Devfinitive Edition (The Oliver Twins): vote

[PeteProdge]

Well, it's more than just Dizzy. And it's even more than just Code Masters!

Here are the ZX Spectrum efforts of the two twin brothers who came from the Amstrad CPC world...

3D Starfighter by Code Masters


Advanced Pinball Simulator by Code Masters


BMX Simulator 2 by Code Masters


Championship Jet Ski Simulator by Code Masters


Dizzy by Code Masters


Fantasy World Dizzy by Code Masters


Fast Food by Code Masters


Ghost Hunters by Code Masters


Ghostbusters II by Activision


Grand Prix Simulator by Code Masters


Grand Prix Simulator 2 by Code Masters


Incredible Shrinking Sphere by Electric Dreams


Jet Bike Simulator by Code Masters


Operation Gunship by Code Masters


Panic Dizzy by Code Masters


Professional BMX Simulator by Code Masters


Professional Ski Simulator by Code Masters


Race Against Time, The by Code Masters


Robin Hood - Legend Quest by Code Masters


Super Robin Hood by Code Masters


Treasure Island Dizzy by Code Masters


Wonderful Dizzy by Code Masters

[blucey]

I was never a huge fan of their bigger games. Dizzy and the BMX sims left me a bit cold. The game on this list that I played the most was their pinball sim. It wasn't great but it was very addictive. So I've voted for that.

[Wall_Axe]

Umm I didn't love any of them

Maybe the army themed game I played the most. Operation gunship.
Never got into dizzy. Maybe I could have...as I was a fan of the lucasarts adventures...?

Maybe they finished the games and got them out the door, instead of spending extra time on gameplay/level design.

I thought 3d starfighter was ok when it came out.

[Tan Coul]

Grand Prix Simulator 2 is probably my favourite Speccy game, so erm, that

1 Grand Prix Simulator 2
2 Advanced Pinball Simulator
3 BMX Simulator 2

[Andre Leao]

Wonderful Dizzy is not bY Code Masters

[PeteProdge]

Wonderful Dizzy is not bY Code Masters

Oops!

So that's "...by Oliver Twins". Alas, can't edit the post due to the time limit, but yeah, that's what it is.

[Hank Scorpio]

1 Fantasy World Dizzy
2 Grand Prix Simulator 2
3 Treasure Island Diizy

[AndyC]

I was very much torn between Fantasy World and Treasure Island, both of which I have fond memories of. As much as I love the setting of TI, I think Fantasy just about pips it on a technical level - the design is tighter and the inventory and lives issues resolved.

Wonderful Dizzy, alas, doesn't make the cut. The map was too disorienting, the puzzles weak and it kind of felt like Crystal Kingdom Dizzy or the console variants. Just something missing.

Dizzy itself could have taken third place, but it never quite hits the mark. The ideas are all there but it needed the polish to be in their top tier.

And that means picking a non Dizzy title for this place (shock horror). Ghostbusters 2 was fun, but short. Robin hood was ok. The myriad of Dizzy based cash ins were mostly junk. So Operation Gunship it is, a fun little shooter that I came back to time and again.

1. Fantasy world dizzy
2. Treasure island dizzy
3. Operation gunship

[stupidget]

I was, and still am, not a fan of the Dizzy games. I just found them far too 'twee'.

1 - BMX Simulator 2
2 - Grand Prix Simulator
3 - Super Robin Hood

[Andre Leao]

1. Wonderful Dizzy
2. Robin Hood: Legend Quest
3. Treasure Island Dizzy

[Juan F. Ramirez]

1 Ghost Hunters
2 Super Robin Hood
3 GP Simulator

[Nick]

1. Wonderful Dizzy
2. Super Robin Hood
3. Fantasy World Dizzy

[RWAC]

1 Fantasy World Dizzy
2 Super Robin Hood
3 Championship Jetski Simulator

[PeteProdge]

Dizzy 3, or Fantasy World Dizzy to give it its proper title, has won this poll, with 6 votes.

Grand Prix Simulator 2 and Wonderful Dizzy (Dizzy 8, if I dare say so) are in joint second place, with 3 votes each.

BMX Simulator 2, Championship Jet Ski Simulator, Dizzy (yes, the OG!) and Treasure Island Dizzy (Dizzy 2) are in third, with 2 votes each.

3D Starfighter, Advanced Pinball Simulator, Fast Food, Ghost Hunters, Grand Prix Simulator, Jet Bike Simulator, Professional BMX Simulator, Robin Hood - Legend Quest and Super Robin Hood all got 1 vote each, placing them fourth.

Over to the proportional results:

Fantasy World Dizzy by Code Masters 6
Grand Prix Simulator by Code Masters 6
BMX Simulator 2 by Code Masters 4
Super Robin Hood by Code Masters 4
Treasure Island Dizzy by Code Masters 4
Ghost Hunters by Code Masters 3
Wonderful Dizzy by Code Masters 3
Advanced Pinball Simulator by Code Masters 2
Grand Prix Simulator 2 by Code Masters 2
Championship Jet Ski Simulator by Code Masters 1
Operation Gunship by Code Masters 1