Dig Dug
Inflate-the-enemy game
Dig Dug is a 1982 arcade video game in which the player tunnels underground to eliminate monsters by inflating them until they pop or crushing them with falling rocks.
The name became synonymous with early arcade gaming: I spent all my quarters on Dig Dug and Pac-Man.
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- NamcoJapanese arcade company
- video gameElectronic interactive visual entertainment
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- classic gamingOlder video entertainment systems
tunnel · underground · inflate · pump · rock · boulder · dirt · 8-bit · retro · joystick · quarter · high score table · highscore · arcade cabinet · maze · monster · burrow · classic
- Mining GamesMinecraft, Gold Rush
- Retro ArcadePac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaga
- Bandai NamcoPac-Man, Tekken, Dark Souls, Galaga, Tamagotchi
- 8-bit computingBASIC, expansion port, breadbin, Zork, Wizardry
- NintendoNES, Mario, SNES, Donkey Kong, Metroid
- Japanese arcadesgame center, arcade stick, joystick controls, high scores, leaderboards
vertical spatial orientation
Dig Dugabove ground
Not beneath the surface
Space Invaders · Galaga · Defender · Asteroids · Flight Simulator