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BACK OF THE BOX
Dizzy returns in an adventure like no other!
Join Dizzy and Pogie as they end up in a mysterious land somewhere over the rainbow.
Meet the amazing characters of the land, some of whom look very familiar!
But watch out for the Wicked Witch and pay the Wonderful Wizard a visit too!
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
Join Dizzy and Pogie as they end up in a mysterious land somewhere over the rainbow.
Meet the amazing characters of the land, some of whom look very familiar!
But watch out for the Wicked Witch and pay the Wonderful Wizard a visit too!
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
trivia
“Wonderful Dizzy” is an original adventure game thought up and designed by Philip and Andrew Oliver (The Oliver Twins).
Plans for this game were first unveiled by the Olivers on the 13th May 2017, with the story heavily based on “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.
However, the Olivers said that they would only go ahead with the game’s development if the Kickstarter campaign for the “ZX Spectrum Next” reached its target (which thankfully it did!).
Following the Spectrum Next’s successful Kickstarter campaign, the Olivers confirmed that the team behind the 2017 Spectrum remake of “Crystal Kingdom Dizzy” will be developing Wonderful Dizzy.
After over 3 and a half years in development, the game was officially released on the 18th December 2020 with its very own website launching on the same day.
There had been plans to release an enhanced version of this game for the Spectrum Next, taking advantage of the machine’s graphical abilities.
Unfortunately, due to some of the team members receiving some petty abuse from Next fans over the way Wonderful was released, Philip Oliver confirmed that the Next version of the game will not be made.
The aim of the game is to save Pogie from the Wicked Witch of the West and to convince the Wizard of Oz to help Dizzy and Pogie find their way home.
But this is not as simple as it sounds.
You start the game with 3 lives, a health bar and can carry up to 3 items.
The inventory system is very similar to the one used in the 2017 remake of Crystal Kingdom, but with one additional feature where the HUD now displays which item(s) Dizzy is carrying.
Throughout the journey, you will find pieces of fruit that replenish your health.
There are also a total of 100 coinstars to collect along the way, but only 99 of these coinstars need to be collected in order to finish the game.
Accessing the 100th coinstar involves using the can of oil before saving the Tin Man.
Finishing the game with the extra coinstar alters the ending.
Plans for this game were first unveiled by the Olivers on the 13th May 2017, with the story heavily based on “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.
However, the Olivers said that they would only go ahead with the game’s development if the Kickstarter campaign for the “ZX Spectrum Next” reached its target (which thankfully it did!).
Following the Spectrum Next’s successful Kickstarter campaign, the Olivers confirmed that the team behind the 2017 Spectrum remake of “Crystal Kingdom Dizzy” will be developing Wonderful Dizzy.
After over 3 and a half years in development, the game was officially released on the 18th December 2020 with its very own website launching on the same day.
There had been plans to release an enhanced version of this game for the Spectrum Next, taking advantage of the machine’s graphical abilities.
Unfortunately, due to some of the team members receiving some petty abuse from Next fans over the way Wonderful was released, Philip Oliver confirmed that the Next version of the game will not be made.
The aim of the game is to save Pogie from the Wicked Witch of the West and to convince the Wizard of Oz to help Dizzy and Pogie find their way home.
But this is not as simple as it sounds.
You start the game with 3 lives, a health bar and can carry up to 3 items.
The inventory system is very similar to the one used in the 2017 remake of Crystal Kingdom, but with one additional feature where the HUD now displays which item(s) Dizzy is carrying.
Throughout the journey, you will find pieces of fruit that replenish your health.
There are also a total of 100 coinstars to collect along the way, but only 99 of these coinstars need to be collected in order to finish the game.
Accessing the 100th coinstar involves using the can of oil before saving the Tin Man.
Finishing the game with the extra coinstar alters the ending.
