Stages are indicated by the number of flowers placed at the top of the screen. If the player takes too long to clear a stage, the enemies will become faster and much more aggressive, indicated by a short jingle.

The game will play a short jingle when Dig Dug moves, abruptly stopping when he becomes idle. Inflated enemies pose no threat to the player, allowing Dig Dug to pass through them without harm. The enemies can travel through solid dirt to reach the player, where only their eyes will be shown. Once all the enemies have been defeated, Dig Dug will progress to the next stage. 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. 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. 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. In this version, except the first one, the playfields are generated randomly.ĭig Dug is a maze video game.

This game is a homage to Dig Dug, an arcade game developed by Namco in 1982.

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