Does anyone still have the old DOS trial of The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy?

Hi all,

I'm new here, so hello everyone!

I'm trying to track down something I played as a kid in the 1990s: a DOS trial version of The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy.

From what I remember, the trial only let you play the main game for a short time (maybe about 3 minutes? I'm not fully sure), but it also had a menu where you could try several of the minigames separately.

The ones I remember are:

• the sliding/swapping picture puzzle

• the minecart game

• the shooting section in front of the castle

• the tower climb to the final boss

• the underwater/seabed escape section where you go upward by popping bubbles

I can find the full DOS version online now, but not that old trial version. I'd really love to find it again, partly for nostalgia and partly because I need to practice the minigames separately before trying to beat the full game properly.😂

Does anyone remember this trial, or know where it might have come from? If anyone still has the files, or even just remembers details about it, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks!

@cem Hi and welcome. :smile:  

I will be honest, I didn't even know a trial version of Fantastic Dizzy existed.
Even my search has drawn a blank.

My DOS knowledge is limited, but I think @anatoly may know something about it.

About the mini-games menu, I would've thought it be available on the full game, but I don't know what the cheat code is (if it exists that is).
And I only say that because I know the other 16-bit versions on the Amiga and Mega Drive had the mini-games menu hidden away under a cheat code.

I believe there are six mini-games.

- The Extra Life puzzle (Puzzle Swap)
- Puzzle Hole (The impossible variant of Puzzle Swap)
- The mine cart game
- The "Bubble Dizzy" game
- The Archery game
- The showdown in Zaks' Tower

You can download the time trial demo here:

https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/file/fantastic-dizzy/dizz-dem

@anatoly Wow, that was incredibly fast! thank you so much!😄💖