The Amazing Story of The Dig | Cannot be Tamed

The Dig is a notable game not just for its story of exploration of alien worlds and beautiful visuals, but also because of the story behind how it got made. This is that story, 6 years, 4 leads, Hollywood director and all.
#TheDig #LucasArts #VideoGameHistory
Big thank you to the following sites which are a wealth of information on The Dig, full of interviews, screenshots and behind the scenes knowledge:
The Dig Museum (which sadly is only currently available on the Internet Archive) web.archive.org/web/2008091218...
International House of Mojo mixnmojo.com/features/sitefea...
LucasArts Museum lucasarts.vintagegaming.org/in...
Other references:
The Art of Point & Click Adventure Games interviews
IGN - Revisiting The Dig ca.ign.com/articles/2014/07/3...
Adventure Classic Gaming - Moriarty interview www.adventureclassicgaming.com...
The LucasArts Adventurer - lucasartsadventurer.blogspot.c...
Den of Geek - Stephen Spielberg’s History with Video Games - www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/s...
Footage and Sounds Used:
Graveyard Keeper - The Village track
Aerial view of Nicasio CA • Aerial view of Nicasio...
George Lucas Skywalker Ranch Tour from Entertainment Tonight • Video
Hubble telescope images compilation • Video
New photos of Skywalker Ranch from Architectural Digest www.architecturaldigest.com/s...
Devastation and Revenge - Kevin Mcleod freemusicarchive.org/music/Ke...
Footage of the Loma Prieta Earthquake from KPIX at 70 • KPIX At 70: Covering T...
Earthquake sound freesound.org/people/dingus23...
Archaeological Dig • Giant Ant Hill Excavated
Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle • History of the Sleepin...
Black Hole video • Star Gives Birth to Po...
Amazing Stories Intro - John Williams
Footage of The Dig from 1993 (from the program Bad Influence) • LucasArts - behind the...
Mastermind game • Mastermind 2018 - How ...
ET Theme - John Williams
Spielberg gaming footage (Entertainment Tonight) • Steven Spielberg Was a...
Non-Dig game footage comes from World of Longplays / cubex55 or my own recordings.
and the OST from The Dig
Intro artwork, logo and banner by: @theMagdalenRose
"Cantina Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

[@santishorts]

This was a great summary of the history of The Dig's development and of the game itself! I had made the original The Dig Museum site nearly 15 years ago, interviewing many of the crew members, some of which I gather you referenced for your video. Great job researching this from different sources. One small correction though is about Spielberg's involvement. All the project leads I've talked to, and the statements by other team members in other interviews indicate that Spielberg actually had very little involvement in the making of the game. Only a handful of in-person meetings and a few phone calls here and there during the five year development period. It's true that he had some specific ideas for scenes (which you describe and show) that got cut, but he never really designed any puzzles himself. Other than providing some brainstorming once in a while, Spielberg had no direct involvement in the making of the game, he was more like a very occasional creative consultant. Still, just a minor thing. The video is great and I'll be sharing it on The Dig's facebook page!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Santiago Méndez thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! The Dig Museum was an immense help in researching and finding media for this video. And thanks for the correction about Spielberg. I guess I didn’t say it but I was in my head comparing his involvement to that of Lucas (as opposed to one of the developers). He seemed much more involved.

[@santishorts]

@@Cannotbetamed1 That's indeed a very fair point, he definitely didn't just lend his name to the project and was keeping tabs on it during its lengthy development. One thing I forgot to mention is this great resource you used of interweaving the story of the game itself with the history of its development rather just tell it chronologically and then show the game. It keeps it very dynamic and entertaining. Glad you took the time to tell this story.

[@mrmaxaxl]

The Dig is the best game ever created. Period. I have the game, the book and the audiobook. I love to dive in that whole universe. If you (or anyone else) are interested: I have created a dramatized audiobook of the game 😊. I am super proud of it. Took me hundreds of hours to make. I have included extra dialog that wasn't in the game and fleshed out the story. Adding lots of sound effects. It's simply an amazing experience for your ears, mind and soul!

[@hechss]

I had the chance to visit your website back then and I recall it as the best fanmade web I've ever seen. It's a pity that all websites have to disappear at some point...

[@santishorts]

@@hechss Hey, thank you for the kind words! And the site will probably come back at some point, I still have all the files, so as long as I do there is hope.

[@andreashahn7355]

Even in comparsion with modern and highly immersive RPGs (just to think of Mass Effect, or non-sci-fi giants like Baldur´s Gate 3 or others) for me it still remains the eternal "immersion champion". Never did I have such an intense and wonderfully "exploring a serene alien world-feeling". This is one for the ages.

[@kulrigalestout]

THIS GAME!!! I played it for half an hour on my dad's friend's computer, and the only part I did was reassembling the turtle skeleton to bring it to life so that it could be immediately killed again (poor guy). Ever since then, I've been trying to find it to no avail; "that one puzzle game where you revive and kill a turtle" yielded little information. But something in the thumbnail reminded me of the art style, so I gave it a go. Thank you! I finally have some closure on a mystery that has been in the back of my mind for decades! It's called The Dig! ...now to see if it's on GOG...

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad to help solve that mystery! Have fun with the game.

[@swordkata]

I'm 51 and have played almost everything under the sun, on all the consoles. The Dig is in my top 10, even after all those years. The book was also a good read and once in a while, when I write my novel, I play some of the music from the game. I'm just bummed they never made the movie they said they would

[@alejandropardo4891]

¿Can you share your top 10 pls? 51 has so much knowledge on it.

[@TheJosep70]

Hmm did you play any games on the Magnavox Odyssey 2/Videopac?

[@peterghoulferatu3555]

What's the novel about?

[@TheGameGoblin1]

also interested in hearing your other top 9

[@XenozanXiandor]

@@alejandropardo4891 came to say this

[@jeffcarter2661]

Woah didn't know orson scott card was involved too. The amount of talent that touched this is amazing.

[@andrewm8040]

The Dig might be the most influential game from my childhood. It's great to learn all about it's history along with a refresher on the gameplay, nice job.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@rubiconstudos]

My dad bought me this game out of nowhere and I had no idea how much it would impact me and my life. I work in music now and I have the kurzeil K2000 synthesizer that was used for the music in the dig. I didn’t realize so many people love this game and that makes me happy. Thanks for introducing more people to this masterpiece 😎👍

[@ratheonhudson3311]

No matter what NextGen game comes out I always feel drawn back to The Dig. You are right in saying it gives a unique sense of wonder and adventure. It does not have too much hand holding. The art is so unique in each zone and the light effects are amazing for its time and is all still art to me. I love The Dig.

[@TheJanDahl]

When I finally got around to The Dig, I remember being puzzled at the resolution and graphics as compared to "smaller" titles from the same period. Now I know why!

[@dagoelius]

The music really made The Dig a truly immersive experience. I still play the soundtrack on its own when ever I'm working on the computer.

[@LOLWUTHERING]

Congrats on a new “Best Video You’ve Ever Made,” seriously

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you

[@Notsram77]

I lost my boxed copy of The Dig years ago. I still regret it. It's such a great game!

[@chaospoet]

There's a retro game stores by where I live that I like to frequent. They have a small PC gaming section. They always have Star Wars Knights of the old Republic, Fable and The Dig. I know of the first two but this one has been a complete mystery. Nice to finally see what this is all about, and get the backstory too. Great watch.

[@Nighthearted]

The quality level in this video is amazing. Must've been lots of work and time putting everything together. Well done, Pam! Feels like a homage. Also, I didn't know about this gem, so thanks for introducing it to me.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you very much, it was 2 months in the making.

[@lostwolfe]

it is completely worth playing if you haven't played it.

[@lonesquiff6551]

Aside from a few puzzle hiccups that she mentions (namely the "claw game" and holding down that mouse key) the game is a lot of fun and feels different from other point and click adventure games.

[@lostwolfe]

oddly, i quite liked the "claw game" puzzle. for this particular game, i tore my hair out at the turtle restoration thing. that was RIDICULOUS given the resolution of the era and the way the puzzle solution is presented in the game itself. you're MUCH better off looking at someone's reconstruction in a walkthrough and then just doing it from that. way less silly.

[@FrankFrankly711]

I remember playing the Dig demo back in the day, the graphics and mystery blew me away!

[@nikolaistavrogin2529]

Dig has such a deep story. Me and my friend playing together and sharing the feelings. Great review!

[@lonesquiff6551]

Thank you so much for this video Pam! The hard work you put into it shows, it would not be out of place on The Gaming Historian channel. The quality of your videos just keeps getting better. I always look forward to seeing what you have in store for us each time. Keep up the awesome retro fun!

[@Zorro3740]

Thank you for all your hard work, Pam. I have both the disc and Steam versions of The Dig and enjoyed your look back at how it came to be.

[@Antphoneigh]

Thank you for this video. I hope a reimagining emerges. The music is simply the best thing that has come out of the Dig, and it still sounds good 25 years later!

[@Puda]

Amazing vid Pam, thanks so much for taking the time to put this together.

[@actionvestadventure]

I dig how that shelf is always changing its display of games heh. I also really love The Dig. And the soundtrack by Michael Land (adding to my growing appreciation of electronic music), which was a happy bonus in the gamebox along with said novel. I think only one other game i know of that was shipped with a novel was Champions of Xanth. The Dig was a challenge especially back in the days of no internet. And it was such a departure tonally from previous LucasArts games. Maybe that's why i really enjoyed it... A serious sci-fi game with lots of exploration of alien landscapes. It was also 1 of 3 games (the other 2 being shooters) i've ever wrote a small review for on Steam. Your vid was definitely way more informative and 24 years later, i'm still learning something new about the game! So excuse me now as i've been compelled to revisit that world... Again... Thanks... 😊

[@B-T-L]

An absolutely wonderful job on this piece, Pam. I could tell during my playthrough, which ended with me frustrated and crystal seeking, that the quality of this game was terrific. The most enjoyment I had was watching a youtuber playthough it to the end. Another great job by you - many thanks for the entertainment!

[@EmperorFoxx]

Impressive! I remember playing this when I was 12 and playing it for a month trying to figure everything out. Thank you for putting this together and allowing me to learn of the developement hell it went through. You put a lot of effort into making this awesome video and you deserve a ton of credit.

[@DOSdaze]

Wonderful in depth video. If it wasn't for people like you putting in the work gems like this will be forgotten, so thank you so much for keeping them alive! I just recently finished The Dig again, and the game more than holds up today IMO. I honestly can't believe its this good after such a long and painful development process. I would only warn others that there are some explicit puzzle spoilers here that may reveal more than they want to know if they wanted to experience this amazing game first hand. Its available on Steam and GOG for only $6 which is a total steal for this game. If you're a fan of point/click adventure games, you owe it to yourself to play this.

[@switch382]

Holy cow! Love the depth you went into here! This and Full Throttle are probably two of my all time favorite games and got me into PC gaming as a whole, I appreciate you giving it the attention it deserves. Thank you!

[@Seurath]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video! The Dig has been one of my most often replayed games ever since I first played it as a kid in the 90s. It's really a gem, despite its imperfections. Not many games nail the atmosphere so beautifully from both the enchanting score and breathtaking visuals. I've listened to the soundtrack so many times (along with Robyn Miller's Riven soundtrack). At times when viewing a gorgeous sunset, with the colours matched just right, I'd hear the game's synth orchestral score. I grew up near the sea, so the summer that I first played this game was just surreal. Outdoors, there were underwater dives and sunset horizons, promptly mixed together with the game's audio/visual artistry by an impressionable young mind. That underwater airlock chamber for instance, with the blue crystal puzzle in the middle, has such an appropriately calming musical score, invoking a sense of cool sea air with a distant, almost whale-sounding ambience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp_Mc3aFhKqBopo I could go on and on. Super appreciative of your retrospective!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you liked it, it was an interesting history to learn.

[@lonesquiff6551]

The Dig soundtrack is truly amazing. It is one I still listen to all these years later to enjoy it's relaxing atmosphere. Robyn Miller's Riven score The Fissure/Finale is another favorite :)

[@Seurath]

​@@lonesquiff6551 Omg that's awesome! :) Yes, the Fissure track is like resting your head on a soft pillow the way it softly starts, while all throughout the track an uplifting theme plays as if reminiscing on the past events, a sigh of relief perhaps, perfectly mirroring the more somber version of itself in the opening track Atrus. I had the great fortune of meeting Robyn at GDC after his Myst retrospective talk a few years ago; he was kind enough to sign my copy of the Riven soundtrack CD I travelled with. :) It's really interesting how we cling to these creative works, and ascribe so much value and meaning in them. Perhaps it was the more impressionable younger mind of its time playing tricks with us, idealizing a memory. Still, I can't help that through both the game's soundtracks, I feel that the memory is of me traversing an actual place, long ago. I swear I can pick up an imaginary aroma from some of the environments in Riven and the sea breezy caverns in The Dig. :)

[@RetroJedi9]

Despite its criticisms in media this game was nothing short of amazing and playing it for the first time after being accustomed to the presentation of earlier Lucasarts point and clicks was mind blowing. Thanks for the great video!

[@Isoquant]

I remember the giant marketing displays for the game at retailers like Egghead Software and Babbages. I was memorized, but didn't own a compatible PC at the time. So glad to be able to revisit classics like this, Loom, and The Fate of Atlantis via GoG/Steam.

[@JTZinnful]

Thanks for this episode, it was great. I think you hit the nail on the head - while The Dig has some gameplay issues, the story and joy of exploring an alien world really makes up for it. For a sci-fi nerd like me this game was and is so much fun.

[@LindaTheGAMERGal]

I really like how in-depth you got with this game.

[@eldridgebrown3907]

This is a great documentary on one of my most favorite games. Thanks for making such an in depth piece. It is wonderfully enlightening.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Venoix]

I love the lead in with the exposition given regarding the concept creation heralded by an ill omen. Great research! I love the amount of consideration that you put into all aspects of the games that you review on detail. It's always a happy day when one of your videos pops into my feed. Thank you!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks! Coming up with that intro is actually made me change this from a basic review into a history of the game.

[@CaptainMcKayRandom]

I just found this video/channel. The whole retrospective was really well done. I had this game as a kid in ‘97 or so. I wanna say I got it along with a LucasArts pack because I was a big Star Wars fan. I totally forgot that Robert Patrick was the main character’s voice, and in 2020 I’m happy to know Steve Blum was kicking around even back then. My entire experience was getting a bit into the game, getting stuck on a puzzle that I couldn’t for the life of me solve, and thinking I’d come back to it. So 23 years later, I watched this video on KZbin. Great stuff here!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you for watching! A couple of the puzzles in this game were real stumpers.

[@ChristosapherDre]

The visuals, music, and ambient sounds were so mystical and really immersed you in that world

[@mattmtdc]

Although I did not play this game very much nor knew much about it, I appreciate all the time and effort you put into creating this video! After watching the entire video, I feel enriched and am grateful you shared this with us. Thank you for putting out such great content!

[@ericjohnson3387]

Thank you for such an in depth video! You did a great job highlighting behind the scenes as well as gameplay elements that made The Dig and underrated gem.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@elmalloc]

I must have watched a full playthrough of The Dig on youtube a few times in my life. The music and voicing were amazing.

[@MotherKojiro]

Been waiting until I'd finished the game before watching this, which I just did less than an hour ago, and I enjoyed it more than I'd thought I would. Usually with this kind of hype surrounding a game, especially with much of it revolving around someone outside of the world of game development, it turns out not great, but like you said, this was a beautiful alien world that was an absolute wonder to explore. Great video, too; it really surprised me to find out that this game's development was so involved!

[@Birdlaw23]

Amazingly well done, I remember the game vividly and this really brings it back.

[@trollfot]

Thank you so much for that in depth look into one of my favorite video game ever... R.I.P Lucas arts :)

[@ikerpaz6636]

Probably my all-time favourite game due to its atmosphere, visuals and soundtrack. Great work summarizing the development hell this game went through, Pam.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you!

[@Ovog95]

Wow, what an amazing video. I played this game for the first time some 5-6 years ago, since I found one of the screenshots really pretty, and loved adventure games. I was not disappointed. and I actually found the turtle puzzle to be harder than the claw one (or longer at least). It is nice to hear about its story in detail.

[@beinthemoment]

This is one of the best videos on "The Dig" to find on KZbin. Awesome work! Thank you very much for it!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bigbang555]

What an amazing and comprehensive video on one of my favorite games from my childhood, thank you so much for this!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

You're welcome

[@RainierGuide174]

That game was wild when I was a little kid. It also terrified me at times that my parents wouldn't let me play too close to my bedtime

[@Q3456789]

Awesome. I found this game a couple years ago & it's nice to see someone still appreciates it as well. Really good video.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@steveo3521]

I'm glad you covered this classic. I can't believe people complained that putting back together the bones of that one bug like creature was too hard... just a screen or two before that you can find a fossil to see how one looks like..like the long neck for the head and the big legs in the back. Made it a lot more easy to solve finding and looking at this fossil.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

The turtle skeleton was kinda hard, the fossil doesn't show everything.

[@lonesquiff6551]

What made it hard was keeping that visual in your head, walking over, and then trying to reassemble it. I seem to recall there was a weird overlap in the rear legs that wasn't immediately apparent lol

[@MAIDELLA]

You're awesome! I'm actually a sound designer in television and I'm currently teaching myself Wwise and Unreal. I would like to transition to audio implementation in video games. But I came a bit late to gaming. I was an NES kid, and then a bit of Sega, even less PS1, and then the quantum leap to Xbox One.. your channel fills in so many blanks for me on the history and development of gaming. So much history I never even knew... thank you for your content. I learn so much from you. I also love when you throw in an opinion on a soundtrack or even a showcasing of a new vinyl release in your collection! Thanks for the lessons!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

So glad you like the videos!

[@cipherbloom]

Wow--marvellously put together video! Thank you so much! I had no idea about The Dig's storied history. It's a game my partner and I played a few years back thanks to a wonderfully eccentric and generous neighbour. For some reason I always remember the line, 'Light salad dressing,' but totally forgot about, 'Have you seen this boy?' All the best to you and yours.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

So glad you liked it :)

[@prophismusic]

love your dives into these titles

[@dixonbuttes6564]

I used to play this game in early middle school, around the time it came out. They should turn this into a movie today.

[@RichardHoogstad]

I think that was how it started, but production on a movie was considered too costly so they made a game instead. But I don't have a source to back that up, I heard that in one of the videos about this game.

[@youellswinney1964]

I bought this game on Steam yesterday because of this amazing video. I've watched this three or four times now and never get tired of it. Thanks for making such a great episode!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

This was definitely one of the best games of its time. Especially with the majestic, epic music... amazing artwork, and... come on--the voice acting from SO MANY talented, professional artists was fantastic. Simply fantastic. The idea of "visual puzzles" working into math and science for alien means of inter-cosmic communication was epic, too.

[@MattyStoked]

This is a fantastic video. Not just going deep on the game, but I love that you took the time to speak about the development and the historical context. Thanks for this, I loved it.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it

[@YarisTex]

I'm finding your reviews absolutely fantastic. Love the art on this game btw!

[@blacksunapocalypse]

I remember playing The Dig on the demo disc when I was a kid. We could only play the first area where you were in that big valley sorta thing with the crashed ship. It was so weird but enticing, and for SO MANY YEARS I wanted to know what happened after. But I was a kid and didn't have the money. I think it was at least 10/15 years later that I actually played it when I could D/L off of steam. It was so worth it. I still think back to the game today. It was such a deep story, and beats the hell out of so many today for that alone.

[@Shino2600]

Wow! Fantastic review , this was reliving part of my childhood! This game was so different and so great!

[@RegimentJoker]

I love this video so much my parents used to play this game when I was a kid. I played it years later to relive the nostalgia of watching them play. This was nice to see. I remember my mom getting stuck not knowing to hold the button down on the gems to make the Prismatic bridges to the center of the map.

[@ianhanschen]

Over the years I've played through The Dig 3 or 4 times. What a game. Great video!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you!

[@Cybermoo]

Man! The Dig is one of my favorite point and click adventure. What a brilliant story!

[@bdekraker]

Excellent video, thank you for putting it together. The dig is a classic, one that I'm surprised has not been mined, no pun intended, for a movie since being made.

[@matthewrobinson6872]

Love The Dig this was a great retrospective, I also own the novel, you're only person I've seen do a deep dive on a game that was very popular for the time and still holds up today.

[@gullf1sk]

I love this game. I play through it every now and then and have done so since it came out in 1995.

[@mcorleonep]

I wasn’t much of a PC gamer but I did play through The Dig when it came out. Well done backstory on the game development. Makes me want to play through it again all this time later.

[@Transfixed]

One of my all-time favourite games! I recently completed it because when it came out i got stumped on one of the puzzles near the end. I think it was that one where you have to hold down the button (not knowing you could do that) but could be remembering wrong. Great video!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@nastybedazzler]

Great video. I was just laying on my couch when all of a sudden this game randomly popped into my head. I haven't though about it in like 25 years since I played it, I was just instantly curious what anyone had to say about it on KZbin and here we are. It's funny, I actually remember a lot of those scenes you showed in this video, especially the sea monster spitting out the bones of that alien creature it ate. Thanks for putting this together, that was a fun trip down memory lane. I really wasn't expecting any kind of useful info on this one, I'm glad to see other people actually got a chance to play this one too.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks for watching!

[@EfTheTank]

Hey! I'd forgotten about the novelization. I, too, read it. It was basically the game verbatim with erroneous extras as you mentioned. I always come back to this and Full Throttle when I want to experience a quick two hour game, as I'll never forget the sequence of events or how to overcome the puzzles. Like rewatching a movie. I do recall the turmoil at LucasArts, as I grew up during this era, and followed all of their games. With a monster interest in development. This video still added additional insight beyond what I already knew. Bravo. Subscribed. Will check out your other vids!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy the others, I've covered a few more LucasArts games.

[@Speedracer415]

All good comments already taken. Just discovered your channel as I am rediscovering point N click games. Going old school. Great documentary/review ❤

[@BenRai2k]

I loved this video Pam, it was really well put together. The length was great too, really immersed me into what you were presenting to us.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you!

[@neonautumn34]

Wow, you really did a fantastic job with this one. It was so interesting that I didn't even realize it was almost half an hour long.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Yay, glad to hear that

[@GameFreak4Ever]

Wow! You're narration along with great scenes from the game and old video footage was EXCELLENT! You seem to bring something. It felt like I was watching a documentary on the HISTORY channel.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank so much! It was fun to make

[@finnhaverkamp]

This is great so far. Will finish later.

[@StraytheSkies]

I'm a simple man. I see my favourite LucasArts game and I click. In all seriousness, great video!

[@roguerifter9724]

I like the Dig but the RPG/survival version sounds like it would have been more fun for me. It was a very nice video and I never realized what the ghosts of Digs past section meant until now.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I agree! I would have loved to see what would have become of the first version.

[@lonesquiff6551]

That survival aspect is really starting to show up in more games; such as No Man's Sky.

[@TakeOpal]

You have a great skill with writing narration. Never felt formulaic or hard to understand, which is tough to accomplish! Awesome vid, thanks for putting in the hard work.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you liked it!

[@captainnintendo]

I remember as a kid in the 90's that I saw a review of this game on a TV show here in Denmark called "Troldspejlet" which is pretty much the oldest running TV show we have that talks about movies, book, games and nerd culture in general. It's actually one of THE oldest still running shows on Danish TV to this day. Back then, it was always so fascinating to even see video game footage on the TV screen that wasn't your own. My mom would always record these episodes and I would rewatch everything that had to do with video games xD The Dig always felt facinating to me but it probably would have been WAY over my head back in the day as I didn't really start to understand English until 2000 or so. Heck, I had to call in my mom every other minute back then to translate stuff for me in Ocarina of Time. Regardless, this game as well as one called ToonStruck always stayed in the back of my mind and while I have since played ToonStruck, I haven't gotten around to The Dig yet. I probably should. Really great and detailed video btw ^^

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@zakattack8172]

Thanks so much for this excellent piece, Pam - I haven’t played The Dig, but watching this made me really want to. All the time and love you put into making this really comes through!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you liked it :)

[@kambo_trick3y89]

Loved playing this game and Full Throttle during the Golden Era of Point and Click adventure games and was a huge part of my childhood. Took me and my brother months but we finally managed to beat it together. Fond memories and beautiful story. I honestly think I would have ended up dumber in my adulthood had I not played it. Thank you for covering this.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

No problem :)

[@Dan-hf4bd]

Even if it this video is years old, I appreciate that someone else has experienced this game as deeply as I did. Was a formative part of my youth.

[@1981neno]

I really enjoy this kind of retrospective/documentary videos. The effort put in the video really shows off. Thanks DariaplayRPG for recommending your channel

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Yay, Daria’s great

[@aguyinhisroom]

I loved this game when I was young, I couldn't figure out a lot of the puzzles though and had to order the official guide, but it ruled nonetheless. This is an awesome video! Love the history and info

[@jacacent]

Just finished this one for the first time. Loved it!

[@FarzadKoobasi]

Nice video, thanks for all your effort and sharing them.

[@Nintendofan-yk4cd]

Didn't know much about this game before. Excellent video Pam!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@shinypb]

This was an excellent video. Thank you so much for making it and sharing it with us.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you liked it

[@barretxiii27]

Love this game. I remember the weird days of MS-DOS and the funkiness of installing games, but even with those issues, we still loved playing this game on the family computer. Once I got my own laptop, The Dig was the first Steam purchase I ever made.

[@ValorousFogey]

I finished the game yesterday! Really lovely video, thanks!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you :)

[@MikkelSzklany]

I've seen many videos on the dig before, but none have been as informative as yours. Great job :-)

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you

[@socrates0603]

Great video, Pam! Your hard work and time really shine through-much appreciated! While I haven’t played all LucasArts games, The Dig is one that I played although I never finished the game. I found this video inspiring to pick up the game again. As a fan of story driven games and adventures, I’m a fan of your coverage of such games.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you!

[@Roshenbo]

I absolutely love this game. Point & click adventure games are what started me in the gaming world. I truly enjoy going back to my roots from time to time... Then I found the NES, and it spiraled out of control since then lol.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Very nice video. :) I didn't play The Dig back when it came out (I was still using an Amiga), but I played it years later in SCUMMVM. I'd heard negative things about it, but I enjoyed it. I loved the cinematic opening that looked like it was taken directly from an animated movie. I always though the ending was a little weak though. For me, the hardest puzzle was the skeleton one. I knew what I had to do, but it was so hard to match the small bones to the ones in the image that it took me quite a few tries to get everything in the right place. Everyone else I knew who played it also had trouble with that point. I also used SCUMMVM's fast mode to speed up entering the door codes. I loved the idea of using the shapes as combinations, but the animations for changing them were painfully slow. Especially as I tend to wander back and forth for ages before figuring out what I need to do. Personally, I didn't mind the art style. In fact, I always preferred the first two Monkey Island games over the later ones. The big, cartoony characters always made the screens feel cramped, and maybe it's just the way the games were designed, but it seemed like there was a lot less to interact with on each screen. Full Throttle felt that way to me as well. Anyway, it's a shame that The Dig isn't as highly regarded as the Monkey Island games are.

[@nick-of-all-trades]

I forgot that Orson Scott Card of Ender's Game did dialogue for this. Man. Such a good game. Subbed.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Welcome to the channel

[@BradyRay_333]

This is one of your best videos. I loved hearing about the development of the game.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you so much!

[@foma42]

Great vid! One of my all-time nostalgia faves. Wonderful to revisit it like this. And whoa-I’d completely forgotten about Day of the Tentacle. Need to scratch a build together so I can get my retro PC gaming on. Best!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@98of99]

Great video. I loved this game and agree the artwork was top notch. Also loved the setting, the mystery, and the sense of adventure. All around an awesome game.

[@HadesTimer]

Always impressed by these types of videos. Most people just read a wiki and throw up any old thing. It is rare to find a well researched and well scripted video like this. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@InitialDL84]

Been digging deep into your computer RPG and adventure videos, loving the history behind them. I've always been deep into console gaming only, so it's interesting seeing and hearing about all the computer games that came out in the 90s and the work and history behind them. I'm just a retro video game history buff at the end of the day I guess 😅

[@EisensteinPrime]

This is absolutely one of my favourite games. The colours, the environments and backdrops, the characters, the mystery. I was big into astronomy as a kid and this still makes me wonder what else is out there... And how do I find it? Thanks for creating this, it's so interesting to learn the development of such an amazing piece of gaming history.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rozzbozzgames]

Amazing sound mixing and editing on this video, content top notch as always- this is really impressive stuff.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you

[@RobWalkerFilms]

Thank you for this retrospective and examination of the game. Excellent work!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

:)