https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3oM4YbPGk

Anyone with an interest in European microcomputer games from the 1980s will surely remember Dizzy – the cult classic series starring an anthropomorphic egg.

Dizzy games got their start on the ZX Spectrum and while some of them were arcade-style puzzle games, most of them followed the formula set by the first tittle in the series: slow, methodical and precise platforming and inventory-based puzzle (with both the need to find and use the right items and the added challenge of mananging the limited inventory space).

While Dizzy games originated on home computers, many of the titles were also created for the consoles. This was the case with Wonderland Dizzy, a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System which was basically finished (save for a few bugs) but never released by the publisher, Codemasters.

This year, Oliver Twins (the series creators) found a floppy with the near-complete source code which was subsequently compiled by Łukasz Kur who also fixed several of the game’s bugs. The previously lost game can now be played in your web browser or downloaded and played through any NES emulator.