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DIZZY THE EGG IS COMING BACK, BITCHES! photo

Now, I don't expect too many of you to be excited, especially if you're not British, but DIZZY THE EGG IS COMING BACK!

The ancient mascot of Codemasters (before the studio went a bit rubbish), Dizzy starred in a series of taxing puzzle-adventures on the Commodore 64 and other home computers, most of them revolving around using twisted logic to use random items with other objects and clear obstacles. 

A teaser site promises Eggciting News and Codemasters has said that a date for "Eggmergance Day" will be revealed tomorrow. Oh, the egg puns. It's like the late eighties never stopped happening.

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolk Folk is the very first videogame I ever remember purchasing -- or at least getting my grandmother to purchase. I still remember picking it out of the cassette rack in WH Smith, back when cassette games still appeared in places other than suitcases in the back of someone's car. The series therefore is quite special to me, and I am thrilled at the idea of him coming back.

Check below for a teaser trailer. I know it sounds silly, but the video gave me chills at the end! Sweet nostalgia.








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Gorescream's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:00
Gorescream
/manly tears
Num3er99's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:03
Num3er99
/can't give a fuck
REWQ's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:14
REWQ
Holy shit, really? That's awesome.
tehTommy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:15
tehTommy
I had Prince Of The Yolkfolk on Amiga, good times. Interested to see what comes out of it.
Stevil's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:17
Stevil
Fuck that guy and the stupid Yolk Folk. Seymour The Blob was miles better!

Dude went to Hollywood and ended up in the Wild West! Then...not much happened, other than that mini-game on the cover tape for Amstrad Action.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:17
Monodi
I know a tiny bit about Dizzy, but I believe I know enough why it's great news.
pokota's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:19
pokota
If they can bring this back, then maybe they can bring back Micro Machines.
arkane9's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:21
arkane9
I bet $5 that they're gonna pull a Commander Keen/Jazz Jackrabbit/James Pond. (read: that it's gonna be a rubbish new game based on a awesome, old franchise)
Squishy3's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:25
Squishy3
Fuck you guys, I still think Overlord and Overlord II were awesome. What other game lets you club baby seals to death for life force to build new minions? Your minions will also make hats out of them.
Jamie McGinn's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:28
Jamie McGinn
Dizzy the Egg! Wooh!

I remember we had a shitty MS DOS operated computer in like my primary 2 class. We used to get rewarded for good behaviour by being allowed to play some games, which was a Dizzy the Egg game.

God damn I was awful at it.
Blitzgrilo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:31
Blitzgrilo
Yeah! Izzy is back!!
http://antiswank.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Izzy.jpg
Mrio Azevedo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:34
Mrio Azevedo
I played a lot of Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, looking forward to this one.
Scuffles's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:40
Scuffles
Sweet, now if I can persuade you to use your subtle powers of persuasion to say get Capcom to release MML3 or NIS to release Black Rock Shooter on UMD in NA ?
Rostichenburg's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 08:53
Rostichenburg
One of my favourite Codemasters games ever was Cosmic Spacehead, I rented it a ton of times and I was always looking for it to buy but this wa near the end of the Mega Drive's life cycle. I finally found a place that had for the insanely low price of $3 complete in package. I bought it took it home and tried to play it but it turned out that printed on this cartridge was Dizzy. everything else about the game said Cosmic Spacehead, manual, cover, cartridge sticker but not the game itself. I was so upset and till this day I hate Dizzy.

P.S. This will probably turn out to be an iPhone port
Fandango's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:00
Fandango
"Oh, the egg puns. It's like the late eighties never stopped happening."

You mean the late EGGhties, am I right
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:06
fetusmilk
the music was the best part about those games.
Radox Redux's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:09
Radox Redux
This is good. This is very very good. Fantastic Dizzy on the Genesis/Mega Drive is one of my favorite old school platformers of all time. I just hope it doesn't turn out rubbish.
Hasney's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:09
Hasney
Should probably bring back BMX sim and CJ in the USA at the same time <3
Noir Trilby's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:12
Noir Trilby


How eggsquisite!
P3ter's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:21
P3ter
EGGCELENT !
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:22
Isay Isay
I like that this eggraordinary news is going over easy!
P3ter's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:23
P3ter
EGGCELLENT ! / typo
spoot-smeg's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:30
spoot-smeg
YYAAAAYYYYYY
tremault's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:32
tremault
wow! this is really interesting!
let's hope they don't screw it up as sometimes happens when companies try to revive classics.
i did so love the dizzy games when i could manage to get further than 3 screens.
those games were brutal with the lives system. if you fail, you have to do EVERYTHING again.
LordVonPS3's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:33
LordVonPS3
Ah, cue the sound of a Speccy loading Dizzy's title screen... Jim, if you're looking for some nostalgia try a tzx file and any respectable ZX emu.
Canadian Otaku Gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:43
Canadian Otaku Gamer
If you think the puns are going to stop anytime soon then the yolk's on you. But we mustn't omlette any eggcitement get in the way of the eggsistential issues, nor let the standing ovumation drown out any eggsacting critiques. While we should all look at the sunny-side of this we shouldn't let it scramble our perseptives. Sure, this news goes over-easy right now but we have yet to see any signs of eggcellence.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 09:57
DaedHead8
Here's hoping that the game is M rated and super grimdark. I want to go on a yolkfolk killing spree!
Mark Mann's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:00
Mark Mann
So is it going to be like James Pond
GunSlap's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:05
GunSlap
Shut the hell up. I'm Canadian and I LOVED DIZZY!
The Great Arnoldo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:05
The Great Arnoldo
Such fond memories of this series. Treasure Island Dizzy was one of the first games i ever played (first ever accolade actually goes to Repton)and i loved it. Back in the pre-internet days finding those last, elusive, coins(?) was a case of scouring every inch of the game world and, i think, pressing up (maybe a different button) in front of every leaf.
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:09
Isay Isay
@Canadian Otaku Gamer

Way to poach all the good egg puns
TheGameFreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:22
TheGameFreak
I may be American, but Fantastic Dizzy for the Genesis was solid platforming/puzzling fun. So, I'm curious to see how this will go.

However, I remember seeing a 3D Dizzy concept Codemasters put out some time ago, and it looked...wonky.
TuxBobble's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:30
TuxBobble
I'm not British or anything, but...DIZZY? Oh man. I never beat the one I had on NES (Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy) but I loved that game. It was horribly difficult for a child my age, but still...oh man. Do want more.
Handy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 10:30
Handy
I have an eggrection.

Ok that one was awful.

I never could tell if the Dizzy games were incredibly convoluted or if I was just too young to know what the hell I was supposed to do.
Sailorjeff's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 11:12
Sailorjeff
I remember Quatro Adventure on NES having Treasure Island Dizzy on it. Wow that takes me back lol
Harry Bastard's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 11:21
Harry Bastard
That high-pitched girly squeal you hear? That's Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw losin' his shit.
AngrySouske's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 11:57
AngrySouske
EGGS.

I actually wondered if they would ever bring this guy back. I played a few of the Dizzy games and loved them but never once finished any of them or ever got that far.
Kidicarus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 12:15
Kidicarus
Magicland dizzy for the mother fucking win
Voxeril's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 12:27
Voxeril
The thing Yathzee always bangs on about?
jp007's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 12:31
jp007
Three cheers for unauthorized for the NES gaming goodness! Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy was the hardest thing ever...
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 12:59
Chris Carter
I am American and I loved Dizzy.
Luke Adams's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 13:49
Luke Adams
Aah back when tapes with c64 games on were inEGGspensive.
They should re-release ALL the games in their "Quattro" lineup (games like Stuntman, Bigfoot EGGcetera)
TrevHead's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 13:51
TrevHead
Oh I used to love Dizzy on my old speccy for may of us old UK gamers Dizzy was the Mario/ Sonic of his day. Im not a great lover of puzzle platformers but dizzy does it well with dark souls trial and error.

I really hope Codemasters remember what made made the games special and not give us some shitty spyro style 3D platformer

BTW I too would welcome a new Micro Machines with online co-op
TrevHead's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 13:59
TrevHead
"Aah back when tapes with c64 games on were inEGGspensive"

Ah memories of buying new spectrum +2 games for £1.99 from my local market with my pocket money on Thursdays. -_-

Then 16bit came along and the price of new games jumped to £30+ (which was a lot of money in 1990) sigh
Mikolaj Holowko's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 13:59
Mikolaj Holowko
Maderfucker dizzy is back from the dead ! XD Been traumatized by all of its games
BoomingEchoes's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 18:37
BoomingEchoes
God.. I vaguely remember Dizzy from back in the day..

Just like I vaguely remember Codemasters being a decent game developer...
The Random One's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 18:47
The Random One
Looks like Yahtzee will be making a positive review for once...
Canadian Otaku Gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/22/2011 19:51
Canadian Otaku Gamer
@Isay Isay

That's 'cause I'm hard-boiled and not some simple yolk-el.
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