Fantasy World Dizzy
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Fantasy World Dizzy is an arcade adventure video game released in October 1989 by Codemasters
and designed by the Oliver twins
.
The game is considered the third in the Dizzy series and was developed under the name Dizzy III. The actual third game in the series (Fast Food) was regarded as a spin-off which deviated from the standard Dizzy format.
Fantasy World Dizzy was first Dizzy adventure to feature many elements which later became standard for the series, such as 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.
In recent years it has grown more famous due to frequent references made to it in the Zero Punctuation
video game review series as "the best game ever".
Codemasters
The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986...
and designed by the Oliver twins
Oliver Twins
The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters...
.
The game is considered the third in the Dizzy series and was developed under the name Dizzy III. The actual third game in the series (Fast Food) was regarded as a spin-off which deviated from the standard Dizzy format.
Fantasy World Dizzy was first Dizzy adventure to feature many elements which later became standard for the series, such as 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.
In recent years it has grown more famous due to frequent references made to it in the Zero Punctuation
Zero Punctuation
Zero Punctuation is an ongoing video game review series created by comedy writer and video game journalist Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw and published by the online magazine The Escapist.-Background:...
video game review series as "the best game ever".