Overall it can feel repetitive though, with only two enemy types and nothing to strive for apart from a better score, and the go-anywhere playing field actually makes it feel ironically barren compared to the restricted play areas of Pac-Man and Galaga. The fact that different methods of killing enemies can result in different scores can make for some interesting strategies that need to evolve on the fly. 1985 - Dig Dug II - The action moves above ground, and Dig Dug gets a new weapon, a jackhammer, in his battle against Pooka and Fygar. If you’re a fan of Dig Dug, I would recommend picking it up, but even Dig Dug Arrangement on the Namco Museum titles has a bit more to offer for the Dig Dug purists. Dig Dug Geneology 1982 - Dig Dug - Dig your way underground, searching for veggie treats while tangling with inflatable enemies.

You are armed with a footpump which you can use to inflate the monsters until they explode. The game is a rather convoluted experienced, feeling slow and long-winded, and it has no graphical or aural charm to save it from being called a glorified SNES title. Taizo Hori, chairman of the Driller Council and hero of the Dig Dug Incident, has become somewhat bitter over the fact that the media spotlight has left him in favor of his own son Susumu Hori, AKA Mr. Regardless, Dig Dug is still worth a play, especially for older gamers who remember it fondly. A maze game with some similarities to Mr Do in its style, Dig Dug sees you in control of a little guy in a spacesuit in his mission to rid the screens of the Pookas and Fygars. Dig Dug: Digging Strike (also known as Dig Dug DS) is a Nintendo DS game published by Namco. Driller G, which would be the first time Taizos name appears in full, he was always called 'Dig Dug' in official material, and he still is in some odd adaptations (such as the Mappy web cartoon, or. Driller universe as 'The Dig Dug Incident.' Prior to Mr. Of course the D-pad is there to eliminate the problem, but for those who find its positioning uncomfortable, that can be disappointing. Dig Dug actually refers to the events of the game, canonically known in the Dig Dug/ Mr. Unlike Pac-Man which locks you into a rigid maze, Dig Dug lets you change directions whenever you like, and sliding your thumb around the circle pad can sometimes cause Dig Dug to take a fatal detour into a direction you didn't intend.

The circle pad isn't quite suited to a game like Dig Dug, which lets you move in any direction at any time.

But where the 3DS does happen to introduce a small problem of its own is the controls.

Dig dug arrangement enemies