Dizzy: Treasure Island
action platform game for Commodore 64, 1989
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Dizzy was looking forward to the round-the-world cruise he'd booked up for.
When he told the other Yolkfolk about the good deal he found, they wondered
just what lay ahead of him...
Dizzy enjoyed the cruise at first althought there were far too many pirates on
the ship, the Grog was watered down, and he didn't even know what a mainbrace
was, let alone how to splice it!
The captain, Long John Silver, was a lovely old bloke with a kindly manner,
good at insulting and degrading the fare paying punters.
He was well balanced - he had parrot on one shoulder and a chip on the other -
and he had a wooden leg which he acquired when he fell out of his pram as a
kid.
Anyhow, their quaint little man o' war found itself in still waters one
sun-soaked afternoon, and Dizzy thought he would organise a game of cricket
on the aft deck. In a fit of blinding stupidity he used LJ's spare leg
collection as makeshift stumps, and when they were lost overboard he was made
to walk the plank!
That was how he came to find himself gently poaching on the silent, sun-kissed
beach of a seemingly deserted island... He had to somehow find a way back to
the Yolkfolk and lodge his compensation claim with the travel agent...
CONTROLS
KEYS ACTION JOYSTICK
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Z LEFT LEFT
X RIGHT RIGHT
SHIFT JUMP UP
RETURN PICK UP/DROP/USE FIRE
Press Q to quit during a game
Press P to pause (any key to restart)
Press M to switch between sound effects/music
HINTS
Be careful in the water - everyone knows that eggs are air breathers!
Don't wind up fried...be careful of fire!
The wildlife is dangerous, Dizzy looks good enough to eat...
The old chest makes a good step in the right place...
There are two ways to complete the game...
Solution 1 - Tricky - Find a way off the island and back to the Yolkfolk
Solution 2 - Very Tricky - There are THIRTY pieces of gold hidden on the
island, find these before making good your escape...some of them are VERY
well hidden!
GOOD LUCK
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)