History VideoGame / Dizzy

** The GrandFinale of almost every single game usually involves a map-long Fetch Quest from one end to the other, usually as far as it's possible to go, and usually back again. (''Magic Land'', for example; go to Hades, get Wizardslayer Trident; traverse map to the top of the Ice Tower, use Trident, get Zaks' Ring; traverse map back to The Cracks Of Gehenna, [[LordOfTheRings throw Ring into lava]]. Then start hunting for the [[LastLousyPoint Last Lousy Diamond...]])

* ThrowItIn: Dizzy's trademark somersaulting jump action was just the result of the Oliver Twins faffing around with the rotate function in their paint program.

* SureWhyNot: The Oliver Twins said Dizzy was never supposed to be an egg, just a face with hands and feet. But after the first game was released and everyone thought he was an egg, they decided to go with that, and created the rest of the Yolkfolk.

* ''Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure'' (June, 1987)
* ''Treasure Island Dizzy'' (August, 1987)
* ''Fantasy World Dizzy'' (1989)
* ''Magicland Dizzy'' (1990)
* ''Spellbound Dizzy'' (1990)
* ''Fantastic Dizzy'' (1991)
* ''Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk'' (December, 1991)
* ''Crystal Kingdom Dizzy'' (1992)

* ''The Excellent Dizzy Collection'' (November,1993)). Three stand-alone games released together.
** ''Dizzy the Adventurer''. Enhanced version of ''Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk''.
** ''Panic Dizzy''. Essentially ''Dizzy Panic!'' under a new title.
** ''Go! Dizzy Go!''. A MazeGame.

* FanSequel: Several. One has Dizzy as a contestant on ''{{Knightmare}}''!

* ShoutOut: Various, ranging from the works of J. Milton Hayes, to the rest of the Codemasters library, to pretty much every FairyTale ever written.

* ShoutOut: Various, ranging from the works of J. Milton Hayes, to the rest of the CodeMasters library, to pretty much every FairyTale ever written.

A series of Action-Adventure games released in the UK during the mid [[TheEighties 1980s]] to early [[TheNineties 1990s]].

* ''Bubble Dizzy'' (November, 1990). Dizzy is captured by pirates and forced to WalkThePlank. Sinking to the bottom of the sea, Dizzy has to use bubbles to float back to the surface.

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''Fantasy World Dizzy'', the third game in the series, [[BigNameFan is famously adored by]] [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben Croshaw]] - if ironically and through a heavy dose of NostalgiaFilter. (He does a LetsPlay of the game on his blog: [[http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2012/02/eggs-on-legs.html Part 1]], [[http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2012/02/eggs-on-additional-legs.html Part 2]].) StuartAshen is a fan of ''Treasure Island Dizzy'', the second game in the series, as he points out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-RCHyWcfIU here]].

''Fantasy World Dizzy'', the third game in the series, [[BigNameFan is famously adored by]] [[ZeroPunctuation Ben Croshaw]] - if ironically and through a heavy dose of NostalgiaFilter. (He does a LetsPlay of the game on his blog: [[http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2012/02/eggs-on-legs.html Part 1]], [[http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2012/02/eggs-on-additional-legs.html Part 2]].) StuartAshen is a fan of ''Treasure Island Dizzy'', the second game in the series, as he points out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-RCHyWcfIU here]].

* PromotedToUnlockable: Daisy becomes a playable character in ''Dizzy Down the Rapids''.

''Fantasy World Dizzy'', the third game in the series, [[BigNameFan is famously adored by]] [[ZeroPunctuation Ben Croshaw]] - if ironicly and through a heavy dose of NostalgiaFilter. (He does a LetsPlay of the game on his blog: [[http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2012/02/eggs-on-legs.html Part 1]], [[http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2012/02/eggs-on-additional-legs.html Part 2]].) StuartAshen is a fan of ''Treasure Island Dizzy'', the second game in the series, as he points out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-RCHyWcfIU here]].

* EvilTwin: The Dizzy Doppleganger. In the Amiga games he's distinguished by having green gloves and and boots and glowing red eyes.

* FetchQuest: Most of the games revolved around carrying objects from one end of the map to the other. This troper would start Magicland Dizzy by fetching as many items as possible and putting them in one room, just to save time and annoyance later.
** The official helpline ("calls cost 36p per minute during off peak time") even recommended doing this; specifically in Prince Charming's throne room, which is more or less central.

*** Of course, you could always [[spoiler:put them down on something soft that won't smash them...]]
**** That's not much help when [[spoiler:you're down the mine shaft, where there ARE no soft surfaces...]]

** Similarly in ''Fantasy Land Dizzy'' there's an upside down world. Of course if you're using a PC emulator, you can just Ctrl-Alt-Down your screen to flip it...
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: Pervades throughout the series, but the strict FIFO system in ''Treasure Island Dizzy'' is particularly heinous.
** Especially as a bug in the system would ''occasionally'' make you drop two items at once... bye bye snorkel *drowns*

* NintendoHard: ''Spellbound Dizzy'' in particular, see that page for details

* PortableHole: you can pick one up, but as soon as you pick it up - and store it in your bag - there's a hole in your bag, so everything falls out of it. [[MindScrew Including the hole]].

** ''Magic Land Dizzy'' has a clever little puzzle that references PacMan.
*** Not to mention the Billy Goats Gruff, Alice in Wonderland, Lord of the Rings, Aladdin, the legend of King Arthur, the Pied Piper of Hamlyn, the Frog Prince, the Wizard of Oz, Sleeping Beauty and probably at least one more that's been forgotten. Seriously. ''EVERY'' FairyTale ever written is in these games somewhere. That list is just ''one game'' and there's a dozen of these things.

* SuperDrowningSkills: ''Treasure Island Dizzy'' introduced a snorkel, which sort of helps.
** Unless you accidentally drop it underwater, of course.

* TravelingPipeBulge: ''Spellbound Dizzy''

* ''Dizzy Down the Rapids'' (April, 1991). Essentially an obstacle course game. Dizzuy rides barrels down the river and has to avoid various hazzards.

* ''Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk'' (1991)

The games concern the various adventures of Dizzy, a member of a race of egg-people called the Yolkfolk who live in a high-fantasy world of dragons, trolls and treetop villages. Most of his adventures involved saving his fellow Yolkfolk from peril or escaping a dangerous land.

A series of Action-Adventure games released in the UK during the mid 80's to early 90's

''Fantasy World Dizzy'', the third game in the series, [[BigNameFan is famously adored by]] [[ZeroPunctuation Ben Croshaw]]. StuartAshen is a fan of ''Treasure Island Dizzy'', the second game in the series, as he points out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-RCHyWcfIU here]].

* EarWorm: The music in these games was damnably catchy, especially in ''Treasure Island Dizzy''.

* AGodAmI: Arguably the case with the evil wizard Zaks, the series's BigBad, as he was able to imprison ''Satan''.

* PortableHole: you can pick one up, but as soon as you pick it up - and store it in your bag - there's a hole in your bag, so everything falls out of it.