The Dig is a weird LucasArts adventure dreamed up by Steven Spielberg | Reinstall

Back in the day, when u werent even a mask on another planet.

Dig was one of my favourite games as a kid.

Best game

I LOVED THESE GAMES. Miss them a ton.

Remaster this game please

A Wonderful game! :D

What a moronic take, of course we will want to know the explanation of the mystery. Then we can like it or not like it.

Mystery without any solution is just bad writing, like JJ Abrams. Who is also a moron.

I played 'The Dig' last year. I agree with your review, but I would stress the difficulty of some of the puzzles even more. I never got the final light bridge repaired, no matter what I did. Even using the fossil of the 'sea turtle' creature for comparison, it was unclear how some of the bones were to be placed. I could go on and on. One strange decision is that Boston Lowe, a military officer, never even manages to swing a single punch and is knocked down in each combat with a single decisive blow (especially after claiming he doesn't want to injure the crazed scientist, but will if he has to). I also agree about too much being finally revealed. The three astronauts could have instead activated a similar automated spacecraft for the return journey, after only finding out tantalising bits of information about who had constructed it and who had inhabited this planet.

This game, was suppose to be a Movie, but was a bit too expensive, so they decided to make a Game! It was a real good game!

I'm here because of Chris Christodoulou and Terra Pluviam :)

PC Gamer if you sell a megazine with putting a few of the free classic game Disc collection in it, I will buy your megazine for sure

Love this game. Replayed it recently and the dialogue is a little cringey and hasnt aged well but the atmosphere is just amazing.

great game! i really hope some early build of brian moriarty's version leaks one day

I loved playing The Dig back in the day. For its day the artwork and visuals were really amazing, accompanied by that haunting and cinematic soundtrack. The puzzles were often hard and a bit weird but it only added to the charm. I was absolutely entranced; it was like actually being in a thoughtful and interesting sci-fi film. I haven't played it for years but just looking and listening to the snippets here I am transported back. A truly great addition to the LucasArts family (a different feel but certainly up there with Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island and Zak McKracken)

This game deserve a re-make...

After playing adventure games for the last 20 years, going through all the classics (MI series, DOTT, FT, BASS, BS I and II, Indy series...) I'm not sure how, but I missed The Dig. I just played it for the first time and completed it in several days. There are several really hard puzzles, but experienced adventure game players should have no troubles with them. There were two puzzles (no spoilers here, read on safely) which I consider too illogical and could play the game for months without figuring them out, for which I had to google my way through (1. the planetarium puzzle where the sun position does not reflect the shadow on the moons, thereby making it nearly impossible to figure out the needed position; 2. talking with Maggie on EXACT screen about something I talked to her numerous times). Some other puzzles were very obscure, but all in all - an excellent game that I would recommend to everyone.

Remaster this game please 2 !!!!!!!!!!! Awesome Classic Game!!!

I wholeheartedly disagree that it could be considered arthouse cinema and "weird"-- because if you compare this game to say, David Lynch's television shows and films (i.e. Twin Peaks and Mullholand Drive) which are clearly experimental arthouse cinema, this looks more like a normal science fiction movie like Solaris or Ad Astra. But I agree that it tells a fascinating story with compelling drama and intrigue.

It really needs to be remade, or even better, re-imagined with an even longer story and more gameplay. Here's hoping.

Lol this game is way too hard for the kids

Why send a Journalist?

I thought the puzzles were great, but near the end we had to look up 1 or 2 cause we ran out of patience. But I love this game, all the way through

To me, this was the best adventure game from Lucasarts. Not the Monkey Island.

I remember playing a demo of this game in a electronics store called Incredible Universe in Sacramento. I was hooked! The music, the scene and mystery. I didn't get to play it until I turned 21 in 2001. This would make a great remaster with today's tech, and maybe redevelope some new puzzles and added adventure areas.

Of course we have to have an explanation at the end, what would be the point otherwise.

Helluva soundtrack and atmosphere though

I found all the puzzles solvable even as a kid in the Dig. Challenging and fun.
The Day of the Tentacle had several puzzles I had to Bing for the solution.

One would think that at least PC Gamer would play this with the correct aspect ratio. It's not supposed to be 4:3. Use ScummVM for the correct aspect.

very good game I love it so much i wish they remake this game in third person adventure games with upgraded graphic and new stories

I loved this game when I played it back in the 90's. I recently played Red Matter on the Oculus Quest 2 and immediately thought a modern VR version of the Dig would make for a really cool VR experience.

Absolutely loved this game!! Remember me and my brother playing it together trying to solve all the puzzles.

Need this on big screen

"The Dig" signaled that computer games, and RPGs in particular, were about to tank on the marketplace. "Subnautica" has more in common with "Space Quest," but I was enthralled to walk around this world.;)

One of my fav games

The two puzzles I hated the most was the one in the nexus chamber with the power source and the second one was the turtle puzzle

to this day it is still my favourite adventure game!

I really enjoy the Reinstall series, thanks for making these!

Played this in 96 i liked it but the puzzles were not logical ............

The Steam version is rubbish.. It has music, sound bites and plugins that are missing from the original game. The best way to experience it is to grab an old PC or Mac and get an original copy of the game. Only then will you marvel at its esthetic beauty of what could be one finest Point and Click adventure games of all time..

This game is genius, what an adventure, a game that took me on a fantasy trip as a child, I was sad it ended. Just like some 80's movies which amazed me as a kid. Recently replayed this game, it still is a very good game. I wish they would make gems like these nowadays.

Austere, lovely game. I think Orson Scott Card consulted on it too.

Boring? When this game came out it was exciting! Man have people become privileged.

Just played this with my kid. It holds up, though higher-resolution graphics wouldn't hurt. And a couple of the puzzles are stupid-hard. (And that southern? texan? telescope tech at the start definitely needs to be re-voiced.)

Disagree on the puzzles and the ending (both are good) but otherwise a nice retrospective.

This really needs to become a TV show or Movie now adays. This was amazing to play back in the day!

Did anyone actually realise how close the phone/productivity device featured in this game closely resembles the smart phone of our times?

Will there ever be a remake like Monkey Island?

"I can't use these two things together"

Boring... What a jackass. This game is a gem.

This needs a remake and a sequel!