Dizzy walkthroughs/longplays

ok, Im feeling that I need to do list of all video longplays that are done so here we go:

Dizzy:
Commodore 64(Done I believe)
Amstrad CPC(Not done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)

Treasure Island Dizzy
Amstrad CPC (Not done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Done I believe)
Enterprise 64/128(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Not done)
DOS(Not done)
NES(Done in parts)
CD32(Not done)

Fantasy World Dizzy
Amstrad CPC(Done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Enterprise 64/128(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Not done)
DOS(Not done)

Magicland Dizzy
Amstrad CPC(Done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Not done)
DOS(Not done)
CD32(Not done)

Spellbound Dizzy
Amstrad CPC(Not done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Not done)
CD32(Not done)

Prince of the Yolkfolk/Dizzy the adventurer
Amstrad CPC(Not done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Atari ST(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
DOS(Not done)
NES(Done)
CD32(Not done)
Sega mastersystem(Done)

Fantastic Dizzy
NES(Done in parts)Remember 3 versions red, blue and ??
PC(Not done)
Master System/Game Gear(Not done, would be done, but ROM keeps freezing)
Mega Drive(Done)
Amiga(Done)
CD32(Not done)
Atari ST(Not done)

Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
Amstrad CPC(Not done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Done)
DOS(Not done)
CD32(Not done)

Fast Food
Amstrad CPC(Done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Enterprise 64/128(Not done)
Atari ST(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
MS-DOS(Not done)

Kwik snax
Amstrad CPC(Done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Not done)
DOS(Not done)

Panic Dizzy
Amstrad CPC(Done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Sega Master System/Sega Game Gear(Not done)
Atari ST(Not done)
Amiga(Done)

Bubble Dizzy
Amstrad CPC(Done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Amiga(Done)
Atari ST(Not done)
DOS(Not done)

Dizzy down the rapids
Amstrad CPC(Not done)
ZX Spectrum(Done)
Commodore 64(Not done)
Amiga(Not done)
Atari ST(Not done)
DOS(Not done)

Go! Dizzy Go!
NES(Done)
Sega Master System/Sega Game Gear(Done)

Others
Dizzy Three and a Half (Done)
Treasure Island Dizzy Crash Special Edition(Not done)
Christmas Dizzy(Done)ST version anyone?
Easter Special (Done)
Betas and unfinished games(Not done)

Most of games that are done can be found in youtube or here..

Here are some games I found longplays for, so you can mark them as Done:

Fantasy World Dizzy, Amstrad version (with vocal commentary, no game audio, some backtracking cut)
MagicLand Dizzy, Amstrad version (with vocal commentary, no game audio, some backtracking cut)
MagicLand Dizzy, Amiga version
Dizzy the Adventurer, Sega version
Go Dizzy Go, Sega version

btw,

Panic Dizzy was also released on the ST

  {yolkfolk}:joy:

Forgot some of my own videos, but it seems like all official versions of Go Dizzy go! are done. Amiga and Atari ST versions of Panic Dizzy where added.

By the way - there are loads of video walkthroughs for online adventure ("point-and-click") games and it's something I DON'T like. I definitely prefer text walkthroughs, I just understand them easier. So I don't like video walkthroughs pushing traditional ones out. But anyway, it's not a problem for Dizzy games, solutions have been written years ago...

I'm considering recording a longplay of the Commodore 64 or Atari ST versions of Crystal Kingdom Dizzy. (I want to leave the Amstrad version up to CPCGamer for now.) I'm just not sure about some things, like I can't figure out how to get VICE to record video. And I like uploading to YouTube, but it's a somewhat long game, especially if I try to collect everything, and I don't like videos broken into a lot of parts. Plus I have to get good enough at the game that I don't run out of lives somewhere. It might be nice if I could record myself giving commentary on games to make it more interesting, but I don't think I've got the stuff to do that right.

As I know its possible to upload more than 15min long videos on Youtube now. Atleast I got this..

I think it's only for special users.

Ive been thinking of making a longplay video for a while. Prince of the yolkfolk or Treasure Island Dizzy are probably the shortest of the games.

Great, I read up on how to record from Vice, so here's C64 Crystal Kingdom Dizzy!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

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Fantastic Dizzy
Master System/Game Gear(Not done, would be done, but ROM keeps freezing)

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Hmm, maybe I can help with this. What emulators have you tried so far?

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Fantastic Dizzy
Master System/Game Gear(Not done, would be done, but ROM keeps freezing)

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Hmm, maybe I can help with this. What emulators have you tried so far?

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I've been having that issue aswell, but I've just tried it out and it doesn't seem to freeze anymore :confused: But for some reason, save states won't work.

The Emulator I'm using is Fusion 3.6 and the ROM I have of Fantastic Dizzy is (UE) [!] if that helps.

Right, Kega Fusion is the one that always freezes on me in that game, so I'm not surprised. I was about to recommend Meka, since it does work through the whole game with savestates even, but I just loaded MekaW and realized it doesn't have true video recording ability. All I could find was the option to take .PNG screenshots on every frame, which I suppose could be combined with a sound capture to create a movie, but would probably be too annoying to accomplish; a PC screen recorder might be more practical. But, I think I heard of another emulator that could run the Game Gear version okay at least and save a replay, so I might look for that tonight.

By the way, do you really have a UE ROM? I could only find an "(E) [!]" ROM for Master System (whose music plays too fast unless you play at PAL speed) and a "(U) [!]" ROM for Game Gear that those first two emulators I mentioned will play at the Master System screen size, but I think for true Game Gear emulation would need to have its screen cropped a bit and shrunk with some blurring.

Okay, so, MESS does indeed have an option called "Play and Record uncompressed AVI Output...", and I have been able to complete Fantastic Dizzy on an online copy of it, but good luck trying to feed it all the files it needs to run the game if you download MESS for yourself. I don't really understand the point of downloading a thousand emulators in one, most of which you'll never use and most of which are missing some vital components, anyway.

I guess there is still the option of screen-recording Meka with Camtasia or whatever, though I think you need to make your operating system set Meka as a high-priority process or something just to keep its sound from stuttering in normal play, and although savestates work just fine, there doesn't seem to be any way to save replays of your input in case you need to capture the video over again. I think my computer's too old and slow to try much more of this stuff right now.

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I’ve been having that issue aswell, but I’ve just tried it out and it doesn’t seem to freeze anymore :confused:  But for some reason, save states won’t work.

The Emulator I’m using is Fusion 3.6 and the ROM I have of Fantastic Dizzy is (UE) [!] if that helps.

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I believe that using savestates is not needed. After some practice it would be possible

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Okay, so, MESS does indeed have an option called “Play and Record uncompressed AVI Output…”, and I have been able to complete Fantastic Dizzy on an online copy of it, but good luck trying to feed it all the files it needs to run the game if you download MESS for yourself. I don’t really understand the point of downloading a thousand emulators in one, most of which you’ll never use and most of which are missing some vital components, anyway.

I guess there is still the option of screen-recording Meka with Camtasia or whatever, though I think you need to make your operating system set Meka as a high-priority process or something just to keep its sound from stuttering in normal play, and although savestates work just fine, there doesn’t seem to be any way to save replays of your input in case you need to capture the video over again. I think my computer’s too old and slow to try much more of this stuff right now.

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If you are using Fusion as emulator it has a Avi recorder. Just go to Video Codec folder(which is inside of Fusion folder) then click KegaGameVideo with right mouse button and select install. If you are not able to get Avi recording option "log avi file" then try install it again.

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Great, I read up on how to record from Vice, so here’s C64 Crystal Kingdom Dizzy!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

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Very good work. I guess I should upload some Dizzy Spinoffs for Amstrad
Bubble Dizzy, Fast Food, Kwik Snax and Panic Dizzy.

And sorry of triple post

Hmm, did Fantasy World Dizzy ever receive a CD32 conversion? I didn't see it on your list, but this video includes footage of Fantasy World Dizzy, so maybe?

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If you are using Fusion as emulator it has a Avi recorder. Just go to Video Codec folder(which is inside of Fusion folder) then click KegaGameVideo with right mouse button and select install. If you are not able to get Avi recording option “log avi file” then try install it again.

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But is there a version of Kega Fusion that can run Fantastic Dizzy completely? Everyone I know who's tried it has reported it randomly freezing after only a few seconds of gameplay (or during one of the demos, but the title sequence seems to always work okay). I remember I could bypass it somewhat by making savestates all the time, reloading after every freeze-up, and trying some other move until I got somewhere new, but that's a very annoying way to play, and I doubt Fusion is set up to produce a cohesive recording that way. But I guess it's worth another try.

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Hmm, did Fantasy World Dizzy ever receive a CD32 conversion? I didn’t see it on your list, but this video includes footage of Fantasy World Dizzy, so maybe?

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But is there a version of Kega Fusion that can run Fantastic Dizzy completely? Everyone I know who’s tried it has reported it randomly freezing after only a few seconds of gameplay (or during one of the demos, but the title sequence seems to always work okay). I remember I could bypass it somewhat by making savestates all the time, reloading after every freeze-up, and trying some other move until I got somewhere new, but that’s a very annoying way to play, and I doubt Fusion is set up to produce a cohesive recording that way. But I guess it’s worth another try.

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Not sure about the emulator. Mastersystem Dizzy games had different cartridges so rom versions might have some errors. Anyway, about the video,
it included few games that doesn?t have CD32 version like Harlequin or Shadow of the beast games.

Yay, I got the Atari ST Crystal Kingdom Dizzy recorded just as I wanted it to be!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Very good