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Dizzy series

Spellbound Dizzy

Dizzy's been visiting his local friendly Wizard Theo. Now Theo, who may be a dab hand in the waving of wands area, is not much cop at the filing-things-away-neatly department, and he's left his Book of Really…

31 December 1991

Spellbound Dizzy is an adventure, released 31 December 1991 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Spellbound Dizzy is

Spellbound Dizzy was released in 1991. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dizzy's been visiting his local friendly Wizard Theo. Now Theo, who may be a dab hand in the waving of wands area, is not much cop at the filing-things-away-neatly department, and he's left his Book of Really Powerful Spells lying round in his laboratory. What's more, the book's been left open at the page headed A Really, Really, Powerful Spell (That Shouldn't Be Read Out Loud). Whether Dizzy actually read the heading is not known but - yikes! - he said the spell and it's caused a catastrophe- Dizzy's spirited all his Yolk Folk chums and Wizard Theo into the underworld! Cripes! There's only one course of action open to the brave little hero- read the spell again and spirit himself into the…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dizzy series

Spellbound Dizzy is the 11th of 26 entries we hold in the Dizzy series. It arrived 9 months after Dizzy 3 and a Half: Into Magicland. The next entry was Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk in 1991.

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What it launched against

Spellbound Dizzy launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did Spellbound Dizzy come out?
Spellbound Dizzy was released on 31 December 1991 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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