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SeriesDig Dug

Dig Dug

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First release
1984
Genres
Arcade · Action
Platforms
MSX

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.

Also known as ディグダグ

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

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

Release dates
MSX
1984
MSX
1988
Game modes
Split screen, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 19 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 19 Oct 2026