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Article #70829Re: Looking for OLD game: DIGGER
From: Keith Harrison
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:00
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In article <199806241330...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, Zweldron
<zwel...@aol.com> writes
is this also known as dig-dug?? i recall an old cga game similar to
boulderdash where you 'erase' the background and then 'diamonds' can
fall on your pursuers!
>>I had never heard of it, but had it described as a 2-part game:
>[snip]
>>If you have _any_ info on this game, I'd love to hear from you.
>
>I don't have it, but basicallt it was a variant of Mr. Do! (if you know that
>old arcade game)
>It was a CGA game that ran way too fast on my 286/16, but with moslo it could
>probably do nicely even on todays machines.. If you are also unfamiliar with
>Mr. Do!, you are chased through an underground warren by creatures, while you
>gather gems. You have the ability to dig through rock, while in general the
>enemy does not. You also have a "powerball" which can destroy an enemy, but
>everytime you use it, it takes longer to recharge. clear a board by killing all
>the enemies or by collecting all the gems (in mr. do!, they were cherries, not
>gems, but the premise is the same)
>
>--- The Qurqirish Dragon, (Matthew Charlap)
> <<UDIC>>
>
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Keith _O_ o~
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