Dig Dug II - Trouble in Paradise (USA) - MAME software

Nintendo NES cart. published 35 years ago:

Dig Dug II - Trouble in Paradise © 1989 Bandai America, Inc.

North American release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Dig Dug II [Model NDDII-4500]".

Description from the back cover:

Dig Dug has decided to chill out from the pressures of the real world by taking a long over-due vacation on a beautiful Caribbean island. At last, he thinks to himself, sun, sand, surf, and no more hassles from those miserable pests. Pooka and Fygar! Lying in a hammock stung between the graceful palm trees, he drifts off into a blissful dream of beautiful bikini clad native girls catering to his every wish. But just when he thinks he's got it made in the shade, along come his troublesome enemies to turn his peaceful paradise into a tropical nightmare. Help Dig Dug rid the island of these irritating intruders and bring tranquility back to his vacation by the sea.

TECHNICAL
Cartridge ID: NES-I2-USA

TRIVIA
Dig Dug II - Trouble in Paradise for NES was released in December 1989 in North America.

The sub-title "Trouble in Paradise" only appears in the game's packaging and user's manual. It does not appear anywhere in the game itself.

This was the only known appearance of "Dig Dug II" in North America until 2005, when the arcade version showed up on the Sony PSP as part of "Namco Museum Battle Collection".

CONTRIBUTE
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