Lost In Translation/Dig Dug II

About The Game
Dig Dug II is an arcade video game sequel to the 1982 classic, "Dig Dug". Namco changed the game's perspective from a sideways viewpoint, to an overhead one. Action now takes place on a series of small islands.

The gameplay itself retains much from its predecessor, with players still armed with a pump that allows them to inflate and burst the enemies. For this sequel, however, Namco also introduced ground-based charges. Players can activate the charges in order to join them up with other charges, represented on screen by the appearance of trenches. Once a line of charges is linked to two of the island's edges, the charges will detonate and destroy a piece of the island, killing any enemies that happen to be standing on the piece when it's destroyed. Players must be careful not to be standing on a piece that is destroyed, or they themselves will be killed.

Additional Technical Information
Players : 2

Control : 4-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] PUMP, [B] DRILL

Trivia
Released in March 1985.

The main character of Dig Dug has a name in Japan, 'Taizo Hori', a pun based on the phrase 'Horitai zo', or 'I want to dig!'.

Easter Egg
(Works on the new version only, old version doesn't have it) :
 * 1) Enter service mode.
 * 2) Select sound 1B.
 * 3) Press the service switch to display the grid and enter the following sequence : Down(x2), Right, Left(x2), Down(x2), Left(x3), Up(x2).
 * 4) Press the service switch again. Some music will play and 'DIGDUGII (c) 1985 NAMCO LTD.' will be slowly drawn on the screen.

Pause/Resume
When the 'freeze' dip switch is on, at the beginning of the game select starting level with joystick Up/Down, then press button2. During the game, press Start to pause/resume.

Series

 * 1) Dig Dug (1982)
 * 2) Dig Dug II (1985)
 * 3) Dig Dug Deeper (2001, PC CD-ROM)
 * 4) Dig Dug - Digging Strike (2005, Nintendo DS)

Staff

 * Music By:
 * Junko Ozawa

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Famicom (1989)
 * Nintendo Famicom Disk (1990)
 * Sony PSP (2005, "Namco Museum Battle Collection")


 * Computers :
 * Sharp X68000