Digger

Description

The player controls an explorer who is being pursued by an army of strange monsters in a maze-like canyon. Dig a hole to trap a monster and then fill up a hole after a monster falls into it.

Digger was produced by Sega/Gremlin in 1980.

Sega/Gremlin released 21 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. Sega/Gremlin was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega/Gremlin during the time period Digger was produced include: Deep Scan, Fortress, Head On, Head On 2, Invinco!, Monaco GP, Astro Blaster, Eliminator, Frogger, and Pulsar

Specs

Name	Digger
Developer	Sega/Gremlin (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7583
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 2 - DigFill
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Digger KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.05 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	2.00
Collector Desire	1.00

Technical Rating: 2.50

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	1.00
Sound/Music	3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

By digging a small hole in the door before the monsters come out you can lock them in indefinitely, then fill the maze with holes, allowing you to play almost indefinitely.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Digger Census

There are 15,173 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,343 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Digger collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Digger.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Owner's Manual - Digger Manual — **Owner's Manual**
(62 pages, 7.5 MB File)

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