Dig Dug

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Description
The classic digging extravangaza comes to Xbox Live Arcade.

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Consoles
Xbox 360

Release Date
November 30, 1999

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Jonathan Kromrey to head up Namco's new Apple Games division

Namco is placing a lot of chips on the iPhone and other Apple platforms, as the company announced today that it is forming a new division called Apple Games. Apple Games will be managed by Jonathan Kromrey, former games designer and producer at...

Namco Museum Essentials coming to PlayStation Home in July

Japan's Namco Museum Essentials is crossing the pond to America's PlayStation Network this July. The downloadable app will serve as a hub for various Namco arcade games, such as Pac-man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Dragon Spirit, Xevious, and a new 1080p...

Dig Dug now overinflating iPhones and iPod Touches

In a continued attempt to put its classic, excavatory arcade game Dig Dug on every piece of consumer electronics known to man, Namco recently tossed the title into the infinite expanse known as the iPhone/iPod Touch App Store. This particular...

Namco releases downloadable arcade titles on Facebook

Do you ever find yourself with too much free time whilst trolling around on Facebook? Between writing ominous truths in our acquaintances' honesty boxes, and attempting to form La Résistance against the new new Facebook, our time is...

Japanese Home beta opens, adds Namco classics

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Online

Sony has begun accepting applications for the next beta phase of Home ... in Japan. PS3 users can put their names in the hat (from which 10,000 will be chosen) directly from a new option in the Japanese...

Joystiq Exclusive: a sneak peek at the upcoming i am 8 bit show

Filed under: Arcade, Culture, Retro, Galleries

We've been able to pry some exclusive images out of the i am 8 bit showrunners -- here they are in gallery-tastic form, just for you. As a wallpaper-friendly reminder, be sure to click the "Hi Res"...

Casually Speaking: The death of the arcade and the birth of the MMO

TEST Filed under: Culture, Browser, Casual, MMO, Multiplayer, Opinion, Meta BD, Arcade

Long before there were home consoles or Flash-based and downloadable games accessible via the Internet, the only place to get your gaming fix was the venerable...

Dig Dug and ... other game come to Virtual Console

Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii

Just when you think you've got Nintendo all figured out, along comes a morning like today. We receive our Wii-kly Update (their name, not ours) and we quickly skip to the new Virtual Console offerings: Dig...

Dig Dug Review

Can you dig it? Namco's classic ground-digging, enemy-inflating game has infiltrated the Xbox Live Arcade service. Like with all of Namco's arcade classics, there's an upside and a downside. The downside? Nothing has really been added to...