Dizzy is back on cartridge. The Eggcellent Dizzy Collection, a new SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive cartridge from the Oliver Twins (Philip and Andrew) recently launched on Kickstarter, and was fully funded in the first five minutes.
The collection puts three games on one cartridge: Dizzy the Adventurer, Go! Dizzy Go!, and PANIC! Dizzy. Dizzy the Adventurer, also known as Prince of the Yolkfolk, is the fairy-tale puzzle-platform adventure; Go! Dizzy Go! is a Pac-Man-style maze game; and PANIC! Dizzy rounds out the set with puzzle challenges. The collection arrives as Dizzy’s 40th anniversary approaches in 2027.
The limited edition is the main attraction of the campaign: 100 signed and numbered sets with a gold cartridge, a white presentation box, a poster, and a certificate of authenticity signed by both Philip and Andrew Oliver. Newsletter subscribers get first crack at it through a private reward link during an early-access period, with remaining copies going up on the main campaign page after that.
Dizzy first appeared in 1987, published by Codemasters, when the Twins were just 19 years old. The egg-shaped hero became one of the most recognizable characters of Britain’s home-computer era, and the collection follows the Twins’ earlier Kickstarter success with Journey to Emerald City last month (October).
The Twins have been upfront about the tools behind the collection: it runs on the original game code, with AI used to re-interpret the original cover art and help build the new game-selection menu. Since AI is being used by the original creators of the Dizzy games, it seems like this should be less of an issue for the AI-averse crowd.
A playable demo of The Eggcellent Dizzy Collection is available now, though you will need BlastEm or another Mega Drive emulator to run it. The launch also brings a new-look Oliver Twins website, gathering all of the the Twins’ current projects, Adventures in Oakdon, Active Brain Games, and Dizzy, in one place.
The Eggcellent Dizzy Collection is live on Kickstarter now, running through December 3. You can back the campaign on Kickstarter here.






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