A post in the forums reminded me of why I got into gaming.

This is a tale that started in 1983 when Rob Sleath created Digger for the IBM PC (http://www.digger.org/windmill.html). As the magazine ad says, this is a true arcade game for the home computer. The gameplay is simple, challenging but fun. And it holds up even today. A truely classical game. When the Nobbins shapeshifts into Hobbins you better get out of their way. As a much.. much! younger me, even before the NES, I was obsessed with this game.

Yes, it's inspired by Dig Dug but this is really not that game. To me, this is the original.



This is me playing the game in dosbox CGA mode (http://www.dosbox.com/). It was so long ago I had forgotten where the firebutton is (F1, it's a different game when you know). The timing and sound may be a little bit off but it's close enough and runs the original DIGGER.COM.


The game can practicly be run on anything these days thanks to community contributions. There's even a port for the DS here http://gtamp.com/DS/diggerds.php.

The images are from http://www.digger.org where you can also download a version that works on modern PCs.