Dig Dug II

ディッグ・ダッグII

Description

You control a space-suited figure carrying a pump and a drill that moves around a horizontal scrolling island avoiding Pookas and fire-breathing dragons. Drill on 'fault lines' and sink parts of the island to kill the bad guys or pump them just like the original. There are many different levels and islands and the play area is viewed at an angle from front and above.

Dig Dug II was produced by Namco in 1985.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Dig Dug II was produced include: Grobda, Dragon Buster, Shoot Away, Galaga 3, Gaplus, Alien Sector, Baraduke, Sky Kid, MetroCross, and Motos

Specs

Name	Dig Dug II
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1985
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7582
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth / Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Namco Galaga
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - Pump\|Drill
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Dig Dug II Bezel Image

Video Clips

(Arcade) Dig Dug 2

Dig Dug II Shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Introduction

This sequel featured 16 color sprites and are-mixes' of the original soundtrack. Extremely addictive and great fun. The play area is viewed from the front and above at an angle.

Dig Dug II KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Miscellaneous

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Dig Dug II Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Dig Dug II collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Dig Dug II circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Dig Dug II.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Technical

The game uses two 6809 microprocessors and a Namco 8-channel PSG for sounds.

Legacy or Series

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