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Developer's note
"The Excellent Dizzy Collection is a compilation of three stand alone Dizzy games, including Dizzy the Adventurer, Panic Dizzy and the previously unreleased Go! Dizzy Go!. This collection was the last game released with Codemasters as publisher.
Two unreleased games - Dreamworld Pogie and Wonderland Dizzy, were due to be included in the collection, but were swapped for the previously-released Dizzy the Adventurer and Panic Dizzy at the publisher’s request.
[Philip & Andrew Oliver. Source: http://www.olivertwins.com/TheExcellentDizzyCollection]
We were bearing the costs of producing games but as they were not released we had no income to support development. We had to find a solution. The Sega Master System was very similar to the NES in its ability and the recently released Game Gear was just a handheld Master System we decided to convert Dizzy the Adventurer, Dreamworld Pogie, Go! Dizzy Go! and Wonderland Dizzy. Here were some potential releases and we could salvage some of the work we had already done. We felt we had no choice and started converting the games.
During production our relationship with Codemasters took a downturn. We decided to cancel Dreamworld Pogie fairly quickly as some of the staff left us and we didn't have the staff left to convert all of them. A few months into the work Codemasters’ marketing department told us that it was not prepared to release the games separately at full price so we would have to turn them into one compilation. Powerless to do anything about this we called the compilation The Excellent Dizzy Collection and it should have contained Dizzy the Adventurer, Go! Dizzy Go! and Wonderland Dizzy.
A month or so into development we were told that the compilation could not contain two adventure games.
So as the pressure was on we decided to convert the aptly named Panic Dizzy as it was the simplest Dizzy game written and would complement the other two games well. After many trials and tribulations The Excellent Dizzy Collection was comprised of Dizzy the Adventurer, Panic Dizzy and Go! Dizzy Go!
We were getting desperate and by now we were having difficulty paying staff, some of them left and we were living off our wives' incomes. We felt that the time had come to break away from Codemasters and go it alone...
[Philip & Andrew Oliver. Source: http://www.olivertwins.com/history/page/17 , http://www.olivertwins.com/history/page/18]
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1. Dizzy the Adventurer - Adventure Game
Here's Dizzy - in an amazing magical quest packed with action, mystery, surprises and lots of new interesting characters. Escape from an underground cave and wake Daisy from the endless sleep caused by pricking her finger on a cursed spinning wheel! The spell can only be broken by a kiss from a Prince! A great [??] [??] humour and brilliant fun! A superbly crafted cartoon adventure set in a magical kingdom!
Brilliant graphics, music and a magical quality that will [??] players.
"A magical quest to wake Daisy from her endless sleep"
2. Panic Dizzy - Puzzle Game
It's puzzling, challenging and mega playable! Play any of the Yolfolk and challenge friends to a choice of 3 brilliant, original puzzle games. There's shape shifter, dizzy dice and picture puzzler to boggle your mind and blow your brain. Push and shoot the descending shapes in a race against time! Fantastic fun!
"Put your brain & reflexes in to top gear for 3 original puzzle games!"
3. Go Dizzy Go! - Action Game
It's Dizzy and Daisy to the rescue in this [??] [??] challenge. Zaks' treacherous worlds are jam packed with all sorts of nasties. Power-Ups and Special secrets! Take up the challenge in single mode or two player mode.
Classic maze style game with 5 worlds each containing 5 levels. Superb graphics, funky music and exciting gameplay!
"Dash around weird and wonderful worlds to free the yolkfolk!"