Newest find: Dig Dug cabaret

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After a horrific water-filled experience last Friday/Saturday (see thread: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=143661 ), I was able to salvage this past Sunday by picking up a Dig Dug cabaret. I've heard there were only 500 or so of these ever made, so I'm pretty excited to own one. I still have to do a little bit of cleaning up on it, but overall it's not a bad looking cab. All original, big & bright monitor, and has the manuals and schematics too. The coin mech was jammed up as well, so i got about $2 in quarters and about 20 slot machine tokens out of it.

The first two pics are the cabaret fitting in the back of a PT Cruiser, and yes we were able to close the door! The second two are of Dig Dug in its new home.
 

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That is a really cool dig dug. Ive never seen a cabaret of it! Lucky find man. Too bad you drive a PT Loser lol.
 
Cool find! Congrats.

I've put full sized pinball machines in my 2003 GT Turbo PT Cruiser when I leased one. Great car, tons more room then you expect.
 
Congrats on scoring a rare cabinet and a great game!

I've put full sized pinball machines in my 2003 GT Turbo PT Cruiser when I leased one. Great car, tons more room then you expect.

Take those back seats out, and it's pretty amazing what you can fit in it. We have a 2005 and its been a great car for us. Cheap, reliable, and versatile.
 
Thanks for the congrats, guys! I finally got to open up the back (no keys for that lock) and it's just dusty from age but overall pretty clean.

I've fit two cocktails in that PT at once (a Frogger and Arkanoid: ROD [Centipede conversion]). That car has been a godsend for smaller machines. The door would never close w/ a full-size machine. Oh, and it's my wife's car. I drive a Camry. :p
 
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What's the serial number on yours?

That one looks to be in great shape...
 
What's the serial number on yours?

That one looks to be in great shape...

Thanks, I was wondering the same thing and I honestly don't know. I looked on the back of the cab (upper left-hand corner) and the sticker w/ the number seems to have been ripped off. :(

Is there any other way to tell?
 
Now that's perfect. I don't think Dig Dug is the best Atari offering, but it's pretty good, so having it in a cabaret is perfect. Compared to many cabarets, that one sure is colorful.. I'd gladly have that in my gameroom!
 
After a horrific water-filled experience last Friday/Saturday (see thread: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=143661 ), I was able to salvage this past Sunday by picking up a Dig Dug cabaret. I've heard there were only 500 or so of these ever made, so I'm pretty excited to own one. I still have to do a little bit of cleaning up on it, but overall it's not a bad looking cab. All original, big & bright monitor, and has the manuals and schematics too. The coin mech was jammed up as well, so i got about $2 in quarters and about 20 slot machine tokens out of it.

The first two pics are the cabaret fitting in the back of a PT Cruiser, and yes we were able to close the door! The second two are of Dig Dug in its new home.

I really love Dig Dug. I think the cabaret model is the one I'd grab too. I think I got it in my head that the game was too simple/kiddish and deleted it from my must have list. I was wrong to do so. Everyone, even non-arcade collector types remember Dig Dug. Great pick-up.
 
I really love Dig Dug. I think the cabaret model is the one I'd grab too. I think I got it in my head that the game was too simple/kiddish and deleted it from my must have list. I was wrong to do so. Everyone, even non-arcade collector types remember Dig Dug. Great pick-up.

Agreed, and it's the perfect size game for my wife (she's about 5'2") :)

There's actually a lot of strategy in playing Dig Dug. For me, it's not about blowing up the enemies with the pump—it's about dropping rocks on them for major points. The game requires a lot of timing and skill to get multiple monsters under the rocks before you drop them. Between that and collecting the veggies that appear after two rocks are dropped you can really bump up your score. I try to get at least 3 Pookas/Fygars to chase me through long vertical trenches before releasing a rock. So far, my biggest drop netted me 6,000 pts. at once. Luckily, the EAROM is intact and still saves the scores. I just reset it last night so I can go for my own.
 
Awesome pickup! :beerchug:

I already like cabarets in general but Dig Dug and Centipede are two that I *really* would like to have.

Anybody want to trade a full-sized Dig Dug for a cabaret? :D
 
Luckily, the EAROM is intact and still saves the scores.

Mine does, too. Which is good, considering my Dig Dug cabaret was sitting in storage for so many years. (Do EAROMs go bad?)

Now it's in my kitchen; I keep the attract mode sounds on `cause they echo real nice in there. :D
 
I love the smaller form factor, but don't let the miniature look of this cab fool you...it's still REALLY heavy, probably due to the full-size monitor in there. I was surprised how much I struggled to get it downstairs. Not quite as heavy as, say, a Centipede or Pengo...but still a chore. Deceiving little bugger! :D
 
Mine does, too. Which is good, considering my Dig Dug cabaret was sitting in storage for so many years. (Do EAROMs go bad?)

Now it's in my kitchen; I keep the attract mode sounds on `cause they echo real nice in there. :D

In a 1982 game, ANYTHING can go bad. :wink:
 
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