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Dig Dug II

TitleDig Dug II
First release1985
DeveloperNamco
PublisherNamco
PlatformsArcade, Famicom Disk System, NES / Famicom
Genremaze video game
Players1–2 players
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Arcade: 1985-03-12 (NTSC-J)
NES / Famicom: 1986-01-01 (NTSC-J)
Famicom Disk System: 1990-08-31
Wikidata IDQ1224575

Taizo Hori navigates an island from an overhead perspective to eliminate all enemies in each round. Players use a pump to defeat Pookas and Fygars, the latter of which can burn the player with horizontal fire breath. Success requires managing these two enemy types while clearing the stage to progress through the action-oriented levels.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q1224575) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
REG-Vault (famicomdisk/dig-dug-ii) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
TheGamesDB (35546) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (98400) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (45310) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Arcade Database (ADB) (digdug2) · last updated 2026-10-03 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only
Arcade Database ADB
MAME romsetdigdug2
Title at ADBDig Dug II (New Ver.)
ManufacturerNamco
Year1985
GenreMaze / Collect
Players2
MAME driver statusGOOD
Dig Dug II – Flyer
Flyer
Dig Dug II – Marquee
Marquee
Dig Dug II – Title
Title
Dig Dug II – In-game
In-game
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Namco); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-03 16:58 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Namco · internal use only. REG-Vault page
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-J release) · © Namco · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Namco · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Sprites
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Videos
NES Longplay [741] Dig Dug II (US)
World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 23:46auto-matched
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