I really loved this game but having played it again not too many years ago, it does have several “sins” of the genre like overly cryptic puzzles and pixel hunting.

But the atmosphere is really top notch.

That was a nice piece. I remember becoming hooked on this game from the moment I heard about it. I think that was due to its history of being a Spielberg project that was deemed too expensive to make our something like that.

The first time I played the game was a demo version from a magazine CD and I knew I wanted the full game, I love a bit of good sci-fi.

Once The Dig was released, I went all in. Bought the game on day of release and ordered the novel as well. I also remember finding the soundtrack CD at a record fair.

You probably have to use the way back machine to find it, there was a website called The Dig Museum. It had information about earlier versions of the game and some of the unused graphics that hide in the released code.

Finally, the one puzzle that used to drive me crazy was the rebuilding of the skeleton. I'm sure those nights had to be arranged pixel perfect!

One of my favourite games from that era. Nice to see I’m not alone :)

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The music was particularly amazing in this game. I just think the biggest drawback were the very cryptic puzzles especially in the later half. It all makes sense retrospectively once you understand what you are doing but in the moment it can be very frustrating.

It reminds me lot of Myst like puzzles - you end up interacting with a bunch of weird technology and it isn't always clear on what you are doing.

I've played it several times back then and kept a hand-written cheat sheet for that one puzzle where you had to get that crystal out. It was so hard without a quick walkthrough on the internet ;)

Watched a video of it recently cause I had remembered it. Thought I would watch 10 mins or so, kept watching till the end :D

I read the novelization as a kid and had no idea it was based on a game. It was a solid book. I never played the game until much later but it was cool seeing the developers' take on the same stuff.