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Encyclopedia > Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
Developer(s) Codemasters
Publisher(s) Codemasters
Designer(s) Creators: The Oliver twins
Release date(s) December 1991
Genre Adventure game
Mode(s) Single player
Platform(s) Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Screenshot of gameplay from the Amiga version.
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Screenshot of gameplay from the Amiga version.

Spellbound Dizzy is an adventure video game featuring the character Dizzy released in December 1991 by Codemasters. The series was originally developed by the Oliver twins however had little involvement with this title. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British software houses. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British software houses. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to develop computer games professionally while they were still at school. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is listing of computer and video game genres with a brief description and examples from each genre. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Games, like most other forms of media, may be categorized into genres based on gameplay, atmosphere, and various other factors. ... Amstrad CPC 464, with CTM644 colour monitor The Amstrad CPC was an 8-bit home computer produced by Amstrad in the 1980s. ... The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a small home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. ... The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ... In computing, Amiga is a range of home/personal computers primarily using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982, initially as a game machine. ... The Atari 520 ST The Atari ST was a home/personal computer system released by Atari in 1985. ... The acronym DOS stands for disk operating system, an operating system component for computers that provides the abstraction of a file system resident on hard disk or floppy disk secondary storage. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A poster of Dizzy. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British software houses. ... The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to develop computer games professionally while they were still at school. ...


The game is considered the eighth and last title in the Dizzy series, it had grown to being one of Codemasters most profitable franchises. Codemasters recognised that Christmnas was the best market to release the series in, so began work with a five man team in January 1991 and worked solidly for nine month making it the most tested and development title in the Dizzy series.


See also

A poster of Dizzy. ...

External links

Dizzy Series
Adventure Dizzy
Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure | Treasure Island Dizzy | Fantasy World Dizzy | Magicland Dizzy | Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk | Spellbound Dizzy | The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy | Crystal Kingdom Dizzy | Wonderland Dizzy (Unreleased)
Action Dizzy
Fast Food Dizzy | Kwik Snax | Dizzy Panic! | Bubble Dizzy | Dizzy Down the Rapids | Go! Dizzy Go!
Related
Dizzy Journey to Russia | Dizzy Return into Russia | Wibble World Giddy

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Encyclopedia: Dizzy series (1593 words)
Dizzy and the Yolkfolk also appeared in a few action games, such as the maze game Fast Food, Kwik Snax and the action game Dizzy Down the Rapids.
Daisy was Dizzy's girlfriend in the series, and the object of several of the games was to rescue her from some terrible fate.
Grand Dizzy could be identified from the rest of the yolkfolk by his walking stick and, in earlier games, his moustache.
Dizzy series - definition of Dizzy series in Encyclopedia (244 words)
The Dizzy series of computer games was one of the successful computer game brands of the late eighties and early nineties.
At this point, Dizzy was not specifically intended to be an egg; the shape had been chosen because it was easy to rotate and animate.
Dizzy would run, jump, and roll around various locations in order to collect objects, interact with other characters, and solve logical puzzles.
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