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'''Dig Dug''' is an [[:Category:Action|Action]]/[[:Category:Maze|Maze]] game created by [[Atarisoft]] for the TI-99/4A home computer system. It was released on [[Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]] cartridge during the [[:Category:1983 Software|fourth quarter of 1983]]. It was programmed for the TI-99/4A by [[James Landowski|James G. Landowski]]. The original retail price for Dig Dug on TI-99/4A was $49.95 (USD). | '''Dig Dug''' is an [[:Category:Action|Action]]/[[:Category:Maze|Maze]] game created by [[Atarisoft]] for the TI-99/4A home computer system. It was released on [[Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]] cartridge during the [[:Category:1983 Software|fourth quarter of 1983]]. It was programmed for the TI-99/4A by [[James Landowski|James G. Landowski]]. The original retail price for Dig Dug on TI-99/4A was $49.95 (USD). | ||
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+ | The player in the Dig Dug, plays the character by the same name. The objective is to destroy enemies on each screen. The enemies are called Pookas, red tomato-like creatures with large goggles, and Fygars, green, fire-breathing dragons. Dig Dug can destroy enemies in one of two ways: 1. Using a pump to expand them, causing them to explode, and 2. By crushing them under large boulders in the maze itself. The player can earn bonus points by squashing more than one enemy under a rock at the same time, or by dropping two rocks in a stage, after which a bonus item appears in the middle of a screen which gives the player bonus points once collected. | ||
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Publisher(s) | Atarisoft |
Original Retail Price | $44.95 (USD)[1] [2] |
Programmer(s) | James G. Landowski |
Part# | RX 8509 |
Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
Release | 1983 (4th quarter)[3] [4] |
Genre(s) | Action, Maze |
Dig Dug is an Action/Maze game created by Atarisoft for the TI-99/4A home computer system. It was released on Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module cartridge during the fourth quarter of 1983. It was programmed for the TI-99/4A by James G. Landowski. The original retail price for Dig Dug on TI-99/4A was $49.95 (USD).
Gameplay
The player in the Dig Dug, plays the character by the same name. The objective is to destroy enemies on each screen. The enemies are called Pookas, red tomato-like creatures with large goggles, and Fygars, green, fire-breathing dragons. Dig Dug can destroy enemies in one of two ways: 1. Using a pump to expand them, causing them to explode, and 2. By crushing them under large boulders in the maze itself. The player can earn bonus points by squashing more than one enemy under a rock at the same time, or by dropping two rocks in a stage, after which a bonus item appears in the middle of a screen which gives the player bonus points once collected.