Fantasy World Dizzy

but suddenly the Evil King's trolls seized poor Daisy! She was sent to Wizard Weird's Tallest Tower, while Dizzy was dragged away and thrown into the deepest, darkest, dankest, of the King's Dungeons in the bowels of Fantasy World. Dizzy was firghtened! and he still hadn't done this week's homework!

Released: 1 October 1989
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Atari ST/STE Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX MS-DOS ZX Spectrum
Genres: Action-adventure Adventure Platformer
Developers: Oliver Twins
Publishers: Codemasters
Series: Dizzy
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Fantasy
Country: United Kingdom
Composers: Allister Brimble

About

Fantasy World Dizzy is a 1989 action video game developed by the Oliver Twins and published by Codemasters. The game is considered the third in the Dizzy series and was developed under the name Dizzy III. The third Dizzy game to be released, Fast Food, was regarded as a spin-off that deviated from the standard Dizzy format.

Fantasy World Dizzy was the first Dizzy adventure to feature many elements which later became standard for the series, such as having three lives, an improved inventory system and a balance between puzzle-solving and hazards. This game also introduced the Yolkfolk: Daisy, Denzil, Dozy, Dylan and Grand-Dizzy.

Keywords

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flip screen
oddly-shaped cartridge

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

Dizzy's girlfriend Daisy is kidnapped by the King Troll while walking through a forest with Dizzy, and he has to chase after her. Along the way, Dizzy must collect 30 coins.

Reception

The game was given a rating of 9 out of 10 by Peter Parrish of Eurogamer. The ZX Spectrum version was voted the 25th best game of all time in a special issue of Your Sinclair magazine in 2004. Amstrad Action rated its version as 89%.

In October 1994, Commodore Format magazine included a full playable version of the game on their covertape.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Amstrad CPC	31 December 1989	Europe
ZX Spectrum	31 December 1989	Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1990	Europe
Amiga	31 December 1991	Europe
MS-DOS	31 December 1991	Europe
Atari ST/STE	31 December 1991	Europe