Dig Dug (cocktail cabinet) | Atari, 1982

acquired : November 19, 2005
game settings : 3 lives, rank B, 10k, 40k, 40k
personal best high score to date : 88,100
customer best : 144,840
game settings : 3 lives, rank B, 10k, 40k, 40k | November 14th., 2006

Items still left to do in the restoration process:
—New table top glass [part #038366-01] (anyone know of a source), or where a place/location might be able to cut a fresh version?
—Cardboard Display Bezel [part #037681-01]
—Smoke-color acrylic display overlay [part #035867-02]
—Leg Endcaps [part #78-3205] (found a source - just need to order some)

Hooked-up the analog coin counter internally (November, 2006)

Found a nice upright sized marquee to hang next to the game, but how?! :: anyone know of a Canadian source for coin switches?


History: Was shopped out by a local guy - very clean inside and out. Trouble shooting the coin mechs had me scratching my head for awhile tho :: hadn't played this one since the early 80s. I like it much, much better now than when I was a kid - probably because it's a pretty hard game, (and I didn't last long for a quarter) but wow - fun! :: Didn't come with table keys - had a local locksmith make a new key for the existing locks (fascinating procedure) - and watching him helped me add/replace locks in the rest of my machines big time! Table top was also missing the original locking brackets (didn't have a shot of what the stock version looked like), so I fabricated an ingenious replacement (which according to the manual illustrations looks exactly what I procurred!). Needed a new bulb shortly after getting it (Thanks Ben!), and new coin switches – the big reason for grifting. Cleaned up and tweaked the leaf switches which restored proper game-play, and I only needed to replace one leaf on P2's pump button :: Acquired two original manuals for it : Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual (Complete with Illustrated Parts Lists - 4th printing) & Schematic Package Supplement – Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual (2nd printing) :: First (but oldest) original game that I own which keeps the highscore after power-down ::