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The Oliver Twins are going to be in Manchester on Sunday

Started by CrookieMonster on 24 June 2009 • 6,997 views

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#5447524 June 2009

The Oliver Twins are going to be discussing their games - including the brilliant Dizzy - at Urbis in Manchester on Sunday June 28 from 2pm to 4pm as part of Videogame Nation. It costs ?5 but that includes entry to the exhibition too (usual cost of entry is £3).

There are tickets being sold at Ticketline (http://www.ticketline.co.uk/artist/videogame-nation-getting-dizzy)

#6575625 June 2009

Thanks for letting us know, CrookieMonster :smile:

So who here is going? I'm visiting family on sunday so I'm out :sad:

#6575725 June 2009

i would, as it's only a 30min train ride from me, but i've already got plans.

#6575826 June 2009

I think I might be going, also may mean I can pick up a classic arcade game the same day.

Seems a bit of a rip off that you have to pay a £1 deliver charge on each ticket, AND pay £1.75 to collect the tickets at the box office, so what was the delivery charge for again?

#6580828 June 2009

The lecture was excellent. Lots of big Dizzy fans. Some cute stories about how they came up with the characters, and the programming and they explained why you only had one life in Treasure Island which was quite funny (programming problem and lack of time to fix it). They did a Q and A at the end too.

Well worth going. The exhibition upstairs is a lot of fun too. Huge hand drawn maps of the games, floor to roof Dizzy displays. Dizzy heaven.

I have to admit i geeked out totally.

#6581028 June 2009

awwww i really wish i'd gone! :sad:

#6581328 June 2009

Just got home from this and really enjoyed the whole thing.

It was great to see the original maps drawn by the twins and to hear a insite into the making of the games.

It was also wonderful to see a room full of Dizzy fans.

#6582028 June 2009

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It was also wonderful to see a room full of Dizzy fans.

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had any of them heard about DizzyAGE?

#6582128 June 2009

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had any of them heard about DizzyAGE?

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I'd be suprised if they had not!

I only spoke too a couple of people at the end though, as most people were busy playing around with a 3d* game on 360 / ps3 made by Blitz games.

*Real 3d game with glasses, that I must admit made my eyes go a bit funny afterwards.

#6582828 June 2009

I was the guy in the dizzy T-Shirt, I asked them about the dizzy games and they said they had tried some of the ones in the competition, but didn't have time to play them, also mentioned about the remakes of the old games about why and they didn't understand why either except "fix a few of the bugs while you're there"

#6583029 June 2009

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I was the guy in the dizzy T-Shirt, I asked them about the dizzy games and they said they had tried some of the ones in the competition, but didn’t have time to play them, also mentioned about the remakes of the old games about why and they didn’t understand why either except “fix a few of the bugs while you’re there”

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That was a cool shirt you had on. Me and my friend were going to get some red boxing gloves but thought that may have been a little over the top.

#6583329 June 2009

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That was a cool shirt you had on. Me and my friend were going to get some red boxing gloves but thought that may have been a little over the top.

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I think It would've gone over the top of you painted yourselves white and had red shoes with those boxing gloves. :tongue:

#6583729 June 2009

lol. I was so hot in the little room i'd have turned into a runny egg!

#663823 September 2009

Anyone know if there's going to be a repeat session like this?