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Fantasy World Dizzy - 2023 Classic Edition [DOWNLOADABLE]

Started by Adam Markey on 8 May 2023 • 1,471 views

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#91049

@dr-titus has released a new edition of Fantasy World for the Spectrum with enhancements and major bug fixes.

According to Titus, an Extended Edition isn't being planned 'yet'.

  :egg: Download on Yolkfolk (v1.0)

Improvements:

* Screens and texts are now packed.
* Added two levels of attribute brightness, like in the previous games. In addition, the game now allows for hidden solid surfaces, and hidden transparent ones.
* Fixed the graphic for the small clump of leaves, and redrawn many trees, with reduced colour clash and other artefacts.
* Improved colouring of the forest.
* The fire sprite is now taken from Dizzy 6 and looks nicer.
* Daggers have been replaced with thorns and redrawn, also the thick rug has been redrawn (partially taken from Dizzy-6).
* Music can be toggled on/off by pressing ‘M‘.
* Now, when the 30th coin is collected, a different, previously unused melody plays.
* The scene with spinning hearts can now be skipped by pressing a key.
* Added the sound of pouring water in the fireplace and the sound of the hawk swooping.
* Restored lost tunes for 48K mode with improved player.
* Added sound effects for the beeper.
* Russian translation made.
* Added Easter eggs.

Fixes:

* After the pickaxe and door knocker events, they are removed and cannot be used again.
* The apple can no longer be given to the empty spot that the troll has escaped from.
* The rat now reacts specifically to the presence of the bread in its path, and not to the trace of the previously dropped bread.
* Now the dragon egg cannot be taken from the nest until another egg has been given. If you pick it up, then after Dizzy dies, the egg returns to the nest.
* The broken bridge can no longer be crossed by throwing only two stones.
* Four of the lift roofs can no longer be exploited to go through screens or walls.
* The torch in “Denzil’s Pad” has been moved lower to patch a sequence break.
* The sound of the dragon’s fire and hawk swooping is no longer interrupted by Dizzy’s footsteps and other effects.
* You cannot grow the bean without first planting it in the ground.
* Daisy’s lift switch no longer flickers.
* Fixed getting stuck in the lift in “Daisy’s Prison”.
* Now the game music does not restart after collecting a coin or losing a life.
* Voice player no longer uses the I-register (previously this could lead to a ‘snow’ effect or other glitches on some models).
* Corrected some typos in English texts.
* The dragon fire flame does not disappear when exiting/entering the screen or opening inventory.
* The hawk can now fly up and cannot be tricked with the inventory menu.
* Fixed the life counter (previously showed one less life).

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#91079

Fantastic work!

By the way, did someone manage to find the easter eggs?

Thanks!

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#91080

[quote data-userid="1318" data-postid="91079"]

By the way, did someone manage to find the easter eggs?

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I did....after reading a hint about saving the apple for later.

Anyway, since no one else is providing any feedback then I may as well. 

:egg: I knew about some of the bugs from the original game, it was nice to see them fixed.

:egg: I'm glad to hear that the music no longer resets when collecting a coin, that always annoyed me.

:egg: It was also an even nicer surprise to learn about the existence of the 48k music! (see this thread)

:egg: I'm not sure about how I feel about removing the troll kicking Dizzy at the very beginning of the game.

:egg: There is one thing missed here, and its from this text still showing wrong colours (see attachment)
The text border should be white and the font purple, like the others

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Lastly @dr-titus , just want to let you know that you and your friends are still welcome on this forum, but you will need to reset your password to login here again.

It's because we changed forums back in July 2021, and all the passwords on all forum accounts were not saved.

Looking forward to seeing more from you soon. {characters}:diz:  

 

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#91086

[quote data-userid="3" data-postid="91080"]

There is one thing missed here, and its from this text still showing wrong colours (see attachment)
The text border should be white and the font purple, like the others

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Thanks for the tip! I didn't notice it.

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#91087

[quote data-userid="3" data-postid="91080"]

I’m not sure about how I feel about removing the troll kicking Dizzy at the very beginning of the game.

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There were difficulties with the implementation of sounds in 48K mode. If the Troll kicked Dizzy at the start, then Dizzy would freeze in an upside down position for the time that 48K music was playing. It wasn't pretty.

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