You control the digger with the arrow keys, and shoot with the F1 key. If you have killed enough (4 in the first level, 3) monsters, you get the cherry, which if you collect, you can eat the monsters and get big scores for a small time. However, these bags are very useful to crush minemonsters below you, and if they fall two or more spaces, the gold falls out from the bags and you can collect the loot. There are also gold bags, which fall and cruch everything under them, including you, if you are not paying attention. When it's done, you go to the next level, each level becomes harder, of course. You have to control a digging machine in a mine and collect emeralds and gold while you evade nobbins and hobbins, the minemonsters who are coming to get you! Your goal is to collect all emeralds in the mine, or to kill all nobbins or hobbins. Yes, this is the good-old game that even is a difficult challenge to everyone who plays it - Digger! The enemies can only chase Digger through the tunnels he creates - they cannot dig through the dirt themselves.ĭigger's defenses consist of being able to shoot a single, rechargeable shot in the direction he is facing with F1 (which recharges after about thirty seconds), crushing his foes by digging underneath a gold bag and letting it plummet down, crushing anything in its path, or by collecting the bonus cherry that sometimes appears, causing Digger to become temporarily invincible. However, Nobbins and Hobbins are also lurking within the levels - Nobbins are fairly slow, but transform into Hobbins which are much quicker. The goal of each level is to gather up each of the gems, which allows you to progress to the next stage. Players control the titular 'Digger' that can tunnel through dirt with ease. Take control of a mechanical digging machine as you tunnel your way through the earth, searching for valuable gems and the even more valuable bags of gold! But watch out for Nobbins and Hobbins, and don't be careless enough to let the bags of gold crush you!ĭigger is an arcade game combining elements of the popular arcade games Dig Dug and Mr.