The Excellent Dizzy Collection

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title = The Excellent Dizzy Collection


developer = Interactive Studios
publisher = Codemasters
designer = The Oliver twins
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released = November 1993
genre = Action game, Puzzle Game, Adventure game
modes = Single player
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platforms = Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
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"The Excellent Dizzy Collection" is a video game compilation published by Codemasters in November 1993. The title includes three stand alone games, based on the video game character Dizzy created by the Oliver Twins. The compilation contains, "Dizzy the Adventurer", "Panic Dizzy" and the previously unreleased "Go! Dizzy Go!". This became the last Dizzy game to ever be released.

Background

After the failure of the Aladdin Deck Enhancer, Camerica was forced to close down, and Codemasters was in financial trouble. As a result many staff left the Oliver twins' software company, Interactive Studios, who were unable to find replacements. "Dizzy The Adventurer" was freely bundled with the Aladdin, and three other titles were being developed for it; "Dreamworld Pogie", "Go! Dizzy Go!" and "Wonderland Dizzy". However, after the Aladdin was abandoned, the Oliver twins decided to release all four (when completed) on the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear to bring in some extra revenue. However, Codemasters wasn’t comfortable releasing each as a full priced stand alone title, so forced them to combine the games into a compilation, but only three would fit. They abandoned the non-Dizzy oriented game, "Dreamworld Pogie", and intended to release the action game "Go! Dizzy Go!" and the two adventure games "Wonderland Dizzy" and "Dizzy The Adventurer". However Codemasters marketing team informed the Olivers that they couldn’t release two adventure games on the one compilation. They decided that the previously-released "Dizzy The Adventurer" was the stronger title and didn’t require any further development and, as a replacement for "Wonderland Dizzy", the twins included the previously-released "Panic Dizzy".

After "The Excellent Dizzy Collection" was released, the Oliver twins left Codemasters for another publisher and with the intellectual property split between Codemasters and the Oliver twins no more Dizzy games were ever produced, although both companies have since said they would like to revisit the series. Both "Dreamworld Pogie" and the final Dizzy game, "Wonderland Dizzy", remain unreleased.

Games

"Dizzy the Adventurer"

"Dizzy the Adventurer" is an enhanced version of the previously released "Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk" that was bundled with the Aladdin Deck Enhancer for the Oliver twin's publisher (Codemasters/Camerica) ill-fated NES peripheral. The title had not previously been released on the Sega platforms so was originally going to be released as a stand-alone game but publisher Codemasters was uncomfortable releasing it at full price.

"Panic Dizzy"

The game was originally released as a stand alone product as, "Dizzy Panic!" for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 however was included as a last minute replacement for "Wonderland Dizzy". Publisher, Codemasters felt two Adventure games shouldn’t be included on the one compilation so the Oliver twins decided to leave "Dizzy the Adventurer" and replace (the still unreleased) "Wonderland Dizzy" the with "Panic Dizzy" to complement the other two styles of game.

"Go! Dizzy Go!"

"Go! Dizzy Go!" was originally to be released on the NES for the Aladdin however due to its unexpected failure the title was then going to be released as a stand alone title for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. However the publisher, Codemasters, was uncomfortable releasing it separately at full price so was included as part of "The Excellent Dizzy Collection".

Quattro Arcade, released for the NES in 1992, featured Go! Dizzy Go!.

The game is an arcade-style puzzle game where the player must navigate the Dizzy through a series of mazes similar to the "Adventures of Lolo" games.

See also

* List of cancelled video games

External links

* [http://www.blitzgames.com/olivertwins/ The Oliver twins' website]