Dig Dug - A C64 port of Dig Dug by LC-Games, an arcade game first released by Namco in 1982!

Remember those days when seaside resorts had many arcade games to play, from top down shoot 'em ups to nifty little platformers. If you do, then you'll be pleased to know that as of today, you can now download the rather cool C64 port of Dig Dug by LC-Games, an arcade game first released by Namco in 1982! To coincide with this news, while you can view the very latest footage of the port below, the creator has staid the game does include the levels from the original arcade game, while also stating there are 15 different levels of which the last 4 are repeated until reaching level 256 (the kill screen). 

In brief this is what the website says about the game "Dig Dug is a maze video game. Controlling the titular character, the player's objective is to eliminate the enemies on each screen; these being Pookas, red tomato-like creatures with comically large goggles, and Fygars, green dragons that can breathe fire. Dig Dug can defeat these enemies by using a bike pump to inflate them with air until they explode, or by crushing them under large falling rocks. Bonus points are awarded for squashing multiple enemies with a single rock, and dropping two rocks in a stage will cause a bonus item to appear in the middle of the screen, which can be eaten for points. Once all the enemies have been defeated, Dig Dug will progress to the next stage."

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If, however, you are interested in a less repetitive and therefore more stimulating version of the game, try Dig Dug Revival, where the levels are procedurally generated and are always different from game to game.

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7 comments:

  1. It's a very impressive port. I'm really enjoying ports like this on C64 hardware. It's every great as the recent Burgertime port.

    Dig Dug Revival is a no brainer for fans. Good replay value and the original arcade feel at the same time

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  2. wow. really? this game version is enhanced & been out for at least 6 months. csdb has had it for a long time.

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    1. Nope, it clearly says on the csdb website "AKA :
      Dig Dug - C64 Port 2024 by LC-Games" and that was the trainered version :D

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    2. You are talking about Dig Dug Revival btw *lol*

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    3. Ahhh it's almost as bad as the many Tetris versions now haha , my bad!

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  3. It doesn't look like you can do rapid fire like the Arcade version (at least, its not used in this video)

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    1. You can, it's just about arcade perfect.

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