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Arcade Archives: Dig Dug

"Dig Dug" is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1982. Take control of Dig Dug and to spear monsters and pop them with your harpoon. Use rocks to beat multiple monsters at…

4 August 2022

Arcade Archives: Dig Dug is an arcade developed by Namco, released 4 August 2022 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Arcade Archives: Dig Dug is

Arcade Archives: Dig Dug is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2022. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Dig Dug" is an action game released by Namco (Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1982. Take control of Dig Dug and to spear monsters and pop them with your harpoon. Use rocks to beat multiple monsters at once, collect the vegetable score items, and work to set a new high score!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Arcade Archives: Dig Dug launched on 4 August 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It arrived 9 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

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When did Arcade Archives: Dig Dug come out?
Arcade Archives: Dig Dug was released on 4 August 2022 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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