Planet Bob - Playing Dugger (Amiga)

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Hi there!

 

I bet you can guess from the screenshot what attracted my attention here:

 

http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/xype/dugger.gif

 

Yup, when reading about Dugger, I was expecting no less than Dig Dug on steroids

 

How wrong I was...

 

This rare swiss game production from Linel starts with a very cool intro sequence showcasing excellent Amiga graphics and music. Wile the music can hold this quality level during the actual game, the graphics are a first downer.

 

Content wise it's the most blatant Dig Dug ripoff you can imagine. It's really just that, there's not a single new idea in the whole game. What's really a shame though, is the poor playability of the game.

 

There's so many flaws, I wonder if this was playtested at all. Let's start with the boulders, a key mechanic of Dig Dug. Gone is the happy camping underneath a boulder: In Dugger they fall immediately!