Doug is a Dwarf. Doug loves digging. Well, actually he doesn't: what he likes is to find buried treasure. Anyway, one day Doug decided to gather as much treasure from as deep under the earth as he could go. And he fought monsters and avoided massive avalanches of falling rock. And then he dug some more.

• Dig Dug Computer Game

And he picked up lots of bling. Now it's your turn. Help Doug dig deep down under the earth in the quest for shimmering jewels and precious gold. Go farther and deeper than any of your friends.

Find more gold than anyone in the world. Oh but watch out for colossal cave-ins. No they're really colossal—you won't believe it. And creepy monsters. And bottomless pits. Ah, don't worry it's just a game. Do you like Spelunky?

Well c'mon you like Minecraft don't you? Well then you'll like this. Plus it's cheaper. Plus your friends are playing it and you don't want to be left out, do you? Or maybe no one is playing it, in which case you'll be the one who introduces all your friends to 'Doug dug.' Then everyone will say, 'Hey look there goes.your name here.

who introduced us to 'Doug dug' and who is therefore cooler than the rest of us because he/she discovered it first.' One of those two great options is bound to happen. So what are you waiting for?

Visit to see how it plays. If you had previously purchased Doug dug, this update fixes a problem you might experience unlocking the game. If the game blocks you with a wall of lava, tap 'Restore Purchases', enter your iTunes password, and the wall should disappear forever. At a player's suggestion, Spectres now move more quickly when they're far from you. Dragons now give a little more treasure when you squash them. Fixed options screen layout problems on iPad. Improved performance throughout the app.

Note that a problem in iOS 11's Night Shift feature will cause most games to run slow when Night Shift is transitioning on or off. 1.6 Nov 17, 2017. So listen, friends of Doug. I actually play this game myself as well as being its creator. From time to time I think, 'Man these monsters are too hard!

Or 'Man these monsters are stupidly easy!' And I tune the game to be more fun from my own perspective.

A couple of versions ago I thought, 'Whenever I fill up the 10-item high score table it gets really hard to place again, and then playing the game isn't as satisfying because a lot of times when you die it's just GAME OVER.' So I made the high score table infinitely big and now you always get a 'high score,' and the satisfaction comes in trying to get as close to #1 as possible. Or a while ago I thought, 'I never want to dig the really hard stones because it takes a long time,' so I coded the game to hide really juicy treasures behind the hardest stones, which makes for a bit of a trade off. I'm always playing the game, always working to make it more fun, and always changing it. So it makes me sad when I see reviewers complaining that the game is changing. Sometimes I probably do make the game worse in an update, but give it time.

Sometimes what seems worse at first is actually better once you get used to it. Sometimes it really is just worse, but email me and I'll fix it in the next version. Just please don't complain about the game changing. Good games are always improving. And Doug cries when reviewers complain. You don't want Doug to cry, do you? He needs five star reviews and lots of treasure to stay happy.

In this version:. Made monsters a bit harder again.

They really were too easy recently: they rarely killed Doug. Now if they land on you they'll definitely kill you. If they hit you when you're facing away from them they'll kill you. Otherwise you generally win.

To me it feels pretty fair, predictable, and challenging now. This is a really hard thing to get right.

I think it might be right now. Resolved a bug causing saved worlds to sometimes be lost. 1.5.4 Apr 4, 2016. Many, many improvements that (we think) take Doug to a whole new low. Expanded the high score table. Now it always shows you where your last run ranks against your friends' and family's scores, even if you're not in the top 10.

Solid stone blocks now harbor lots of hidden treasure. Monsters now kill Doug only if they strike him at the top of his head. This resolves lots of confusing cases where you die without a clear reason why the monster 'won.'

Trolls are still unkillable except in special circumstances (like you're using the Immortal potion, for example). Made it harder to accidentally run underneath a nearby block.

The special sell blocks—the Jackhammer, Immortal Potion, and Helmet—appear a little more frequently. Tuned the pacing to ramp up more gradually at higher levels. Adjusted UI placement for newer iPhone screen sizes. Trust Fall now appears more reliably. Spiders used to occasionally make sudden drop-attacks from above the screen. Made the instruction text at the bottom of the screen slightly more noticeable. Made the Immortal potion last a bit longer.

It felt a bit miserly before. If you use a tool (like a potion or support) while you're touching another tool, you pickup the new tool immediately. Before, you had step away and come back.

The 'Warrior' bonus is now awarded consistently when you kill three or more monsters in a row in quick succession. Pickups no longer destroy the Support. Kill a dragon when he's (she's?) gulping or breathing fire and he spews out a bonus supply of treasure.

Ghosts now aim to get above you rather than even with you. Trolls pace back and forth more consistently. 1.4.1 Apr 22, 2015. Added the Dragon.

Inspired by the original Dig Dug, it breathes fire that you do NOT want to touch. Made immortality power-ups more rare, so that you can no longer surf from one to the next. Got rid of a bug where invisible lava particles at deep levels burned the player. Exploding bombs now push other bombs rather than popping them immediately. The new chain reactions make previously nerve-wracking situations even more nail-biting. Various performance enhancements to keep the game running at 60fps no matter what the situation. 1.3 Feb 1, 2015.

Many improvements and refinements in this version that amp up the fun even more. You now kill a monster if he touches you when you're facing him-you don't have to be moving. (He'll still stomp you if he lands on you from above, however.). Monsters now spew twice as much treasure if killed by a falling block.

Monsters give a little bit better treasure. You'll see slightly more silver and gold from Rats and Spiders, for example. Fewer duplicate items: items tend to spawn of a type that isn't already available. So you'll see fewer situations where two Supports are sitting next to each other, for example.

'Gold Rush' and 'Feather Fall' are no longer purchaseable through crates. They are still available either as drops or as loot from treasure chests. 'Gold Rush' and 'Immortal' potions last longer. 'Gold Rush' now digs even faster. Treasure Troves (getting 3 or more treasures in rapid succession) now award a $1,000 bonus per treasure.

Renamed The Helmet to something funnier. Made TNT less common. There was just way too much down below about 800 m-it was ridiculous. Depth markers now appear more frequently (every 25 m instead of 100 m) so that it's easier to know how deep you've gone.

The helmet is no longer spent when you're merely tapped on the head with a rock: you have to get nearly squished before it kicks in. This makes the helmet less fragile. The helmet now protects you from landing hard. (Previously it protected only against monsters and being squished by blocks.) You can still die from explosions and lava while wearing the helmet though. Explosions no longer destroy 'fixed' treasure (the big gemstones embedded in the back wall). Explosions now push, rather than destroy, monster-dropped treasure and other items. Explosions now push lava particles, which sometimes makes for some beautiful (and dangerous) effects.

Ogres are now even dumber. Previously they would try to generally move toward you. Now they go left or right on a purely random basis.

Killing an ogre awards major treasure. You can't normally kill ogres, but they'll die if (1) you touch it while you wear the Helmet or are using the Immortal potion, (2) an explosive goes off near the ogre, or (3) it gets burned by lava. Lava is now more deadly to all monsters. Reduced the purchase costs of the Jackhammer and the helmet. High score table: fixed bug with long numbers overflowing their bounds or getting cut off. Changed the color of hint text to make it more obvious.

Spectres no longer make noise after death. Spectres no longer float in mid-air after death. Crate 'COST:' text no longer writes off the edges of the screen. Fixed sort order bug that caused fixed treasures to draw on top of other things. Performance improvements. 1.2 Jan 6, 2015.

XxKrazyGamerxx, Great game excellent mechanics and storyline I had no idea how good this game was gonna be when I first got it but now I know it’s one of the best on the App Store. You see when I was a boy my grandmother had an island when I was a boy. Nothing to boast of. You could walk along it in an hour. But still, it was - it was a paradise for me.

One summer, I came for a visit and discovered the whole place had been infested with rats. They’d come on a fishing boat and had gorged themselves on coconut.

So how do you get rats off an island, hmm? My grandmother showed me. We buried an oil drum, and hinged the lid. Then we wired coconut to the lid as bait. The rats come for the coconut, and they fall into the drum, and after a month, you’ve trapped all the rats. But what did you do then? Throw the drum into the ocean?

You just leave it. And they begin to get hungry, then one by one they start eating each other, until there are only two left. The two survivors.

Foxconn n15235 drivers. And then what - do you kill them? You take them, and release them into the trees. Only now, they don’t eat coconut anymore.

Now they will only eat rat. This memory is very similar to the story of the game and I hope that this will draw you in.

Thanks for reading this and have a good day. XxKrazyGamerxx, Great game excellent mechanics and storyline I had no idea how good this game was gonna be when I first got it but now I know it’s one of the best on the App Store. You see when I was a boy my grandmother had an island when I was a boy. Nothing to boast of. You could walk along it in an hour.

But still, it was - it was a paradise for me. One summer, I came for a visit and discovered the whole place had been infested with rats. They’d come on a fishing boat and had gorged themselves on coconut. So how do you get rats off an island, hmm? My grandmother showed me. We buried an oil drum, and hinged the lid.

Then we wired coconut to the lid as bait. The rats come for the coconut, and they fall into the drum, and after a month, you’ve trapped all the rats.

Dig Dug Computer Game

But what did you do then? Throw the drum into the ocean? You just leave it. And they begin to get hungry, then one by one they start eating each other, until there are only two left. The two survivors. And then what - do you kill them? You take them, and release them into the trees.

Only now, they don’t eat coconut anymore. Now they will only eat rat. This memory is very similar to the story of the game and I hope that this will draw you in. Thanks for reading this and have a good day. Hellomanzero, Worth Every Cent.

This is the type of games I love! I would totally buy it even if it costs $10. This game is straight up good and the developer is still active. The mechanics are very interesting such as how the blocks fall, how to kill enemies, etc. This game is so addicting, I play this game every opportunity I have. Keep up the good work and I support you 100%. I have some suggestions you may want to add the game but totally your choice!

Suggestions - The Ghost Mummy shouldn’t spawn above the player. (This happened to me once maybe it’s a bug but it killed me instantly) -I probably haven’t gotten down enough into the mines but if there isn’t, add new areas where the block materials are different and engaging. (Maybe add some sort of boss?) -Have a store to buy just skin characters but not upgrading shovels because it could possibly ruin the game.More power-ups such as, a bomb/C4 you can drop and explode (Press the button again to activate the explosion), double money value, and more. Some people are having a misunderstanding about the $0.99 upgrade. Read the app “History Updates” and the developer explains why he made that choice. But yeah I would buy it over and over again if I had too.

Outstanding game. Hellomanzero, Worth Every Cent. This is the type of games I love!

I would totally buy it even if it costs $10. This game is straight up good and the developer is still active. The mechanics are very interesting such as how the blocks fall, how to kill enemies, etc.

This game is so addicting, I play this game every opportunity I have. Keep up the good work and I support you 100%. I have some suggestions you may want to add the game but totally your choice!

Suggestions - The Ghost Mummy shouldn’t spawn above the player. (This happened to me once maybe it’s a bug but it killed me instantly) -I probably haven’t gotten down enough into the mines but if there isn’t, add new areas where the block materials are different and engaging.

(Maybe add some sort of boss?) -Have a store to buy just skin characters but not upgrading shovels because it could possibly ruin the game.More power-ups such as, a bomb/C4 you can drop and explode (Press the button again to activate the explosion), double money value, and more. Some people are having a misunderstanding about the $0.99 upgrade. Read the app “History Updates” and the developer explains why he made that choice. But yeah I would buy it over and over again if I had too. Outstanding game. Kaleb 91, Love this game First off I wanna say I love the feed back that happens when you die.

Like this one time I wanted gold and I dug it out and the whole top part collapsed on me and it said greed I started laughing constantly, it’s a really enjoyable and fun game I like seeing my ghost everywhere too I’m not sure yet if you can spend money you make on things but that would be cool if you can either way I’m still going to play this game a lot I gave it 5 stars cause I just enjoyed how it was made and I like the collapsing dirt and the ability to change the characters ghost to other things which I’ve been using to say how I died. Love the game thanks for making it. It’s made my day. Kaleb 91, Love this game First off I wanna say I love the feed back that happens when you die. Like this one time I wanted gold and I dug it out and the whole top part collapsed on me and it said greed I started laughing constantly, it’s a really enjoyable and fun game I like seeing my ghost everywhere too I’m not sure yet if you can spend money you make on things but that would be cool if you can either way I’m still going to play this game a lot I gave it 5 stars cause I just enjoyed how it was made and I like the collapsing dirt and the ability to change the characters ghost to other things which I’ve been using to say how I died. Love the game thanks for making it.

It’s made my day.

Dig Dug Remix by brings the arcade classic Dig Dug to your iPhone or iPod touch. But there’s more to this offering than nostalgia—Namco also servers up a new version of the game to freshen things up. Can You Dig It?: The arcade classic gets a new look in Dig Dug Remix—along with power-ups to bolster your character—but the premise is unchanged: Destroy the bad guys.

Whether you play the old or new editions of Dig Dug, the object of the game remains the same. Blow up the bad guys—typically, dragons or goggle-sporting orange balls—with your pump or make rocks fall on their heads to smash them.

The classic version is essentially the same as the original arcade game. You play it in portrait mode only. It features 256 levels, making beating the game quite the epic journey. The new version of Dig Dug is much cooler with power-ups to boost your speed in digging, running, and blowing up enemies. There are also end bosses to defeat and much improved graphics and audio. Unfortunately, I was able to beat the game in around an hour since there were only 35 levels. The controls in both versions really lack responsiveness and I found myself dying a lot because of it.

You have two control options to choose from—a virtual D-Pad or Flick control where you swipe you finger in the direction you want to move. Neither method worked to my satisfaction. The D-Pad is tiny and the swipe control just didn’t seem to work a lot of the time. With a big name like Namco and a price tag of $6, you would expect a little more polish and depth or at least good controls. Only hardcore Dig Dug fans will find much pleasure in; other gamers may want to take a pass or at least try out the first. Dig Dug Remix is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.2.1 software update.

Tim Mercer is a technology enthusiast, graphic designer, and blogger, whose blog, offers free resources to the digital artist and graphic designer.