Dig Dug was the best arcade game ever made. That's not even up for debate in my mind! When I was a little muffin, whenever I found this game somewhere, all my money went into it exclusively... well, this and Joust. I forget how the story goes exactly... but it's somethin like, some guy finds a buncha monsters in his garden or something, so he decides to blow them up with a bike pump? What on Earth? No saving the world here... just blowing up garden monsters with a bike pump! This little formula for a game may sound a bit simple, and in fact, it is simple... it belongs to the carefree, pick up and play arcade games of the 80s! The best kind! The music is catchy as hell, especially how it plays snychronized with your walking, and speeds up when them garden monsters start a floatin'. What I don't understand is, why do some monsters seem to do everything they can to get closer to you, while others will run away? Probably has something to do with how many monsters are left on the screen. Probably something I should have researched before this review, but ehhhh. The graphics are just perfect. The graphics are just good enough to show the detail of the monsters, leaving everyone wondering what the hell they are and how they ended up in this poor man's garden... A fire breathing dragon? Kirby in a red jumpsuit and a gasmask on? And why is this man dressed in what looks like a space suit? This game will get you thinking! It's a mind workout, along with a bike pump workout... yeah... Watching those little underworld monsters bloat up like they had a bean burrito grande meal and explode... it's priceless! Also, rainbow layered soil is what this world needs. Dig Dug plays similar to my all-time favorite Colecovision game, Mr. Do. Both involve making trails/tunnels in the dirt and killing monsters. Only difference is, Mr. Do does it with some sorta bouncy ball rather than a bike pump. But come on now, any man that can kill things with a bike pump is worth his weight in beef jerky. They shoulda sent Dig Dug into World War II... if he was around. Dig Dug vs Flame Throwing Nazi... I'd throw my money down on Dig Dug any day of the week. He's got garden power! I think Dig Dug feels insecure about the size of his package so he feels the need to blow up innocent gas mask kirbies in his shitty rainbow garden. Dig Dug makes me wonder if I could rob a 7-11 dressed up like a space man, holding a bike pump. Well hell, probably not... but if I went screaming towards the president with a bike pump, there's no doubt in my mind I'd get shot... and who knows, maybe I'd bleed gravy. Maybe I'd get burried and a buncha fire breathing float dragons would hover over my grave and then run away like a gaggle of pansies. This game is one of the few reasons I'm considering buying a Gameboy Advance! Namco Museum! Dig Dug, Galaga, Ms. Pacman and Pole Position! 50 cents worth of batteries for the equivalent of $100 in quarters at an 80s arcade... using my on-the-fly calculations *cough* making up numbers. By the way, as with all classic 80s arcade games, this is only fun with a functional high score list... otherwise there's no real reason to play. This game gets 8 / 10 stars.