richarddavies
21-07-2008, 12:43
This weeks choice was by Foreversonic and is Fantastic Dizzy on the mega drive.
The game was originally intended to be released in time for christmas in 1990, but because of a legal action between Codemasters and Nintendo over the game genie the title was released in April, 1991 missing the Christmas rush it was originally slated for and only sold 125,000 units instead of the expected 500,000. Despite this, the game was awarded the 'NES Adventure Game of the Year 1991' by game players Magazine and given the coveted 'Parents Choice Award'
In the game, the evil wizard Zaks cast an evil spell on the Yolkfolk, and kidnaps Dizzy's girlfriend Daisy, and it's up to Dizzy to undo Zaks' doings and rescue Daisy from the castle in the clouds.
The game is hard to qualify in a genre: while it seems at first a platform game, Dizzy is vulnerable to all enemies while unable to eliminate them, and puzzles are completed by bringing an object to a location (in the same fashion as gods and adventure games), and also has to capture all 250 stars scattered in the game. It also has several arcade minigames based on older games in the series (like bubble dizzy).
The game was originally intended to be released in time for christmas in 1990, but because of a legal action between Codemasters and Nintendo over the game genie the title was released in April, 1991 missing the Christmas rush it was originally slated for and only sold 125,000 units instead of the expected 500,000. Despite this, the game was awarded the 'NES Adventure Game of the Year 1991' by game players Magazine and given the coveted 'Parents Choice Award'
In the game, the evil wizard Zaks cast an evil spell on the Yolkfolk, and kidnaps Dizzy's girlfriend Daisy, and it's up to Dizzy to undo Zaks' doings and rescue Daisy from the castle in the clouds.
The game is hard to qualify in a genre: while it seems at first a platform game, Dizzy is vulnerable to all enemies while unable to eliminate them, and puzzles are completed by bringing an object to a location (in the same fashion as gods and adventure games), and also has to capture all 250 stars scattered in the game. It also has several arcade minigames based on older games in the series (like bubble dizzy).