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DIZZY
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The first of many appearances
1987 by 'Dizzy'. Written by 'The Oliver Twins' and published
by Codemasters- a budget seller, he sold no less than 250,000
copies. Average cost was £2.99 per game -no doubt this
weighed much in Dizzy's favour to many of the more expensive
£6 to £14.99 range- a hefty sum 22 years ago!
However, this does not infer that the game was any the lesser
for it. On the contrary, Dizzy's first adventure had a tremendous
allure by its cartoon-type sprites, quirky characters, good
sound and tricky puzzles - all the ingredients for an addictive
and well designed game with the guaranteed line of quality
sequels.
Our little egghead made one of the most appearances on the
speccy during its time. After the first three or four however,
the spin-offs lost much of their appeal and lacked the original
magnetism of his earlier appearances.
The Dizzy animation is smooth and the rolls are great. Colour,
sound and graphics all compliment each other and bring great
playability to the Dizzy series.
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Island Dizzy
Make a potion and destroy the evil wizard Zakks! Simple...
Well not really. Collect items and place them strategically
in the many locations to allow progression in the game. Takes
a little thought and perseverance, but this all added to our
spherically-challenged hero's charm..
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Appearances:
Treasure Island Dizzy
Fantasy World Dizzy
Magicland Dizzy & Spellbound Dizzy
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
Panic Dizzy
Dizzy Down the Rapids
Bubble Dizzy
Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
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Magicland Dizzy.
The fourth in the popular series, and just as popular as
its predecessors. Great fun and no lack of brain-teasing puzzels
which is the trademark of our hero.
'The graphics are all the trademark cartoon-type with a impressive
amount of colour and detail. Dizzy himself is the same as
in the original game with all its jumps and cute little rolls.
It's the addictive nature and the good playability of the
series that kept Dizzy rolling!
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- Dizzy Cassette Cover -
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Dizzy (6)
Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk.
Like the previous Dizzys, the beginning is rather easy that
progressively gets more difficult as you solve more tasks.
By his sixth introduction however, Dizzy had spawned many
clones and perhaps had lacked some of originality of the puzzle
challenges and other areas.
Hmmm. Is that a jug of water, firewood and some matches i
see before me...
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