How To Play

You control Dig Dug through the underground with the joystick. You must avoid contact with every Pooka and Fygar, as well as their ghosts, and the Fygars' fire. You must destroy every Pooka and Fygar to advance to the next round. Press the pump button to connect to an enemy and pump them full of air until they pop. Enemies that are full of air, but didn't pop, begin to deflate. They are safe to pass.

Drop rocks on enemies to crush them for extra points, but don't get crushed by the rock as well. After dropping two rocks, a vegetable appears in the center of the screen. Collect it for bonus points. When the music speeds up, any remaining enemies will try to escape the stage through the left side above ground (though in higher levels, if there are remaining Fygars they will chase after and try to kill Dig Dug). If the last enemy escapes, the game will simply proceed to next stage.