Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Digger

Title	Digger
First release	1980
Developer	Gremlin
Publisher	Gremlin Interactive Ltd.
Platform	Arcade
Genre	platformer
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
Releases	Arcade: 1980-05-01

The player controls an explorer who is being pursued by an army of strange monsters in a maze-like canyon. Dig a hole to trap a monster and then fill up a hole after a monster falls into it.

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Sources

TheGamesDB (44889) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (digger) · last updated 2026-10-08 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`digger`
Title at ADB	Digger
Manufacturer	Sega
Year	1980
Genre	Maze / Collect
Players	1
MAME driver status	PRELIMINARY

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Sega); 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 (mame-title+year) · fetched 2026-10-08 04:55 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Gremlin Interactive Ltd. · internal use only

Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Gremlin Interactive Ltd. · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Arcade Game: Digger (1982 Century Electronics)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Arcade version · longplay · 22:09auto-matched
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