1990 · Oliver Twins · Action · Platformer

Bubble Dizzy

Dizzy's in trouble - again! Dizzy was taking a boat journey to visit his girlfriend, Daisy and present her with a glittering pearl necklace (the old romantic). But! Catastrophe strikes as Dizzy discovers he's not on passenger boat at all!! It's a pirate ship, captained by non other than the evil Captain Blackheart.

Released: 1 November 1990
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Atari ST/STE Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX MS-DOS ZX Spectrum
Genres: Action Platformer Puzzle
Developers: Oliver Twins
Publishers: Codemasters
Series: Dizzy
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: GRAC ALL

About

Bubble Dizzy is an arcade style action video game developed by the Oliver Twins and published in November 1990 by Codemasters for the Amstrad, Spectrum, MS-DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga.

Keywords

abstract
high score
anthropomorphism
underwater gameplay

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game involves Dizzy being forced to walk the plank of a pirate ship and from the sea bed use bubbles to float back to the surface and dry land.

Reception

The game received mixed to negative reviews, with critics commenting positively on the colorful graphics but negatively on the difficulty. Warren Lapworth of Crash called it "the worst Dizzy game ever...makes eating soup with a fork look easy." James Leach of Your Sinclair magazine stated the gameplay "relies tremendously on luck" and noted its more straightforward, arcade-style mechanics compared to other Dizzy games.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Amstrad CPC	31 December 1990	Worldwide
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1990	Worldwide
ZX Spectrum	31 December 1990	Worldwide
Amiga	31 December 1992	Worldwide
Atari ST/STE	Unreleased
MS-DOS	Unreleased