Top 12 Dig Dug Platforms that Perfectly Translate the Original Arcade Game (ft. Luca Carminati)

Dig Dug is a maze arcade video game developed by Namco in 1981 and released in 1982, distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player controls Dig Dug to defeat all enemies per stage, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rocks.

Dig Dug was planned and designed by Masahisa Ikegami, with help from Galaga creator Shigeru Yokoyama. It was programmed for the Namco Galaga arcade board by Shouichi Fukatani, who worked on many of Namco's earlier arcade games, along with Toshio Sakai. Music was composed by Yuriko Keino, including the character movement jingle at executives' request, as her first Namco game. Namco heavily marketed it as a "strategic digging game.

Upon release, Dig Dug was well received by critics for its addictive gameplay, cute characters, and strategy. During the golden age of arcade video games, it was globally successful, including as the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1982 in Japan. It prompted a long series of sequels and spin-offs, including the Mr. Driller series, for several platforms. It is in many Namco video game compilations for many systems.

THIS VIDEO MAY CONTAIN AN UNOFFICIAL PORT

Dig Dug made by Bandai Namco Entertainment

0:00 Intro
0:08 12. Atari 2600 (1983)
1:08 11. Atari 5200 (1983)
2:08 10. Atari 7800 (1986)
3:08 9. NEC PC-8801mkIISR (1985)
4:08 8. NEC PC-8001mkIISR (1985)
5:08 7. Fujitsu FM-77AV (1986)
6:08 6. Colecovision (1984) (Unreleased Prototype)
7:08 5. MSX (1984)
8:08 4. Famicom (1985) Disk System (1990)
9:08 3. Gameboy (1992)
10:08 2. Commodore 64 (Dig Dug Revival) (LC Games 2023)
11:08 1. Sharp X68000 (1995)
12:08 Outro

Yes, that's right folks! You thought I was about to feature the 1983 Dig Dug release by Atarisoft for the C64, didn't you? Well, since a remake of Dig Dug called "Dig Dug Revival" was made for the Commodore 64, why don't I add it in this video? And yes, I know I didn't add Lady Pac for the C64 in "Top 5 Best Ms. Pac-Man Platforms" a year in a half ago because you think it's closer to the original arcade, but to me it felt like a completely different game. Dig Dug Revival for the C64 is also a different game to me, and I was about to make Top 10 Platforms of Dig Dug, but I thought I'd add it here in this video to avoid the thousand comments saying; "What about Dig Dug Revival for the Commodore 64? It's a very good homebrew! You should remake this video and add the latest Dig Dug homebrew in your video!".

Dig Dug Revival C64 port was developed by ‪@lucacarminati2095‬. You should try out it's games by going to his itch.io!

Link to his Games for Windows and Commodore 64: https://lowcarb.itch.io/

Link to Dig Dug Revival for Commodore 64: https://lowcarb.itch.io/dig-dug-reviv...

Link to Dig Dug Revival for Windows PC: https://lowcarb.itch.io/dig-dug-revival

Which one of these platforms is your favorite? Let me know in the comments!

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