Dig Dug

Dig Dug Dig da ː g ( ger dig! , Grub) was released as an arcade game in 1982 by Namco. From the popular game with a fairly simple concept soon clones emerged as Mr. Do! That were like the original on many consoles and home computers (eg C64) ported.

Aim of the game

Dig Dug Game goal is to destroy cave-dwelling monsters. This is achieved firstly by being pumped up to bursting or by dropping rocks on them.

There are two enemies:

  • Pooka is a round red and yellow monster that resembles a tomato with diving mask.
  • Fygar is a green dragon breathing fire.

The player controls a tunnel grave border mountain man who lays down his life, if he

You have to pump four times with the fire button to let burst a monster. Half Inflated Monster recover after a few seconds, until then, but paralyzed. Through clever use of this property one can simultaneously record with two monsters, or it can be a monster detained under a falling stone (which brings more points ). Advanced players try to do the same several monster with a stone. This achieved, for example, that one from below runs against an exposed stone, so to speak firmly holds it, and then step aside and let him fall directly on the opponent.

In general, the opponents run through the tunnel, occasionally they turn into "eyes" and haunt slowly through the earth.

In deeper layers, there are more points. Fygar attack horizontally will also be rewarded higher because he can breath fire vertically.

" Fruit" and other bonuses appear in the center, were dropped after the two stones. There they shall gather before they disappear again after 15 seconds.

The game runs in a loop. The most recent enemy tries to run left out of the picture at the surface. The level is represented by flowers in the upper right corner. Each following level increase the number and speed of the opponent.

Succession

The sequel title, Dig Dug II, was less successful, the spread in the arcades was lower.

Source

The source code of Dig Dug in the Atari 7800 version was in physical form along with Ms. Pac -Man, Centipede, Robotron in closing Sunnyvale Atari 1996: Available in 2084 and eight games. Reconstructed by the Atari Museum and later released.

This and That

- The name of the protagonist is in Japan " Taizo Hori "; this is a company founded on the expression pun " Horitai zo ", or " I want to dig! "

- " Taizo Hori " is the father of " Susumu Hori ", the main characters of the series Mr. Driller.

- Dig Dug was, according to the projection- racing game F- 1, the first game that Namco has licensed to Atari.

- " Dig Dug " was mentioned also in the Matrix Reloaded spoof of the MTV Movie Awards 2003.

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