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[challenge entry] crappy roasted pea for compo

sorry
a work collegue of mine was working on this www.sp1der.co.uk/blar/Dizzy/

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(likeajackhammer, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:22, archived)
# ha ha ha!
look out! Rain drops!

*dies*
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:23, archived)
# :D
How soul destroying!
It was a right gip in the later ones where you lost energy for falling from too high a drop :(
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:44, archived)
# hahahaha
woo

edit: I remember that if you went to the top of one of the huts, then removed the window, there was a copy of sinclair user that he could pick up, but I never found out if it was used in any of the puzzles
/didn't finish treasure island dizzy blog
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:23, archived)
# i don't think i ever completed it
or any of the sequels

i got quite far though....
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:27, archived)
# fantasy world dizzy was quite easy
and prince of the yolk folk, but the first 2 were very hard.
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:28, archived)
# i had an emu version i tried to play recently
i think i gave up after one too many pixel perfect jumps let me down....

we have it too easy these days
i must be spoilt
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:31, archived)
# hahahahahahahhahah
*been there*
*knows pain*
(likeajackhammer, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:32, archived)
# arf
how did you define your keys?

I used to use
LEFT = O
RIGHT = P
UP = A
DOWN = Z
JUMP = SPACE

*accidentally selectes kempston joystick*
*has to rewind and reload tape*
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:35, archived)
# i always used the kempston joystick config
but never used the joystick

0-fire
8 n 9 - up n down
6 n 7 - left n right
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:36, archived)
# I never met anyone who had a kempston joystick
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:38, archived)
# neither did i actually
but the 6,7,8,9,0 key config just always worked for me :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:38, archived)
# I HAD A KEMPSTON!
and with the newer zx 128 you had to have a huge dongle thing poking out of the back of the machine. /mis remembers
(I helped save b3ta! Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:39, archived)
# i just looked it up
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempston_Interface

(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:41, archived)
# haha
excellent!
(I helped save b3ta! Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:47, archived)
# oh my!
*misty eyes*
(I helped save b3ta! Droog is too orangey for crows, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 10:11, archived)
# I used to have one
it had a weird interface that it plugged into
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:40, archived)
# I shall now call you
"Kempston Buddy"
Hi Kempston Buddy!
(I helped save b3ta! Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:41, archived)
# oooooooh kempston town
the place i long to be....
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:45, archived)
# the kempston races sing this song
doo-dahh
doo-daah
the kempston dongle's really long
oh the doo-dah day!
(I helped save b3ta! Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:49, archived)
# ha ha ha!!
you said dongle
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:50, archived)
# Needed the Kempston interface to use the CD loader
Oodles of games on that CD.
(I helped save b3ta! The Blue Aardvark Unavoidably detained by reality, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:46, archived)
# I had a box set called 1001 games for the spectrum
the box took up most of my wardrobe because of all of the tapes
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:52, archived)
# I always used
LEFT: I
RIGHT: P
UP: Q
DOWN: Z
JUMP: N
(I helped save b3ta! The Blue Aardvark Unavoidably detained by reality, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:48, archived)
# not as hard as Lunar Belming Jetman
christ on a bike
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:31, archived)
# or Rasputin the Rapscallion
although i've never met anyone else
who ever played this game :(
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:34, archived)
# Treasure Island Dizzy!
*dances*

Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! wefbhweiufhweiu party, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:23, archived)
# hahaha
great band ;)
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:23, archived)
# I LOVE DIZZY
/does not tarnish childhood memories by replaying them
(I helped save b3ta! Nonny Mouse. -- Scared as a Shitting Scorpion, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:23, archived)
# 29 COINS!!!! ARRGGGHHH! 29 fucking coins!!!!!!!
i had to do a walkthrough last year to finally sleep at night!
(likeajackhammer, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:25, archived)
# you should have used a poke
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:28, archived)
# ANDREW!!!!
you can go straight to bed without any tea for cheating!
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:29, archived)
# but it was in sinclair user
*writes to Andrew Hewson, author of Hints & Tips for the ZX-80 for help*
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:33, archived)
# Poke??
if i remember correctly was a piece of BASIC that you run before the game?... i never used them (was proper gamer) unlike you bumhead!*


/refluffs
(likeajackhammer, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:31, archived)
# try getting past level 1 of red heat on the spectrum without a poke
it's damn near impossible
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:37, archived)
# YES! Best Dizzy game ever
woo
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:24, archived)
# the first dizzy game was also excellent
(I helped save b3ta! swaza I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad., Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:27, archived)
# I never played this game
But I wish I had now
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:25, archived)
# you can't be in our gang now
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:29, archived)
# I don't care - I have my own gang over here and we're playing D&D
/sad true life blog
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:30, archived)
# FINE!!
*continues playing Dizzy*

*wishes he could be in the D&D gang*

:(
(I helped save b3ta! Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:35, archived)
# Woo!
And indeed Hoo!

God I miss Dizzy, the games of my youth. I can't remember how many hours I wasted on those games... I even used to draw my own Dizzy comics...

*sigh*
(I helped save b3ta! bruised_blood has no bruises, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:30, archived)
# who remembers "seymour goes to hollywood?"
(likeajackhammer, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:33, archived)
# Seymour Butts?
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:33, archived)
# Hahaha!
Fab!
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 9:35, archived)
# HAd to be the ST version for me
Is that COLOUR CLASH on that palm tree, on the C64? hahahahaha.
(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 10:05, archived)