DIG DUG has decided to chill out from the pressures of the real world by taking a long overdue vacation on a beautiful Caribbean island. "At last," he thinks to himself, "sun, sand, surf, and no more hassles from those miserable pests Pooka and Fygar!" Lying in a hammock between the graceful palm trees, he drifts off into a blissful dream of beautiful bikini clad native girls catering to his every wish. But just when he thinks he's got it made in the shade, along come his troublesome enemies to turn his peaceful paradise into a tropical nightmare. Help DIG DUG rid the island of these irritating intruders and bring tranquility back to his vacation by the sea!
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Dig Dug II was a weird one for me. Like, I still dig (ha!) the classic formula, but being on an island and having to pump up enemies 'til they pop feels way different. It's fun in its own way, just not as good as the original underground adventures.
It’s nifty how companies made sequels to Arcade titles.
It’s all the same but different, same Dig Dug, same inflation mechanic, however this time Dig Dug is above ground stranded on a series on island stages. Foes can be sunk by drilling across fault lines, sorta like sectioning off enemies in QIX.
It’s not bad, very much a ‘85 arcade title with a NES adaptation. I wasn’t sold on it.
It’s all the same but different, same Dig Dug, same inflation mechanic, however this time Dig Dug is above ground stranded on a series on island stages. Foes can be sunk by drilling across fault lines, sorta like sectioning off enemies in QIX.
It’s not bad, very much a ‘85 arcade title with a NES adaptation. I wasn’t sold on it.
I genuinely really love Dig Dug 2 I think it’s fun to collapse the islands and any problem with it is also in Dig Dug 1
why the hell did they think grid-based movement would be a good idea in a game like this
As nice as the original tbh, both provide a different kind of fun that I enjoy equally.
Rather than digging into the ground this time, you break off chunks of island to dispose of your enemies, though you can still also blow them up like a balloon. It's an ok change up from the first.