View Full Version : Dig Dug on XBLA (10/11) General Discussion
LinkinPrime
10-10-2006, 07:27 PM
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Features
The classic arcade action title Dig Dug is now available for play on your Xbox 360™ through Xbox Live® Marketplace. Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars.
Using your trusty pump, inflate your enemies until they pop, or squash them under rocks. Don't hesitate, or you could get squashed yourself. Drive your high score up by taking out enemies further underground, or making more difficult kills.
Dig! Propel Dig Dug through underground tunnels as he hunts down monsters. The more dirt you move, the more points you get. Watch out for treacherous rocks and use them to your advantage.
Fight! Just because your enemies start in tunnels doesn't mean they have to stay there. Watch out for them sneaking up on you and make them pay!
Collect! Drop more than two rocks and look for icons to start appearing in the center of the map! Collect these items, including the ship from the Xbox Live Arcade game Galaga (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/g/galagalivearcadexbox360/default.htm), to drive your score higher.Release Date: 10/11/2006
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/d/digdugxboxlivearcade/default.htm
Game is scheduled to be out tonight past midnight or 1am or whenever time they decide on. I'll most likely be getting this one, havent played Dig Dug in years (besides the DS reincarnation). It seems like a fun game to have on XBLA.
So who's planning to get this one?
Mr Unoriginal
10-10-2006, 07:30 PM
Nope. Played this game a million times already.
ryanbph
10-10-2006, 07:31 PM
was never a fan of it
KaneRobot
10-10-2006, 07:42 PM
Loved it on the 5200. Back then I paid 10 bucks for it. I'm not paying half that much to play it over 20 years later.
This is pretty much my philosophy on most XBLA games these days.
thrustbucket
10-10-2006, 08:08 PM
Stupid. I was sure it would be Lumines finally since it's on the web page.
I'm telling you, this 7 classics for every original game strategy is getting lame.
VanillaGorilla
10-10-2006, 08:15 PM
Yeah, so much for Lumines. Another tired arcade game!
Sporadic
10-10-2006, 08:53 PM
Lame Lame Lame
Darkside Hazuki
10-10-2006, 08:55 PM
I'm in, but you probably guessed as much.
I'll post impressions by mid-morning/early-afternoon.
rly723
10-10-2006, 08:57 PM
how many points do they want for this one/
LinkinPrime
10-10-2006, 09:07 PM
how many points do they want for this one/
I'm guessing 400 like they did for Pac-man, Galaga, and Frogger.
Thank g-d sold my extra 1600 points nothing intresting seems to come out. I want Lumines already or Mk3 something new and better then a game I can get for free.
I AM WILLIAM H. MACY
10-10-2006, 09:44 PM
Stupid. I was sure it would be Lumines finally since it's on the web page.
I'm telling you, this 7 classics for every original game strategy is getting lame.
Well maybe if they did more original and better games instead of stuff like Pac-Man that's been released literally hundreds of times in the past
dinovelvet
10-10-2006, 10:56 PM
Ehh...won't Dig Dug show up on the inevitable NAMCO MUSEUM 360 ?
terribledeli
10-10-2006, 11:03 PM
Ehh...won't Dig Dug show up on the inevitable NAMCO MUSEUM 360 ?
More money to be made selling them individually now. 20 games at $5 a piece or $40 for 20 games?
Not a tough decision for Namco.
I'll bite, even if the last few Namco ports have been crap.
Ebraum
10-10-2006, 11:15 PM
Sweet !
That almost makes the whole Namco greatest hits GBA cart available> :roll:
javeryh
10-10-2006, 11:19 PM
No way. Dig Dug is a poor man's Mr. Do!
CAG 79
10-10-2006, 11:20 PM
I'll get it if I have any points left over after getting UMK3 or Lumines.
GizmoGC
10-11-2006, 12:06 AM
Damn! No Lumines? I really wanted to play a crappy overrated Puzzle game with, get this, MUSIC. Woah!
Dig Dug? Sold!
dinovelvet
10-11-2006, 12:19 AM
No way. Dig Dug is a poor man's Mr. Do!
Whoa yeah, now Mr.Do! I would definitely get.
Graystone
10-11-2006, 12:20 AM
I'll pass I have it on my cell phone.
danked
10-11-2006, 01:42 AM
blah .... will there ever be anything good in the XBLA or shoulkd i just give up now
Apossum
10-11-2006, 01:52 AM
YAY. dig dug. thanks MS. way to release stuff at a trickling pace.
blah .... will there ever be anything good in the XBLA or shoulkd i just give up now
there will be plenty of good announcements....just wait. and if we're lucky, more than one of those games will come out next year.
Rehash Wednesday strikes again.
Pylis
10-11-2006, 02:57 AM
I'll pass on this one. The only rehash game I've played on XBLA that's been worth purchasing so far is Doom. And, well, I guess SF2T.
Rage Goblin
10-11-2006, 11:03 AM
Like most people here, I give this one a big, "Boo-urns!". The sad thing is, though, that if I wasn't buying God Hand today, I'd probably download this to kill a couple hours.
Where's Lumines, anyway? Hasn't it been done for months? Hell, OXM reviewed it.
mtxbass1
10-11-2006, 11:24 AM
The sad thing is, though, that if I wasn't buying God Hand today, I'd probably download this to kill a couple hours.
I think the sad thing is that you are buying God Hand. Have you seen how terrible the reviews for it have been so far?
LinkinPrime
10-11-2006, 11:42 AM
Damn, they didnt even update the graphics. I just played about 3 min through the free trial. I might actually have to pass. I'll give it another chance after work tonight.
Darkside Hazuki
10-11-2006, 03:25 PM
It's Dig Dug all right. And that's it. No changes (for better or worse). It's exactly what you remember.
Thanks to the stage select, this is another easy 200 points.
LinkinPrime
10-11-2006, 03:45 PM
There's no gamerpic for this one right?
deadite76
10-11-2006, 03:49 PM
After getting PacMan and Galaga, I'm gonna pass on Dig Dug. Come on MS bring on the original titiles!
Trakan
10-11-2006, 04:36 PM
There's no gamerpic for this one right?
Yeah there is. I'm using it now.
Rage Goblin
10-11-2006, 06:09 PM
I think the sad thing is that you are buying God Hand. Have you seen how terrible the reviews for it have been so far?
GameSpot gave it an 8.0. So did one of EGM's reviewers, I believe. In any case, the game looks cool and I love both the genre and Clover Studios. For $30, I'll give it a shot.
mtxbass1
10-11-2006, 06:10 PM
GameSpot gave it an 8.0. So did one of EGM's reviewers, I believe. In any case, the game looks cool and I love both the genre and Clover Studios. For $30, I'll give it a shot.
And IGN gave it a 3.0 and various people who have the game on here report to hate it. What's your point?
LinkinPrime
10-11-2006, 06:18 PM
Yeah there is. I'm using it now.
Sweet! I must have missed it, I have soo many and they dont show up in order.
Thanks man!
CAG 79
10-11-2006, 06:33 PM
And IGN gave it a 3.0 and various people who have the game on here report to hate it. What's your point?
The point is that just because IGN gave it a 3.0 doesn't mean it sucks. I'm having a great time with the game, however I do understand that this isn't everyone's cup of tea. It's just like the Killer 7 fiasco, you either love it or hate it.
Sorry for going off topic.
terribledeli
10-11-2006, 07:44 PM
Did anyone else notice a Contra page went up today as well?
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/c/contraxboxlivearcade/default.htm
I wonder if maybe Lumines will show up next week, followed by Contra.
Or maybe they'll continue to delay Lumines in an effort to get it out on November 1st, so folks that get paid at the beginning of the month may be more inclined to spend the $15 for the game. Especially after the couple of negative hands on floating around.
LinkinPrime
10-11-2006, 07:53 PM
Did anyone else notice a Contra page went up today as well?
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/c/contraxboxlivearcade/default.htm
I wonder if maybe Lumines will show up next week, followed by Contra.
Or maybe they'll continue to delay Lumines in an effort to get it out on November 1st, so folks that get paid at the beginning of the month may be more inclined to spend the $15 for the game. Especially after the couple of negative hands on floating around.
It was actually up yesterday, some of us (me) thought that it might have been released today but then Dig Dug's page changed with today's date. I'm thinking the same thing, Lumines followed by Contra.
Pylis
10-11-2006, 09:23 PM
Dammit, arcade Contra sucks. The NES port is so much better it's unreal.
Chris in Cali
10-11-2006, 09:35 PM
Wow, arcade Contra... does Microsoft really like putting up the most non-widescreen verison of games on purpose or what? Whoever is in charge of the XBLA should be fired.
terribledeli
10-11-2006, 10:21 PM
Dammit, arcade Contra sucks. The NES port is so much better it's unreal.
Honestly, its sounding more like a port of the NES version. The arcade version only had five stages (with the fifth stage being extremely long) and the NES version had eight (which was the fifth arcade stage broken apart and extended slightly into the last three stages)