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The Dig

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Point-and-click Puzzle Adventure Science fiction
83
User Score
117 ratings
45
Critic Score
1 reviews
Very Positive
1,140 reviews
November 30, 1995
Released 11168 days ago
Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac DOS

About

In the dead of space, something is alive.

A deep space adventure by Sean Clark in collaboration with filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

You've saved the Earth from Total Destruction. Now, Can you save yourself?

An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it. Along for the ride are award-winning journalist Maggie Robbins and internationally renowned geologist Ludger Brink.

Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, the trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface.

What they uncover is anything but routine.

Low, Brink and Robbins unwittingly trigger a mechanism that transforms the asteroid into a crystal-like spacecraft. The team is hurled across the galaxy to a planet so desolate, Brink is moved to name it Cocytus, after the 9th circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno. The bleak landscape was obviously once home to a highly enveloped civilization, with remnants of sophisticated architecture, advanced technology and an intricate network of underground tunnels.

But no Cocytans.

Who were the original inhabitants of this once rich empire-turned-wasteland? What are those apparitions that mysteriously appear from time to time? Why have Low, Robbins and Brink been brought to this place? And how can Low keep his team from unraveling in the face of such uncertainly? To return to Earth, the must dig for answer, both on the planet's surface and deep within themselves.

From the combined talents of LucasArts and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes an epic adventure that plunges headlong into the very core of the unknown. And takes you with it.

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Release Dates by Platform

DOS Worldwide
Nov 30, 1995
Mac Worldwide
Nov 30, 1995
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1995
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1995
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1996
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Oct 29, 2002
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Feb 6, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jan 31, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Jul 8, 2009
Linux Worldwide
May 12, 2010
Mac Worldwide
May 12, 2010
Linux Worldwide
Mar 19, 2015
Mac Worldwide
Mar 19, 2015
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Mar 19, 2015

Game Info

Developer
LucasArts
Publisher
LucasArts
Engine
SCUMM
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Point-and-click Puzzle Adventure
Themes
Science fiction

Languages

Audio / Voice
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
Text / Subtitles
English, Italian, German, German, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, English, French, Spanish (Spain)

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