Videogame Review, Dig-Dug for the Xbox One (w/ Xbox One Controller)

Videogame Review, Dig-Dug for the Xbox One (w/ Xbox One Controller)

It doesn’t matter what color my Xbox One controller is exactly.  What matters is the gameplay for this retro/old video game and I find the digging and pumping under the soil against would-be enemies to be interesting.  Although my thumbstick for the controller is smaller than an arcade machine joystick there’s a good amount of mass to the controller as a whole; in fact, I can have a really good grip on the Xbox One controller by using its specially designed grips while arcade machines have different grips of their own (the dashboard edges in particular).  I can also adjust the saturation and brightness on my TV and Dig-Dug looks good on a modest HD TV.  Particulars to note are: A) you can’t dig diagonally, B) you can’t dig into the sky, and C) you can’t dig into hell except from enemy encounters on mortal Earth.  Could you imagine if I used my air pump on the Devil’s mouth and inflated him until kingdom come?  That’d be hilarious!  Still, I can’t just do evil against evil I suppose.  Maybe there needs to be some sort of story or something on the Dig-Dug series through more, exclusive cut scenes.  Arcade games “from the olden days” have limits.  We’re often just pumping up enemies and blowing them up.  Are they just nothing more than balloons for us to pop?  None of us actually love them anyway.  Besides, silly cartoon stuff can get bothersome to people who want to have a serious experience on gaming.  Even the old Tomb Raider can seem ridiculous at this point in history.  There’s arcade games on the Gameboy Color which have more value to me than Dig-Dug for the Xbox One.  Why?  Well, hold on, missy!  The old Halo games we played in the markets like GameStop and Best Buy practically were arcade games for as long as they were around in those stores.  “Arcade” to me just means, among other things, playing a game outside of your home.  We need a theater of some kind where we could play video games and socialize with others in the same way that movie goers go chat and have a drink and popcorn together.  People have gotten rid of arcades across the USA.  During this removal of arcades we’ve also isolated ourselves from each other and can’t trust strangers like we used to.  Fortunately, there’s still arcade machines and arcades, and online gaming can help the righteous ones find their better partners in communication, at least theoretically.  Dig-Dug is built into the Xbox One through some cheap deal on its online shopping channel for a few old classics like Dig-Dug, Galaga, and Pac-Man; although the Xbox One games are cheap, it’s actually more of a luxurious experience to get an old Atari console with a good number of games or even to buy new Atari products together.  Don’t get new Atari 5200 controllers though; instead, buy a refurbished gold Atari 5200 controller and get Dig-Dug, or get a gold Atari 7800 joystick and Dig-Dug, or a new N64 controller and Dig-Dug, or whatever.  This Xbox One edition as far as I can tell may be the best one in terms of mobility due to the Xbox One controller’s mechanics, buttons, and internal battery connections.  Xbox One chargers and chargeable batteries are actually more troublesome because the power can drain while the controller is off; just using Duracell or Energizer batteries should suit you fine because I’ve been using my batteries for a lot of hours between occasions and haven’t yet drained the batteries very much at all.  Screen modifications can be made, and, I’ve played classical music from a CD in my Xbox One console’s downloading tray and received great music as a victory slogan for Dig-Dug before and after playing.  Remember that your Xbox One is also a CD player; remember that!