Dig Dug - Arcade Spotlight | Episode 10

[@vorhese]

Dig Dug and Joust were my favorite games as a kid. 83/84/85 We'd go to a KOA campground in Michigan, wearing our mesh belly shirts, and dump all our quarters in it. I think I discovered Run DMC at the same time.

[@Richard-ZA01]

Digdug is one of the games that I regularly play when I am at the arcade

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Hey Native Arizonans from the '80s, do you remember the Bag-A-Tel arcade in Valley West Mall? That's the one I went to the most as a kid.

[@divideby000]

What is a European arcade cabinet?

[@StarfightersArcade]

Jacob: I didn't know what they were either until doing research on the game! On one of the Atari flyers for Dig Dug, they advertise a special "European" cabinet for that market exclusively, it's a few inches smaller in height and width than the Upright, but not small enough to be considered a Cabaret cab.

[@divideby000]

@@StarfightersArcade Awesome, thanks! I was having trouble finding info about them.

[@lonecanuk]

@divideby000 You probably won’t find much info looking for a “special European cabinet.” It was used on some early advertising for some cabinets. In Europe yes we have large arcades, that could easily get a “normal” size cabinet through the doors. But like you would have a cabinet in your local pizza place, or bar or convenience store in Canada and America. A lot of the buildings in Europe used for those purposes. Are really old and have tiny doorways and low ceilings. So if you wanted to sell a cabinet to the guy who owns your local pub, the dog and rat here in the UK. Had to be just a little smaller. If you look at cabinets sold in Europe back in the day, then look for the measurements. You will probably find a bit more info. Aside from changes to the size and pal euro cabinets are the same game/internals etc.