Dizzy and the Other Side is an entirely free, fan made, sequel in the once popular “Dizzy” games series. The gameplay should be very familiar for anyone who’s played a Dizzy game in the past. You’ll jump and roll your way through a sort of 2d open world environment, solving puzzles and interacting with the other egg people. The story in this game revolves around Dizzy’s quest to retrieve an artifact for a quasi-evil wizard who’s blackmailing him. It’s a light hearted affair.

Personally I found the whole Dizzy experience to be a bit frustrating. Dizzy himself controls almost exactly the same as he did over 20 years ago when he made his first appearance. You can’t control your jumps once you’re in the air and every movement feels like it has a slight delay to it. I can only assume this is because the developer(s) were really going for that retro feel; something which this game has in spades.

Graphically Dizzy is really quite charming in a retro sort of way. It really captures the look and feel of early NES games. Thankfully the colour pallet was chosen nicely and the game doesn’t look abrasive like so many of the classics do these days.

Installation was a painless process, the download was light, the menus are functional, you can grab graphics off the official site for printing off a nice looking Dizzy disc and case and it even comes with gamepad support. Overall this is a really great package and you can tell the developers really love the series. This title may not be enough to convert any Dizzy haters. Like I said, it’s not really my cup of tea, but if you’re a Dizzy fan from way back or if you’re really into retro gaming, give it a try. There’s a lot to like here.

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