Dizzy: The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure

aka: Dizzy, Dizzy ! The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure, Dizzy 1
Moby ID: 17787
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Dizzy's world is being threatened by the evil wizard Zaks. The player takes control of Dizzy, the anthropomorphic egg, who must search the land for a Leprechaun's Wig, a Cloud's Silver Lining, a Vampire Dux Feather, and Troll Brew, to make a potion to defeat Zaks with.

This is the first game in a long line of platform games starring Dizzy. Like all other installments, the gameplay is standard platformer fare, with the exception of inventory items scattered around the world, which are necessary to overcome obstacles and progress through the game. The world expands in all four compass directions, items are frequently far away from the obstacles they are used on, and it is only possible to hold one item in the inventory at a time, so much backtracking is necessary.

There are many monsters and hazards in the game's stages. Some inventory items are used to destroy monsters. For example, one of the first inventory items the Dizzy finds is birdseed. As long as birdseed is the item in the inventory, Dizzy destroys any birds he touches.

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Devised-Written by the Oliver Twins
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Average score: 68% (based on 9 ratings)

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  • Commodore Force
    • December 1993 (Issue 13) – #80 “Readers' Top 100”
  • Commodore Format
    • November 1994 (Issue 50) – #6 The Bottom 10
  • Retro Gamer
    • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #47 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

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Game added by The cranky hermit.

Antstream added by firefang9212. Amstrad CPC added by Martin Smith.

Additional contributors: formercontrib, Patrick Bregger, S Olafsson, FatherJack.

Game added May 20, 2005. Last modified November 17, 2024.