Dizzy games were released on various machines, including:

• Spectrum
• Vector
• Elektronika BK-0011M
• Radio-86RK
• Pentagon
• Commodore 16
• Commodore Plus 4
• Commodore 64
• Amstrad
• Atari St
• NES
• PC
• Amiga
• Sega Genesis
• Mega Drive
• Sega Master System
• Game Gear

The lists below only include unofficial games where the platform only had unofficial games released for it.  Otherwise, only official games are listed.   Compilations are not listed here.

For more information on many of these platforms I highly recommend the Old Computers section at Ian's Dump.   It contains info on a number of systems including Atari 2600, Sega Master System, Sinclair ZX81, Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K, Sinclair ZX, Spectrum 128K, Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64 and GameGear.

The Warp Zone has a good article called Dizzy Release History which compares the various different versions of Magicland Dizzy (with screenshots) and includes information about the official Dizzy releases.

If you spot any errors in this page then please let me know!

Spectrum

The Spectrum is arguably the platform which Dizzy will be remembered for. It was the first he appeared on.  If you’re a Spectrum fan, why not visit one of the many Spectrum Fan-pages. The Spectrum Adventurer  has a Dizzy page here.  The unofficial Russian game "Dizzy Rainbow" was released for the Spectrum Pentagon, a Russian Spectrum clone.

Spectrum Dizzy Games:

Visit the Spectrum Games FAQ.

Vector

The Vector 06c (to give it its full name) was an original Soviet machine, one of the most advanced in the 8-bit class.  Almost all software for it was unofficial, made by non-professional Russian programmers, though some software was sold for it in the mid 90's.  A few small groups ported software to it from the ZX Spectrum and from the MSX.

Technical details: Main CPU KR580VM80 - clone of Intel 8080; 64Kb RAM, multi-mode video controller. Some video modes from 256x256 to 512x256 with 2 to 16 colors per pixel (from a palette of 256). All graphics operation done by software, nothing hardware-accelerated.

ZX Spectrum games including Panic Dizzy were ported in their original resoulutions, sometimes using colours not available on ZX Spectrum (like brown or orange).

Many thanks to Alex Semenov for much of this information.

Elektronika BK-0011M

Another Soviet machine, only fan-produced Dizzy games were available for this one: Dizzy 1 (not the same as the original Dizzy game) and Dizzy 3.5 (I think this was a different game to the magazine game of the same name).

The machine could display a maximum of four colours, meaning that the games look pretty horrible.  For one thing, Dizzy is completely red!

Wikipedia has information about the Elektronika BK series of machines here.

Many thanks to Alex Semenov for this information.

Radio-86RK

The unofficial Rusian Dizzy game "Dizzy 7.5" was released for this machine.

Pentagon

A Russian Spectrum clone.  Lots of Russian Dizzy games were made for this machine.

Commodore 16

Some of Dizzy's earlier games were released on Commodore 16 (C16):

• Fantasy World Dizzy
• Magicland Dizzy
• Prince of the Yolkfolk

Do you know of any I don't?  Please let me know.

Commodore Plus 4

The Commodore Plus 4 was released at Christmas 1984, just a month after the release of the C16.  It was designed primarilt for business and cam with 64k of RAM and a 121 colour, 320 x 200 res screen.  However, it didn't do very well as it fell between the two stools of business and home computing.

The following Dizzy games were unofficially ported to the Commodore Plus 4:

• Fantasy World Dizzy
• Magicland Dizzy
• Prince of the Yolkfolk

A good site for information on the Commodore Plus 4 is Lando's C16 / Plus 4 Classix.

Commodore 64

The C64 was also one of the first platforms which Dizzy appeared on. The C64 Gamers Guide has a page on Dizzy here.

C64 Dizzy Games:

Amstrad

The following Dizzy games were released for the Amstrad:

Atari ST

The following Dizzy games were released for the Atari:

NES

Some of Dizzy’s games were released on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

NES World used to have a page on Dizzy at http://nesworld.vintagegaming.com/dizzyspe.htm but that page is no longer there and I haven't been able to find it anywhere else.   However, you can view Internet Archive's archived copy of it here.

The NES Dizzy games were as follows:

Visit Nintendo’s Web-site.

PC

A few of Dizzy’s games made it onto PC, many complete with Adlib sound! At present we know that the following are/were available on PC:

Amiga

The following Dizzy games were available on Amiga:

Visit www.amiga.com.

Sega Genesis

Fantastic Dizzy was released for the Genesis.  The Excellent Dizzy Collection was also released which contains Dizzy the Adventurer, Dizzy Panic and Go! Dizzy Go!.

Dizzy Land has information on Dizzy for the Genesis here.

Mega Drive

Fantastic Dizzy was released on the Mega Drive.

Sega Master System

Fantastic Dizzy was released on Sega Master System.  If you're interested, you can visit the Sega Master System Museum

Game Gear

Fantastic Dizzy and Panic Dizzy were released on the Game Gear.  The Game Gear was basically a portable version of the Master System.  The compilation Excellent Dizzy Collection was also released for the GG.

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