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Dig Dug

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…

1 July 1987

Dig Dug is an arcade developed by Namco Limited, released 1 July 1987 on Intellivision.

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What Dig Dug is

Dig Dug is an arcade game developed by Namco Limited and released in 1987. It was published by INTV Corporation. It is available on Intellivision only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Dig Dug, you play as Taizo Hori, a subterranean excavator tasked with clearing underground tunnels of two invading monster species: the tomato-like Pookas and the fire-breathing Fygars.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Dig Dug come out?
Dig Dug was released on 1 July 1987 for Intellivision.

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