Digger

Digger is a video game in the action genre originally released in 1992. It is currently playable on DOS.

Digger is a remake of the classic Digger, your task is to collect diamonds, try to stay alive from falling diamonds/rocks and avoid ghosts.

The game offers 32 levels, once you have completed a level, you get the level code for the next one, so you can skip levels the next time you play.

Once you have started a level, you have 3 minutes to collect the amount of diamonds needed to complete the level. When you have done so, the exit is accessible and you can leave the level, but you can still collect the rest of the diamonds. You get 10 points per diamond, but only 1 point per second of the 3 minute time you have saved when you exit fast enough. So for the purpose of the high score, it's good to collect most (or all) of the diamonds. After earning a certain amount of points, you gain an extra life. Once you have completed level 32, all remaining lives will be added to your score.

Make sure you don't block your exit with a rock, or get trapped. If you do, your only way to complete the level is to kill yourself and replay it.

To make collecting diamonds challenging, there are some rock balls in the game. You can stand right under them, but when you move just one square down, the rock will fall, and when it hits you, you will be dead. This also happens with the falling diamonds. So, if you must go down, move fast, and then move left or right to avoid the impact. If it is a single rock, you can move them horizontally, as soon as there is more than one rock, it is impossible to move them further.

Sometimes there are not enough diamonds in the game, in this case there are some sieves in the level, where you must put a rock on top of it, and if there is space under the sieve, the rock will fall through it, and transforms into a diamond. But of course, this is also a good idea to do this, when you already have the certain amount of diamonds to collect.

And for a bit more of a challenge, there are ghosts in some levels, which you must avoid, or they kill you. The good news is, they don't chase you, they just follow a patrol route. The bad news is, who knows their route as most of the time, their route is blocked by a diamond or rock, once you remove it, they come . . . But you can kill them, if you are good enough to let a rock or diamond fall on their head, then they 'explode' and destroy the 8 squares around them, so make sure, you are not on one of them. But be careful, the explosion will destroy anything, even solid walls, and this can trigger more falling rocks/diamonds.

If you once get tired of the levels, create your own, with the included level editor.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.