My Slow Descent Into Loserhood -- Dig Dug Atari 2600

My Slow Descent Into Loserhood - My Atari Games

DIG DUG

Rating: 7.0
High Score (So Far): 91720

What can a fella say about Dig Dug? It certainly passes the time. It's cute. More than any game, I can say that it "plays like an arcade game", whatever that means to you. And the name's clever, too. But it may have been more clever if the little dude was named "Doug" and the game was called "Dig, Doug!".

In this game you dig. This follows a very Jules Verne-esque theme in Atari games. By that I mean that I can only think of a handful of games (non-sports) that take place in the "real world". They are either in space, or under the sea, or (as here) under the earth.

I think that the thing that Doug is shooting at the meanies is supposed to be an air hose or something.

I guess that would make sense since (below) the bad guys expand when you shoot them. What old Douggie is doing there or why he has to wear a space suit I'll never know.

But come on, it was the 80's. As long as the job gets done, who cares if it makes no sense, right? Case in point - 80's music made no sense lyrically but damn if we all weren't doing the worm while listening to it.

Ever wonder why "Doug" is such a common name but there isn't anyone famous by that name? Michael Douglas doesn't count.

So all in all this game gets the g'ahead cuz it's pretty good and kinda fun and I guess it's better than getting smacked in the head with empty paint cans.

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