Classic Game Room - DIG DUG arcade machine review

Classic Game Room reviews DIG DUG arcade machine from Atari and Namco released in 1982. This CGR video review of Dig Dug from the arcades shows gameplay of the classic video game Dig Dug in it's awesome arcade cabinet with Dig Dug, Fygars and Pookas!

[@blobstudios1912]

When I first played it I thought you were supposed to dig all the dirt, I didn't win.

[@patrickmusgrove2986]

When I first played, I thought dig dug was a gay raver trying to avoid the big green dragon, I won

[@patrickmusgrove2986]

Yea it was hard..... And hot

[@TheWyman55_]

I went to a movie theatre one time and they had a dig dug machine in there. I ended up doubling the highscore as I had a crowd of kids watching me and commentating. Great feeling.

[@sebs2306live2]

Nice !

[@sonicmario64]

I think "Dig Dug" is one of the best video games that Namco has ever made! :D

[@TheIceGryphon]

Ahh Namco, How I do love some of your classics. Dig Dug is right up there with Taito's Bubble Bobble. God I love these games.

[@geraldford6409]

Agreed. All about the gameplay nuance Can play Bubble Bobble for hours

[@retrofan4963]

In my opinion, Mappy is the best game. I have more fun playing Mappy than Dig Dug and Bubble Bobble.

[@icemansquared]

Dig Dug is one of the best arcade games ever made.

[@supermariofan772003]

doesn't this sound a little more high pitched

[@danielmadeson311]

Yeah I noticed that too!!

[@5k4k1dhtp]

"17." "Hit me." "You have 17, sir." "I like to live dangerously." "21!" *Next guy* "5" "...I'll stay. I also like to live dangerously"

[@Maxstarr50]

I was a Dig Dug expert,I've even turned the machine over many times..I wish I had someone video tape back in the day just to be able to prove that I'm not lying 🤐 I really loved this game,..my kids are great Play Station,XBox but for me,it's just not the same as playing on the actual machines back in the day ✌️

[@sebs2306live2]

Cool !

[@kzhang07]

his reviews are always entertaining to watch

[@TheUniversalEyes]

almost 30 years ago I came across Dig Dug while eating at Pizza Hut with my parents, I fell in love with it.

[@Cosmoline]

1983 in Oak Grove Oregon, round midnight after sneaking out to the all night convenience store. I was there, playing Dig Dug.

[@zudemaster]

When I grow up I want to be Dig Dug.

[@tloforu421]

Wow talk about a trip down memory lane. I just wish Mark would give some love to the Machine next to Dig Dug. Empire City 1931

[@RamblinRambley]

I'm gonna play a Dig Dug arcade machine at an arcade soon! I'M REALLY EXCITED!

[@cyrus649]

dude I wish we had arcade or even pinball game around here.... You are so lucky

[@WheatMuffin]

I love it how the music is based on your movement! =D

[@Bosquez88]

Greatest review EVAR!!!

[@georgef551]

Music seems a bit too sharp on that machine. Never heard one high-pitched like that.

[@blazecrespo1]

I had a dream about finding a Dig Dug machine. Proving yet again that they never come true.

[@LordDestruction]

Thumbs-up for Mark flippin' the bird at 3:37!

[@magicalkiwibird]

One of my favorite games ever made.

[@CoryRadical]

Ahh.... CGR.... The best part of my 'work' day.

[@TKnightcrawler]

Sweet review. :)

[@jakethemidget2873]

I have this for my n64 and it looks just like THIS!!

[@jakethemidget2873]

yes its crazy

[@ALLOUT009]

i love the sound of dig dug :3

[@ShapeyFiend]

Had the pleasure of playing this on an original machine at the Game On exhibition in Dublin. Good times. Wish they'd a Robotron machine as well though..

[@LankyFrankey]

AWESOME DUG!

[@MVminecraftPLYR]

i really miss that game

[@DonnyKirkMusic]

my dad used to repair arcade machines, so i have a cocktail cabinet version of dig dug its fuckin' awesome

[@zhaang666]

I love it how over the course of all his reviews you can watch mark very slowly go insane..... I really wonder if the voices of the "other mark" and the "other other mark" will stay or if there will be more coming with more reviews.

[@yamigekusu]

Your shirt is awesome. I used to live in San Diego!

[@blackflame100]

Getting closer to 2,000 videos !!!

[@ajmetallord]

Nice video! I scored 1,129,110 at an Arcade recently.

[@WhatsHisName26]

Had this for my Atari 2600. Classic!

[@Mitchell_Nagy]

I love teh multiple marks :3 LOVE IT

[@yohnazo]

I remember the first time I played dig dug, wasn't too long ago and it was awesome ^^

[@retrofan4963]

Mappy is also awesome as well.

[@fzeromaster2]

the sound is a little higher and slightly faster than how it should sound

[@pankojoy9372]

Maybe for copyright reasons?

[@BombiN0]

Not even Call of Duty: World at War or Gears of War can compete with such a violent title like Dig Dug.

[@malcommerriweather]

I bought a dig dug machine off an older guy a few years ago for $50. He had no idea what it was but...I did!!! After a little clean up I fired it up and it is AWESOME!!! Made me sad though that my best friend had never heard of Dig Dug at that time. I was a very small child when it came out and he was like 12...I guess some people live under rocks!

[@TheLukestahhboy]

YEAA DIG DUG i luv the music when u move

[@playstation1freak26]

I played this game on 3ds virtual console and it is a fantastic game

[@arcticfox04]

I play digdug 9 years ago at a Pizza Place. Must of played it for a good 2 hours playing it till they closed that night lol.

[@physalis17]

Moar arcade machine reviews please. These are awesome! :3

[@ctrlselfdel]

My childhood!

[@DestroyerTriple]

Man this sucks. I live in Albuquerque New Mexico, and they have absolutely no good arcades here. Until I found the Go Carting place here. It has a ms. pacman machine that has Dig Dug, Centipede, 1942, Pacman, etc. its just so great. Dig Dug remains my favorite arcade game of all time.

[@Permafry42108]

favourite game ever =D

[@1DARBY1]

I loved dig dug on my Atari 2600 the music was good too

[@DestroyerTriple]

Mark, run while you are pumping, in every single game, it triggers a "glitch?" where you pump faster which means you kill enemies faster

[@lyinginertia]

classic video games

[@ELLIOTEASTWICK]

this is more like it, mark!! reviewing actual games again, i see! :D

[@vaultboy123]

Mad bike pumping skills at 4:00

[@kingartem]

It's speed is on 2x than the other Dig Dug ports, was the arcade version this fast?! :) I'm loving it!

[@ptwob]

aaaaaaahhhhhhwwwww, its a DIGDUG machine! AWESOME TO THE MAX!

[@Ricjones1994]

Two Marks... The would just got twice as epic.

[@BLOODBATHDAVID]

i love how it stays quiet if you stand still

[@MrMudbill]

Dig Dog got a Big Hug

[@TronPachioftheDynamo]

That reminds me! Did he ever reviev that kickass Mario Kart arcade game from Namco?

[@UnderTheSkin13]

Aaah, the multi Marks are back.

[@Vyse195]

i use to play this on my grandmothers computer all the time, then one day i found it for GBA (along with Pacman, and another game don't remember what it was)

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

Double Marks Tripple awesomeness

[@PrincessGoth574]

I love dig dug

[@TheGenesisfreak]

One of the only reasons i go to Chicken Annie's PITSBURG KANSAS REPRESENT!!!

[@paulojungmann]

I've played this game for minutes ago.

[@Antarctica2009]

the 2nd Mark is back...... and he's playing pinball!

[@Manofaction0]

That move at 4:00 was clutch O_O

[@WTFproductionXD]

@MrDanteaguilar I c wat u did thar. Haha I love that flash animation. Indeed egoraptor ftw.

[@theonewhoeatslemons1931]

I dig it.

[@increiblepelotudo]

I had played it whenit was new at the deli down from my house in Staten Island way back in 1982. The deli owner hated us, as we learned the patterns and would be on it for over two hours each. My highest score was 175K, which was not a small amount. The thing about it is that outside of the actual arcade is pretty terrible to play. You want the original arcade joystick and buttons.

[@SirCaco]

3:50 - 4:06 DIG DUG. KEEPING IT REAL SINCE 1982.

[@sIDsleeper]

@TheOzzySabbath I"m pretty sure there was a middle finger in that motion! xD

[@broodax1]

you could always turn your computer into a cabinet if you can find an old cabinet and get the right cords and emulator and a joystick for pc and make your own

[@AlexParr]

I uh...think the machine's running a bit to fast there...did you get a PAL version or something?

[@spiff2268]

Not to be a braggart but this was one of the few games that I was actually quite good at back in the day.

[@DestroyerTriple]

@halocod6 I want a tabletop one, that would be pretty badass

[@FlameLFH]

I actually played Dig Dug on the original cabinent at my friend's house as a kid. His step dad happened to have it (probably as a collector's item), and let us play.

[@SirCaco]

Mark, you should review Capcom's "Gun.Smoke" for the original Nintendo Entertainment System.

[@kevinxmamama]

i just noticed that CGR is now on wikipedia :D check it out!!

[@ImpulseNerd]

3:38 to see Mark's bike pump!

[@anyyoingorange]

mark where were you when you did this review?

[@DrummingMoose]

This game is 35 years old. Even though I'm young, I feel old.

[@increiblepelotudo]

I'm 53, I was 11 when it was new.

[@MrStrongashtosh]

the killscreen on round 256 with pooka right on you

[@EndymionMkII]

Before Gears of War, Before Mortal Kombat... there was Dig Dug and his bikepump.

[@MichaelSartore]

awesome. Bike pump. Ow.

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Dig Dug should get the pacman dx treatment!

[@2bin]

@shamrock608 Personally, I always thought the intro was near perfect, except I would let the "all awesome" title have its own screen time immediately after the "classic reviews, modern reviews", and in larger font. But, hey, that's just me. Play on, Playa!

[@Boa796]

did he just taunt those two dead monsters with a 'fuck you' gesture? 3:36

[@AgrivatedKillah]

@wolfthing11 I agree.. I wish he would review newer games..just because they old doesn't make them good lol.

[@halocod6]

i own one of the arcade versions

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

I have an Arcade Classic version lol.

[@RottenRroses]

Did you borrow the cloning machine from wheezywaiter? :)

[@allthingsawesome2]

:) dig dug loooooooooools

[@anyyoingorange]

mark do u live in california?

[@Ta15678]

* squeals* Ahh it's dig dug!!!!! :D

[@LordEarth69]

I bought the cocktail table version for 45 bucks at an auction although it works great it needs work the tabletop door is broke like some one tried to lift it up by the door and the underlay is gone and the glass top is gone and the game is burned into the screen, so if any one can help me get the right parts for it that would be great and the player one joy stick dosn't always work so could use one of though to any help would great thanks, love the game and want it to look has new as can be

[@hellacia8151]

What's with the sped up audio?

[@dorawilliams2340]

cool man cool an good man

[@MrPhantaze]

I have this version as portable version

[@PianoXfan1]

@Rachman1337 so true

[@canary11141]

Kill with a fine boulder of rage.

[@Manofaction0]

@TronPachioftheDynamo What about galaga? O_o

[@JTThomas82]

how many levels are in this game?? i just got this game again for my Powerstation 2

[@RamblinRambley]

JT STAR Dig Dug has the same amout of levels as Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, etc. 256 Levels. The 256th level being the kill screen. And what the heck is a Powerstation 2? Did you mean PlayStation 2?

[@retrofan4963]

@@RamblinRambley Mappy is another Namco game that ends in 256 levels as well.