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'''The Dig''' was the eleventh game to use the [[SCUMM]] scripting language.  The game, based on a story by Steven Spielburg, first follows two NASA astronauts (Commander Boston Low, Dr. Ludger Brink) and a reporter named Maggie Robbins as they attempt to destroy an asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth.  Later, the game finds the crew on an alien planet trying to discover why there seems to be no sentient life, discovering the secrets the planet holds, and trying to find a way back home.  
'''The Dig''' was the eleventh game to use the [[SCUMM]] scripting language.  The game, based on a story by Steven Spielburg, first follows two NASA astronauts (Commander Boston Low, Dr. Ludger Brink) and a reporter named Maggie Robbins as they attempt to destroy an asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth.  Later, the game finds the crew on an alien planet trying to discover why there seems to be no sentient life, discovering the secrets the planet holds, and trying to find a way back home.  
==Game Varients==
The Macintosh and PC DOS versions are virtually identical.
==Data Files==
All of the files required for The Dig to run
Macintosh CD
* The Dig Data
Macintosh Demo
* The Dig Demo Data
PC CD and Floppy
* VIDEO folder
* DIG.LA0
* DIG.LA1
* DIGMUSIC.BUN
* DIGVOICE.BUN
* LANGUAGE.BND (Non-English versions)
PC Demo
* audio folder
* video folder
* dig.la0
* dig.la1
==Datafile Compression==
The *.BUN files can be compressed with the utility compress_scumm_bun which is found in the [[http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php#tools ScummVM tools package]]
The utility is used in the following manner:
compress_scumm_bun digmusic.bun
==Platform Compatibility==
List of platforms where The Dig is known to work / not to work
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|Legend:
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|style="background:lightgreen;width:100px"|Completable
|-
|style="background:#ffff77;width:100px"|Not Completable
|-
|style="background:#ff7777;width:100px"|Doesn't Work
|-
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width=100%
|+The Dig Compatibility by Platform
|- style="background:silver"
|Platform||Game Version||Status
|- style="background:lightgreen"
|Windows||PC CD-ROM||Completable
|- style="background:lightgreen"
|Windows||Macintosh||Completable
|- style="background:lightgreen"
|Linux||PC CD-ROM||Completable
|- style="background:lightgreen"
|Linux||Macintosh||Completable
|- style="background:#ffff77"
|Dreamcast||PC CD-ROM||Not Completable - cutscenes freeze, gameplay slow
|}


==External links==
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