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 are able to 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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Alternate Titles

"Dig-Dug" -- Apple II in-game title
"DigDug" -- PC Booter in-game title
"ディグダグ" -- Japanese Spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform
	Dig Dug	Game Boy
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User Reviews

Who wants to go dig-dugging today?	NES	Katakis (37454)
Arcade goodness for nostalgic kids who never saw the coin-op version.	PC Booter	Yeah No (22)
A true classic, One of my favorites	NES	AaronGamer (42)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Intellivision	Sep 22, 2009	A	100
The Video Game Critic	Atari 5200	Oct 05, 2000	B+	83
All Game Guide	Atari 2600	1998		80
All Game Guide	NES	1998		80
The Video Game Critic	Atari 7800	Apr 07, 2008	B	75
Game Freaks 365	Atari 2600	2004	7 out of 10	70
Game Over Online	Xbox 360	Oct 25, 2006	65 out of 100	65
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Sep 03, 2008	6 out of 10	60
IGN	Wii	Jun 12, 2008	5 out of 10	50
Xboxdynasty (XD)	Xbox 360	Feb 09, 2008	4.2 out of 10	42

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Trivia

Arcade version

In the coin-operated version the game ends on round 256 (shown as round 0) since this board is unplayable. At the start of the level, a Pooka is placed directly on top of where the player starts, with no way to kill it. This is a famous example of a kill screen (a area of a game that is impossible to play, usually caused by the oversight of developers.)