Dig Dug

 Xbox 360
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65

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: [Xbox Live Arcade] Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars. Using your trusty pump, inflate your enemies until they pop, or squash them under rocks. Don't hesitate, or you could get squashed[Xbox Live Arcade] Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars. Using your trusty pump, inflate your enemies until they pop, or squash them under rocks. Don't hesitate, or you could get squashed yourself. Drive your high score up by taking out enemies further underground, or making more difficult kills. Dig! Propel Dig Dug through underground tunnels as he hunts down monsters. The more dirt you move, the more points you get. Watch out for treacherous rocks and use them to your advantage. Fight! Just because your enemies start in tunnels doesn't mean they have to stay there. Watch out for them sneaking up on you and make them pay! Collect! Drop more than two rocks and look for icons to start appearing in the center of the map! Collect these items, including the ship from the Xbox Live Arcade game Galaga, to drive your score higher. [Microsoft]… Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Gaming Nexus
    90
    Twenty-four years after its debut, old school never looked so good. Dig Dug continues the impressive line of classic arcade titles to hit Xbox Live Arcade with another seamless transition from 80's style into next-gen play.
  2. GameDaily
    80
    Nothing has really been added to signify the arcade experience, aside from a few easily unlockable achievements and a live leaderboard. The upside? The game is still a delightful romp, filled with puzzling scenarios and a simplistic, colorful design.
  3. Console Gameworld
    80
    If you’ve downloaded Pac-Man, Frogger and the like already, you’ll have more of the same fun with Dig Dug, once you get past the less-than-perfect controls that plague all these games.
  4. 360 Gamer Magazine UK
    70
    As much as we would have loved to have seen some sort of new co-op mode or something, Dig Dug is still retro gaming at its best.
  5. Game Over Online
    65
    Surprisingly absent from this version of Dig Dug is the alternating two-player mode found in the original arcade version.
  6. GameSpot
    63
    It's an arcade-perfect port of Dig Dug, an experience that still stands up well enough, but easy achievements and a lack of additional features keep it from lasting too long.
  7. X-ONE Magazine UK
    30
    A game that sucked in 1982 and amazingly, sucks even more in 2006. [Issue 14, p.116]
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
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  1. MaddoxWhite
    Apr 24, 2021
    8
    Yo, Dig Dug is still a bop. Really addicting all this time later. Just play it.
  2. MATOUTOU
    Jun 23, 2022
    7
    7.2 Amazing arcade game. Teaches a very good lesson to young children not to be fat or else they will explode. This is what happens after the7.2 Amazing arcade game. Teaches a very good lesson to young children not to be fat or else they will explode. This is what happens after the digger finds either the dragon or one of those flying goggles. He throws his bike pump at him and inflates him until they blow. Moral of the story? Is your fat and wear goggle avoid miners and minors. Fistbump?… Expand

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#64 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2006
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#93 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2006