Dizzy - Retro history ( 25th birthday celebration )

[Neil79]

Interview - History

The Games

Dizzy ! - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure 1987

Treasure Island Dizzy 1988

Fantasy World Dizzy 1989

Magicland Dizzy 1990 ( Groovy Music )

Spellbound Dizzy 1991

Dizzy, Prince of the YolkFolk 1991/2012

Fantastic Dizzy 1991

Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 1992

The Spin offs

Fast Food Dizzy 1987

Kwik Snax Dizzy 1990

Panic Dizzy 1990

Bubble Dizzy 1990

Dizzy Down the Rapids 1991

Go Dizzy Go! 1992

History Info

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_(series)

Remakes and stuff

http://www.yolkfolk.com/site/index.php
http://www.yolkfolk.com/dizzyage/

Dizzy you'll always be a part of my childhood, you damn annoying egg

 

[Westie]

this game can **** right off spent hours on it as a kid lol!

 

[Neil79]

this game can **** right off spent hours on it as a kid lol!

haha you and me both Westie!

Did you ever complete a dizzy game?, can't say i did

 

[Kainz]

Used to play it back in the day on my Amstrad CPC464. Great game, utterly dreadful collosion detection. The latter led to a lot of screamng and Cheetah 125+ joystick throwing

I stopped playing the series after Fantasy World dizzy though as it was always a very long game to play through.

 

[Narj]

Used to play it back in the day on my Amstrad CPC464. Great game, utterly dreadful collosion detection. The latter led to a lot of screamng and Cheetah 125+ joystick throwing

I stopped playing the series after Fantasy World dizzy though as it was always a very long game to play through.

CPC464 player here too. Spellbound Dizzy drove me ******* nuts and I never did complete it!

My favourites were Treasure Island Dizzy and Prince of the Yolkfolk. Best 2 IMO!

 

[Indy500]

Ah, the era of "sole guy\girl in bedroom making mainstream video game".

Speaking of the original 1980s Atari, did it bother anyone else that Infrogames changed their name to exploit the Atari heritage?

 

[jamiehavok]

i had most of the dizzy games on my atari finished spellbound and magicland i think. could never finish treasure island that one did my head in!

 

[Gimpymoo]

Do Codemasters own the Dizzy IP lock/stock?

Did not realise that 50% of the Codemasters games back in the day were by the Oliver twins.

 

[!bluetonic!]

Let's thank the Dizzy creators for the inspiration for the Amiga spinoff..

 

[Xcept1]

Oh my days. Which one was it that had you jumping over a dog to get its bone? I want to say Fantasy World Dizzy. I'm sure I had it on the Amiga 500...

 

[Hzza]

Xbox Ahoy did a lets play of one of the Dizzy games a couple of months ago on his Retro channel (RetroAhoy) if anyone fancies a bit of nostalgia without the pain of actually playing the games. Can't link as I'm at work but it should be easily searchable.

 

[Kanifee]

Think I still have most of these in the loft along with a Sinclair Zx spectrum. Awesome days!

 

[nydryl]

Ahhhh Dizzy, it sent me into so many rages as a kid. Such good games.

 

[McGray]

The creators looks like Dizzy now lol.

 

[Neil79]

Think I still have most of these in the loft along with a Sinclair Zx spectrum. Awesome days!

True!

Can't believe one of those tapes used to cost 99p! , just look at the prices now

 

[Souness]

back when completing any game was an achievement

 

[Kainz]

Back when most games had sod all game saving and very few used special 'codes' to save your point in the game Matchday II was one such title - sod Fifa

 

[GeX]

Oh my days. Which one was it that had you jumping over a dog to get its bone? I want to say Fantasy World Dizzy. I'm sure I had it on the Amiga 500...

That was Fantasy World Dizzy.

I used to play these on my 48k Spectrum. It take ages to load, and crash mid game if the power cable got breathed on!

 

[gaijin_lost]

I remember playing this! I vividly remember it being one of the best looking games I'd seen at the time (rose tinted goggles anyone?)

 

[Neil79]

I've only ever played Dizzy and Treasure Island Dizzy when they first came out!, tried them all now though