Fantasy World Dizzy
Art recycled for the US release of Fantastic Dizzy.
Developer(s)	The Oliver twins
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Release date	October 1989
Genre(s)	Arcade adventure
Mode(s)	Single player

Screenshot of the loading screen.

Fantasy World Dizzy is an arcade adventure video game designed by the Oliver twins featuring the character Dizzy released in October 1989 by Codemasters. Fantastic Dizzy (The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy outside Europe & Australia) is a 1991 video game developed by Codemasters. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video 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. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British video game developers. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... The Amstrad CPC was a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... C-64 redirects here. ... This article is about the family of home computers. ... The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ... This article is about the family of closely related operating systems for the IBM PC compatible platform. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Further information: Game classification Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay interaction. ... An Arcade Adventure is, as the name implies, a gaming genre containing both elements of arcade games and adventure games. ... 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. ... Image File history File links A screenshot of the loading screen from Fantasy World Dizzy, made with the Spectaculator ZX Spectrum emulator. ... Image File history File links A screenshot of the loading screen from Fantasy World Dizzy, made with the Spectaculator ZX Spectrum emulator. ... An Arcade Adventure is, as the name implies, a gaming genre containing both elements of arcade games and adventure games. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... 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 loading screen from Fantasy World Dizzy. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British video game developers. ...

The game is considered the third in the Dizzy series and was even developed under the name Dizzy 3', because the third game in the series Fast Food Dizzy was not an arcade adventure game and deviated from the Dizzy format. Screen shot of game play from the Commodore 64 version. ...

The game was the first to include the Yolkfolk; Daisy, Denzil, Dozy, Dylan and Grand Dizzy.

Also, the game was first to feature the gameplay mostly used in all subsequent versions: three lives, most graphical elements and physics, two alternative control layouts (on Spectrum - 6, 7, 9 and 0 in addition to previous Z, X, Space and Enter). Only health bar was yet to be introduced in the next sequel, Magicland Dizzy. The Yolkfolk as shown on the Magicland Dizzy title screen. ...

Game reviewer and independent computer game designer Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, in his online video reviews for Zero Punctuation named Fantasy World Dizzy as the best game ever made. However, it is unclear whether or not this was intended in a sarcastic manner.[1] Look up Review in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... -1... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Ben Yahtzee Croshaw (born May 24, 1983,[1] Warwickshire, England[2]) is a British-born author of adventure games created using Adventure Game Studio software. ...

See also

• Dizzy series

The loading screen from Fantasy World Dizzy. ...

External links

• Fantasy World Dizzy at MobyGames
• A walkthrough video of Fantasy World Dizzy on the ZX Spectrum
• Fantasy World Dizzy at World of Spectrum
• Fantasy World Dizzy Remake at Theo's Grotto