1991 · Oliver Twins · Adventure · Arcade

Dizzy Down the Rapids

Dizzy Down the Rapids is an arcade style action video game that was published in 1991 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga. The game involves Dizzy riding barrels down a river avoiding obstacles and enemies. This was another game derived from a minigame game found in The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy like Bubble Dizzy. The game was based on the game play from an arcade game titled Toobin'.

Released: 1 April 1991
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX MS-DOS ZX Spectrum
Genres: Adventure Arcade Puzzle
Developers: Oliver Twins
Publishers: Codemasters
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: Japan United Kingdom
Age ratings: PEGI 3
Composers: Allister Brimble

About

Dizzy Down the Rapids is an action video game published in 1991 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64.

The game involves Dizzy riding barrels down a river avoiding obstacles and enemies. It is based on the 1988 arcade video game Toobin'. The C64 version by Paul Black was originally called Toobin' Turtles. When the game was taken to Codemasters for consideration, it was rebranded to take advantage of the Dizzy character.

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The C64 version was developed first by Paul Black. The C64 version was originally a clone of Toobin called 'Toobin Turles'. When the game was taken to Codemasters for consideration, it was rebranded to take advantage of the Dizzy character.