The Dig is a facinating piece of DOS game history. The development history of the game is almost as interesting as the game itself, and I recommend you look it up. The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game with a simple one-cursor interface and more complex puzzles than usually encountered in LucasArts. Patch; Game. Download page for The Dig (CD DOS). A classic sci-fi adventure game from LucasArts and Steven Spielberg, using the SCUMM engine. The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 1995 as a CD-ROM for PC and Macintosh computers. Like other LucasArts adventure.
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Im using an XBOX One controller and it works perfectly, the two joysticks work just like the joysticks in a real excavator and the feel is actually pretty impressive considering its "just" a game. One thing that annoys me is, that the right joystick left/right is inverted on the excavators, so that the bucket tilt outwards when u move the joystick left and vice versa, while it shd be the other way around. U can easily invert the bucket control under settings, but while it fixes the issue for the excavators, it messes up the wheel loaders as theyre actually not wrong by default. Basically it means u have to constantly switch the "invert bucket" on and off according to when u switch between a wheel loader and an excavator, hopefully they will fix this in a patch soon. While the excavators have a nice feel of realism, the wheel loaders dont, they feel weird both when driving and when moving the arm and bucket.
So it goes for the dumpers, first of all their sound is awful, nothing like the real thing at all, second the acceleration is almost instant and anyone who has driven one knows that theyre not the fastest things off the line, especially when carrying a full load, and finally their top speed is more or less about half of what it shd be. Its a bit hard to actually level dirt with the excavator using ur digging shovel, I know that there are a wide shovel for leveling, but the point is, that irl u do actually use digging shovels to level out small areas as u go. U cant dig with the leveling shovel, again I know u normally don't do that, but irl its done all the time when u need to move such small amounts of material that changing the shovel is too time consuming.
Pushing material would be a neat feature too, like when u excavate and build a pile, u can push into the top of the pile, forcing the top to move away from u, leaving new space to unload ur shovel. None the less, those are minor issues and prolly something we'll see addressed in a future update.
As for the XBOX controller support, it works great and it makes it easy to control the machines. Compared to other digging sims, this one has good control, good camera, nice physics and if u drive the excavator like u would with a real one, itll behave pretty much the same way.
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One thing that's really missing is the ability to control the excavators arm and belts at the same time, like irl when u need to drive up on the top of a pile of material, u use the shovel to grab hold on top of the pile while u drive and pull urself up; That really isn't possible in this sim and that's a real shame, because u can easily end up digging urself into material that u would normally be able to easily dig urself out of, IF u could use the arm and belts at the same time. Also forgot to mention in my initial review, that there are bugs, like suddenly a yellow button with no text appearing in the middle of the screen obstructing ur view. In addition, from time to time the excavator wont dig, when u put the shovel to the ground nothing happens no matter what u do.
The Dig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Dig is a point- and- click adventure game developed by Lucas. Arts and released in 1. CD- ROM for PC and Macintosh computers. Like other Lucas.
Arts adventure games, it uses the SCUMMvideo game engine. It also features a full voice- acting cast, including notable voice actors Robert Patrick and Steven Blum, and a digital orchestral score. The game uses a combination of drawn two- dimensional artwork and limited pre- rendered three- dimensional movies, with the latter created by Industrial Light & Magic. Unlike other Lucas. Arts adventure games, which typically included a good deal of humor, the tone of The Dig was more serious and took a somber approach to a science fiction motif.
The game is inspired by an idea originally created for Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories series. In the game, the player takes the role of Commander Boston Low, part of a five- man team to plant explosives on an asteroid to avert its collision course with Earth.
Discovering the asteroid is hollow, Low and two of his team are suddenly transported to a strange alien world, in a long- abandoned complex exhibiting advanced technology. Low and his companions must undertake xenoarchaeology to learn how the technology works, the fate of the alien race that built it, and other mysteries to find a way to return home. The Dig received mixed- to- positive reviews, with critics primarily praising its atmosphere.
Multiple reviewers said the game's puzzles were too difficult, and other aspects of the game, such as its graphics, audio, and dialogue, received mixed receptions. A novelization of the game was written in conjunction by science fiction author Alan Dean Foster.
Gameplay[edit]The Dig is a point- and- click adventure game, where the player, as Commander Boston Low, uses the mouse cursor to point to people, objects, and other parts of the environment to look at or interact with them, collect and use items in their inventory, and talk to non- player characters. The game runs on the SCUMMgame engine, and was the eleventh Lucas. Arts game to do so.
A minigame can be found on the communicator menu, consisting of "Asteroid Lander", a Lunar Lander like game.[4]A radio telescope in Borneo detects the approach of a large asteroid on a collision course with Earth; authorities dub it "Attila" after the ancient conqueror Attila the Hun. Scientists determine explosives planted on the surface of the asteroid may divert it into a stable orbit around Earth. A five- person expedition uses the Space Shuttle Atlantis to rendezvous with the asteroid and plant the charges.
The crew is led by Commander Boston Low (voiced by Robert Patrick), and joined by Dr. Ludger Brink (Steven Blum), a German archaeologist and geologist, Maggie Robbins (Mari Weiss), a linguistics expert and reporter, pilot Ken Borden (David Lodge) and NASA technician Cora Miles (Leilani Jones), who is also running for Congress. Low, Brink, and Robbins spacewalk to the asteroid and set the charges. While they are successful in altering the orbit of Attila, they find the inside of the asteroid appears hollow, and proceed to explore. When they enter a central chamber, they are trapped as the asteroid transforms into a dodecahedron pod and rapidly accelerates away into deep space.
When the three recover and can exit the pod, they find themselves on an alien planet, on a central island surrounded by five smaller, spire- shaped islands; in the game's novelization, they name the planet Cocytus. It clearly shows signs of former intelligent life, but as they explore, they find no evidence of any sentient creatures that remain, and the one advanced complex they are in shows signs of long- term deterioration. They encounter a strange form of spirit- like energy that guides them to a particular patch of ground, which they find to be soft and consistent with an opening that has been buried by time. Shortly after Brink begins digging, the ground gives way beneath him, opening a cavern into a subterranean structure. Robbins and Low soon find Brink dead at the bottom of the rubble. View of the center island and five surrounding islands of Cocytus. Robbins insists they explore the structure separately and the two part ways, keeping in contact with their communicators.
In what appears to be a museum, Low discovers a pair of crystals containing a glowing green liquid. After seeing a demonstration in the museum of similar crystals being used in what looks like a resurrection ceremony, Low tries one on Brink, bringing him back to life.
They then search for a means to return to Earth, using Brink's and Robbins' talents for xenoarchaeology to decipher strange alien text and images. As the trio continue to explore, they find Brink has become addicted to the crystals and started hoarding them for himself, leading to conflict within the group. Low discovers a pyramid that houses a preserved alien, whom he is able to reanimate by use of the life crystals.
Through Robbins, the alien explains that the rest of his species started to recognize the corruption the life crystals had; they decided to travel to a new universe, Spacetime Six, from the current one, which they call Spacetime Four. The alien chose to remain behind to warn others about the crystals. However, the rest of the species have been unable to find a way to return to Spacetime Four, and only they would be able to provide the humans with a spacecraft to return to Earth. Low offers to travel to Spacetime Six to show the aliens how to return, but this requires them to repower the portal that was used.
They are able to retrieve two life crystals from a machine that generates them, but Low and Brink fight over the crystals, and Brink falls to his death. During the process of opening the portal, Robbins is killed. The player has the option of reviving Robbins with a life crystal after the portal is opened; however, if they do, she immediately jumps to her death, with no crystals left to revive her a second time. With no other options, Low uses the portal to meet the rest of the aliens in Spacetime Six; with the portal open, the aliens can perceive the route home and return to Cocytus. They restore Brink and Robbins to life and cure Brink of his addiction to the crystals, though this leaves him as an elderly man.
If Low left Robbins dead, she is happy to see him, but if Low revived her, she is angry and scorns him. As promised, the aliens reconstruct a spacecraft for the humans, and representatives of the species join the humans as they return to Earth. Development[edit]The Dig was originally conceived by Steven Spielberg as an episode of Amazing Stories, and later as a film, but was concluded to be prohibitively expensive.[5] The idea was temporarily shelved. The initial video game design meeting was held in 1. Skywalker Ranch, and included Spielburg, George Lucas, Ron Gilbert, and Noah Falstein, the latter two of whom had created a video game based on the Indiana Jones movies that had impressed Spielberg.[6] Writing is credited to Spielberg, author Orson Scott Card, who wrote the dialogue,[7] and interactive fiction author Brian Moriarty, whose previous Lucas engagement was with Loom.[8]Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) created some of the CG imagery.[9]The Dig had by far the longest development length of all Lucas. Arts adventure games. The game's design team met for the first time at the Skywalker Ranch on the day the 1.
San Francisco earthquake struck,[1. During its development there were four successive project leaders, starting with Noah Falstein, followed by Moriarty, then Dave Grossman. The Dig's final project leader was Lucas. Arts' Sean Clark.[9]The first pre- production involved a storyline that took place in the distant future. A crew of explorers in a space ship visit an abandoned planet and discover signs of very intelligent life with powerful technology and artifacts.
It is first assumed that the occupants of the planet had died off, seeing as there is no sign of them left, but as the story progresses, the player discovers something very different. When Moriarty took over, he decided to start again from scratch.
This version of the game was similar to the actual game that was released, but it had one extra character, a Japanese science- hobbyist business tycoon named Toshi Olema, who uses his money to buy his way onto the Attila project crew.[1. Toshi would have met a gruesome death when he stumbled into a cavern with acid dripping from the ceiling, with the other astronauts being unable to safely retrieve his body to bring him back with life crystals. He was later completely removed from the story. This version of the game was also very bloody and adult, and although Spielberg thought this feel was very fitting, he had received quite a bit of complaints about the first Jurassic Park film, from parents who had ignored the PG- 1. So, worrying that parents would purchase the game for their rather young children, he requested that it be toned down a bit.[1. Other notable design ideas which were dropped during the game's production include a survival angle, which forced the player to keep water and food supplies for life support, and exploration of entire huge cities on the planet.[1. Release[edit]On November 3.
CD- ROM.[2] Upon its release, The Dig became Lucas. Arts's best- selling adventure game, with over 3. During the game's release, the director did not deny the possibility of making it into a movie. However, almost two decades later, no progress has been made on a film version of the story.[1] Lucas. Arts announced on July 6, 2.
Steam content delivery system on July 8.[1. On February 6, 2. Lucas. Arts filed a notice of opposition with the US Patent Office against Digg to uphold their trademark for the game, claiming that Digg was "identical or nearly identical to Opposer's mark The Dig." After settling out of court,[5] Lucas. Arts' notice of opposition was dropped on September 1. Reception[edit]The Dig's puzzles were generally viewed as more difficult than most Lucas.