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Awards & recognition

Recognition of Philip and Andrew Oliver’s games, creativity and contribution to the 8-bit era.

Philip and Andrew Oliver holding a Guinness World Records book and certificate.

The Twins with their Guinness World Records recognition.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records recognised the Twins in December 2017 as the most prolific 8-bit videogame developers. The entry counts 35 designs overall and 26 commercially released titles in its 1984–1992 period. Counting the versions they programmed for different platforms brings the released 8-bit total to 49.

The same record notes 14 Amstrad CPC number-one games and 12 Spectrum number ones. These figures describe that historical period and its counting method; they should not be read as the size of the complete Games catalogue.

View the original Guinness World Records entry and methodology

Fantastic Dizzy

The Twins’ official history records a Game Players Best NES Graphic Adventure Game award in 1991 for The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, also known as Fantastic Dizzy.

  • Fantastic Dizzy

    A larger console adventure for Dizzy, originally released on NES as The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, with later versions made by additional teams.

Read the original console-years account

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