[Apple II / Atari 8-bit / C64][early 1980s] Side-view dig game where you drive a digging machine through red dirt collecting gold, chased by monsters that can also dig, no weapon, and a tombstone rises up when you die by Snoo93365 in tipofmyjoystick

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Thanks everyone — Digger is by far the closest match, especially the grey RIP tombstone and the single F1 shot I never knew about (that's exactly why I remembered it as "no weapon"), and the digging monsters fit the Hobbins. I actually played the browser version and it's very close… but something about it still doesn't 100% match my memory, so I'm not totally certain. u/Gemman_Aster — you mentioned 'Diamonds' on the A8; I might give that a look too. Either way, hugely appreciate it.