig Dug in vertical tunnels and slower on the surface. They will kill Dig Dug on contact and 'Fygar' can also kill Dig Dug by breathing fire on him. A partially inflated monster will gradually deflate and recover after a few seconds but while deflating, Dig Dug can pass safely through it.įygar can only breathe fire horizontally but his flames can penetrate solid dirt. ![]() The deeper underground an enemy is when it's killed, the more points are awarded. Each screen has four depth levels and these are darker in colour the further underground they are. Additionally, Fygars are worth double points if exploded horizontally rather than vertically (since they can only breathe fire horizontally and therefore present a greater threat). Extra points are awarded for dropping rocks onto enemies rather than inflating them and after the player has dropped two rocks, a bonus item appears at the center of the screen, awarding points if the player collects it before it disappears. The two rocks only have to be dropped, the bonus item will appear irrespective of whether or not the rocks killed an enemy. These bonus items consist of various fruit and vegetables, as well as the flagship from the Namco game Galaxian. The last enemy in a round will try to escape via the top left of the screen and if he succeeds, potential points are lost. The round numbers are represented by flowers at the top-right of the screen. After every fourth round, the colour of the dirt will change. Successive rounds feature an increasing number of monsters that also move at a faster speed. TECHNICAL Main CPU: Zilog Z80 3.072 Mhz) Sub CPU: Zilog Z80 3.072 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 3.072 Mhz) Sound Chips: Namco 3-channel WSG Players: 2 Control: 4-way joystick Buttons: 1 (PUMP) TRIVIA Dig Dug was released on Apin Japan. ![]() Dig Dug was a shining addition to the golden age of video games. The game's charming world and innovative game play made it an instant classic. The main character of Dig Dug has a name in Japan, 'Taizo Hori', a pun based on the phrase 'Horitai zo', or 'I want to dig!'. He makes an appearance on the 2012 animation movie 'Wreck-It Ralph' from Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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