The act of mining is itself worth points-giving 10 points for each block mined-so some players will do as much of it as possible when the threat from the remaining monsters is minimal.Īfter the player drops two rocks, a bonus item appears at the center of the screen, awarding points if the player can collect it before it disappears. The next two add 1500 points each, and any after that add 2000. If one enemy is killed by the rock, it is worth 1000 points. Extra points are also awarded for dropping rocks on enemies in order to eliminate them rather than inflating them. Additionally, Fygars are worth double points if exploded horizontally, since they can only breathe fire horizontally in the direction they are facing. More points will be awarded for exploding an enemy further down in the dirt (the levels are color-coded). The last remaining enemy in each round will attempt to escape to the surface and off the top left side of the screen. While in the tunnels they can also turn into ghostly eyes which slows their movement but gives them the added advantage of diagonal travel through the solid dirt and rock. The monsters move horizontally on the surface and both horizontally and vertically through the tunnels in the dirt. In some versions, deflating is slow enough that the player can execute rapid, partial inflate actions and pop a monster much more quickly than just holding the 'pump' button down. The player can also pass through the enemy while it is deflating.
A partially inflated monster will deflate and recover after a few seconds, but half-inflating is a useful way to stun an enemy for a few moments, especially to make sure it remains in the path of a falling rock. It takes four (three in some versions) 'pumps' with the player's action button to inflate a monster until it explodes. Dig Dug will be killed if he is caught by either a Pooka or a Fygar, burned by a Fygar's fire, or crushed by a rock. The player's character is the eponymous Dig Dug, dressed in white and blue and able to dig tunnels through dirt. There are two kinds of enemies in the game: "Pookas" (a race of cute round red monsters, said to be modeled after tomatoes, that wear yellow goggles) and "Fygars" (a race of green dragons that can breathe fire when their wings flash). The objective of Dig Dug is to eliminate underground-dwelling monsters, either by inflating them with an air pump until they explode, or by dropping rocks on them.
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