Go! Dizzy Go!
Dizzy and a companion race through mazes to rescue kidnapped friends, with simultaneous two-player play and compilation releases.
Image credits and source
Quattro Arcade packaging featuring Go! Dizzy Go!
Credit: Codemasters — artwork belongs to its respective rights holders
Source: The Oliver Twins archive
Game at a glance
- Status
- Classic
- Released
- 1992
- Platforms
- Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Gear
- Genres
- Maze, Arcade
- Developer
- The Oliver Twins and their team
- Publisher
- Codemasters
Development and publication
Development: The Oliver Twins and their team. Publication: Codemasters.
The named development credit refers to the original or specifically identified version. Other ports and later re-releases may have different development teams.
Making the game
Go! Dizzy Go! was based on Kwik Snax and worked extremely well on the NES. We were particularly pleased with the technically clever background pictures. Codemasters released the NES version on the Quattro Adventure cartridge.
We then converted the game to the Sega Master System, Game Gear and MegaDrive.
It was combined with Dizzy The Adventurer and Panic! Dizzy and released as The Excellent Dizzy Collection. Whilst released on the Game Gear and Masters system, with a very small production run, it was never released on Megadrive.
Two unreleased games - DreamWorld Pogie and Wonderland Dizzy, were due to be included in the collection too but were excluded due to cartridge costs.
We renamed our company to Interactive Studios as we prepared to seek new publishing partners.
Original documents
Original Draft Instructions (PDF)