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  Encyclopedia: Dizzy series
The Dizzy series of computer games was one of the successful computer game brands of the late eighties and early nineties.
Daisy was Dizzy's girlfriend in the series, and the object of several of the games was to rescue her from some terrible fate.
Grand Dizzy could be identified from the rest of the yolkfolk by his walking stick and, in earlier games, his moustache.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dizzy-series   (1588 words)

  
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Dizzy is this egg, you see, and the idea of the Dizzy series is that he gets in these silly situations (usually involving the kidnapping of his girlfriend) and he has to get out of them by solving puzzles and traversing the countryside while not getting hit by anything.
Dizzy's mom Actually, you don't see her, she doesn't have a house in the village, and no one in the game mentions her.
Grand Dizzy Always ready to bore the entire Yolkfolk crew with his stories, Grand Dizzy's scuffling with the Evil Wizard Zaks was what caused all this trouble in the first place.
www.fortunecity.com /underworld/3d/1078/faqs/dizzy.txt   (3035 words)

  
 The Discworld - Abandonware - Fantasy World Dizzy
Third in the series overall, Fantasy World Dizzy is a fiendish platformer that many consider the most difficult in the entire series.
This time Daisy, Dizzy's girlfriend, has been kidnapped by the Evil King's trolls and sent to Wizard Weird's Tallest Tower, while Dizzy himself was dragged away and thrown into the deepest, darkest, dankest of the Kings Dungeons in the bowels of Fantasy World.
This is the first Dizzy game to feature his friends the Yolkfolk, and you'll need their help to succeed.
www.thediscworld.co.uk /fantdizzy.htm   (299 words)

  
 Amstrad CPC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Late (1989-1992) titles tended to be coded more carefully than their mid (The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight) 80s counterparts, making better use advantage of the machines graphics capabilities, featuring smooth scrolling and better color usage, but the CPC machines were already a dying breed when this finally occurred.
Although the machine received more software support than other Z80-based systems like the (Click link for more info and facts about MSX) MSX computer series, the overall impression left is that said support could have been a lot better, in most cases, and the commercial success of the system could have been completely different.
The CPC model names were structured as follows: The first digit was a code for the main storage system; '4' denoted a tape deck and '6' a 3-inch floppy disk drive.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/amstrad_cpc2.htm   (1913 words)

  
 Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Fantastic Dizzy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy) is one the few Dizzy games that were not released for the Spectrum, the system on which the series was well known.
Dizzy The Adventurer, but that was the NES remake of Prince of The Yolkfolk, which was released earlier for the PC).
You guide Dizzy, the little egg man, as he wanders around a leafy forest (as well as a medieval-looking town, a lost mine and an underwater section in this particular episode), picking up bizarre objects and using them in even more bizarre ways to solve strange puzzles.
www.the-underdogs.org /game.php?id=2332   (546 words)

  
 PSA - Professional Sports Authenticator
In 1934, Dizzy was joined by brother Paul, automatically christened “Daffy” by the sportswriters - although the coinage was inappropriate.
Dizzy won the National League MVP award with a star-studded “Gas House Gang” of nicknamed characters that included player/manager Frankie “The Flash” Frisch, Leo “The Lip” Durocher, Jimmy “Rip” Collins, John “Pepper” Martin, Jesse “Pop” Haines, Joe “Ducky” Medwick and Arthur “Dazzy” Vance.
Dizzy retired from the broadcasting booth in the late 1960’s and, with his wife Patricia (former department store clerk) of 41 years, settled in their comfortable home in Wiggins, MS.
www.psacard.com /smrweb/backissues/smr0903/expertvintage.chtml   (2079 words)

  
 Dizzy Trout | BaseballLibrary.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Five years after Dizzy "retired," he signed with the Orioles and pitched twice after an impressive showing in an Old-Timers Game.
Dizzy is the father of pitcher Steve Trout.
Pitcher Dizzy Trout's home run, off Tommy Byrne, is his 2nd lifetime grand slam.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/T/Trout_Dizzy.stm   (899 words)

  
 Commodore 64 games, C64 reviews, downloads, SID tunes ect.
Dizzy is quite simply a walking, talking egg with boxing gloves, who likes to help people out and do good things.
Designed by the Oliver twins and published by CodeMasters, it was an immediate hit when it was released in the UK in June 1988.
A great little world is there for Dizzy to eggsplore, however it does start to get tedious as you have to go back and forth for objects.
www.lemon64.com /reviews/view.php?gameID=729   (557 words)

  
 My Home Page
With the performances of Metalwood and Soulive from the 46th annual festival still hovering over Dizzy’s Den and fresh in the minds of festival-goers, tonight it’s up to The Bad Plus and The Charlie Hunter Trio to strut their stuff in Part Two of the festival’s NEW GROOVES series.
Dizzy’s Den is packed with anticipation as Ethan Iverson on piano, Reid Anderson on bass and David King on drums start their contemporary jazz/rock set.
This series is known for spotlighting winning jazz ensembles from the Eastern hemisphere alongside their Western hemisphere counterparts.
home.att.net /~paula.edelstein/MontereyJazz.html   (2424 words)

  
 NES Player - Treasure Island Dizzy NES Review
reasure Island Dizzy, as well as the rest of the dizzy series, capture the imagination and put the player in a surreal environment.
No shading was attempted on dizzy, and the enemies were poorly done.
Dizzy has many frames of animation making for a smooth operating game.
www.nesplayer.com /reviews/tidizzyr.htm   (415 words)

  
 A Selection of Combo Stock Arrangements (Performing Arts Reading Room, Music Division, Library of Congress)
This is a list of "stock arrangements" -- published sets of parts -- for jazz "combo" -- small groups, usually of seven or eight instruments.
Styles range from Dixieland to bop: the name of the series the stock is from often suggests the style of the stock.
The Copyright Office will search their records to find the current owners of copyright in any particular arrangement for a fee of $20.00 an hour (as of August 1992).
www.loc.gov /rr/perform/combostocks.html   (935 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Talkin' Verve: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Dizziness can be a symptom of DVT Know the signs.
The tail is wagging the dog; it's like saying you should listen to Beethoven because he paved the way for the Electric Light Orchestra.
The record should really be called "Dizzy does Cuba" or something because it compiles highlights from his so-called "Afro-Cuban" phase.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000047DM?v=glance   (421 words)

  
 Kimmel Center, Inc. > News Releases > Jazz Pianist Danilo Perez Named Artistic Advisor of New Kimmel Center ...
Revel in the style Dizzy helped to create, with its fast tempos, complex harmonies and intricate melodies, featuring The Kenny Barron Trio with two very special guests, both of whom played alongside Dizzy: Cuban saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera and post-Bop Brazilian trumpet player Claudio Roditi.
Celebrate Dizzy’s championing of Afro-Cuban jazz featuring David Sanchez, the great saxophonist inspired by Afro-Caribbean and Latin sounds, personally selected by Dizzy for his United Nations Orchestra.
All of the concerts in the Mellon Jazz Up Close: Dreaming of Dizzy series will be taped by Temple University public radio station WRTI for broadcast at a later date.
www.kimmelcenter.org /news/item.php?item=2003-03-04   (856 words)

  
 Kimmel Center, Inc. > News Releases > Kimmel Center Presents Introduces Mellon Jazz: Dreaming Of Dizzy with the ...
The Kimmel Center will introduce the new Mellon Jazz: Dreaming of Dizzy series with internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Danilo Perez along with his trio.
The series, which was also curated by Danilo Perez, will feature a series of five exclusive, one-night-only performances dedicated to the legacy of Dizzy Gillespie.
His 3-year stint with Dizzy and the orchestra earned him recognition as one of the masters of the eclectic, post-bop Latin style.
www.kimmelcenter.org /news/item.php?item=2003-08-29   (697 words)

  
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64 The stars and the scenes..............157 The map of town.......................242 The final note........................266 The items/walkthrough.................282 Credits...............................538 Background ~~~~~~~~~~ "The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy" was released in 1991 by Camerica.
A pile of dry straw - Found: In Grand Dizzy's house (gold cart), left of Denzil's house (Aladdin) - Use: One of 2 items needed to un-freeze Denzil A small animal cage - Found: In Daisy's house - Use: Drop on Pogie (who hangs out around Dizzy's house) to trap him in the cage.
Be sure you drop the egg and leave it there before leaving the dragon's lair, or else she'll flame you for trying to leave with an egg.
www.atarihq.com /tsr/faqs/dizzy.txt   (3323 words)

  
 Directory - Games: Video Games: Adventure: Graphical Adventures: Dizzy Series
A series of graphical adventures from Code Masters starring an egg named Dizzy.
Dizzy and the YolkFolk  · Shows the collector card on a site by the Oliver twins.
Dizzy Webring  · A webring dedicated to the Dizzy computer games.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=453700   (116 words)

  
 RAZAFEST!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Help kick off the Latin Sundays series at Dizzy's with Orquesta Binacional de Mambo, the biggest (20+ pieces!), tightest, hottest rhythm unit of them all, led by the trumpet of Bill Caballero.
The Domingos con Latinos series at Dizzy's continues with the fiery Tex Mex sound of Mosaico, who have been on the local scene for the past two and half decades.
The Latin Sundays series at Dizzy's continues with local legends Los Alacranes performing their rollicking brand of contemporary Chicano and traditional Mexican folk music.
www.calacapress.com /centrowatch/razafestlong.html   (10085 words)

  
 Dizzy series continues today - forsythnews.com
Sharon Springs Blue War Eagle catcher Collier Cayce has the ball squirt away during a close play at home plate Saturday afternoon at Central Park during pool play of the 6-year-old Dizzy Dean World Series.
Five Forsyth teams began their quest for the 6-year-old Dizzy Dean Baseball World Series title this past Saturday morning.
Other Forsyth teams in action at the World Series this past weekend were Central Park and the Sawnee Mountain Storm.
www.forsythnews.com /news/stories/20050720/localsports/123881.shtml   (799 words)

  
 Honda-Tech.com: B series Dizzy, Alternaors, PS pump, obd1 gsr IACV, crank pulleys
Honda-Tech.com: B series Dizzy, Alternaors, PS pump, obd1 gsr IACV, crank pulleys
B series Dizzy, Alternaors, PS pump, obd1 gsr IACV, crank pulleys [Archived]
B series Dizzy, Alternators, PS pump, obd1 gsr IACV, crank pulleys
www.honda-tech.com /zerothread?id=851245   (505 words)

  
 Dizzy Dean
Dean, Dizzy - Dean, Dizzy (Jay Hanna) baseball Birthplace: Lucas, Ark. Born: 1911 Died: 1974 Information...
CARDINALS HONOR DIZZY DEAN WITH SCULPTURE AT STADIUM ART WORK IS THE SIXTH IN SERIES COMMEMORATING TEAM'S GREATS OF THE PAST (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
These kids are World serious Florida-bound: State champion SCRA Wolves win a slot in the Dizzy Dean series.
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109121.html   (184 words)

  
 The Atlanta Journal and Constitution: These kids are World serious Florida-bound: State champion SCRA Wolves win a slot ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution: These kids are World serious Florida-bound: State champion SCRA Wolves win a slot in the Dizzy Dean series.@ HighBeam Research
Playing in the irrepressible warmth of July days and nights, a fistful of Cherokee County baseball teams are providing a little heat of their own.
The South Cherokee Recreation Association 14-year-old Wolves team hammered Adairsville 16-3 Monday for the Dizzy Dean state championship on a hot, dusty evening at the SCRA field.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:22241505&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (234 words)

  
 "Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" (1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Isabelle 'Dizzy' Flores: I'm a jinx, plain and simple.
Isabelle 'Dizzy' Flores: Well, I'm not in love with you anymore!
After a complete failure (the 1989 Japanese anime attempt), a partial success (the 1997 motion picture) we can finally really get into the story of Johnny Rico and the others.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0190198   (383 words)

  
 Dizzy's Domain.  A fan-site for the Dizzy games from Codemasters.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Furtheremore, a link to English translations of Dizzy X and Dizzy Y is now on the Foreign Games page.
Platforms provides information on the different machines Dizzy games were released for, including Spectrum, NES, PC and lots of others.
Where to buy Dizzy Games is information on where to get the games in the Dizzy series, If you know of any suppliers then please tell me.
www.samsolutions.co.uk /dizzy   (578 words)

  
 Immortal C64 - My Top Ten
This was the first dizzy game I bought after I saw it on my friends Spectrum.
This was also the only game I completed in the dizzy series.
Wow, this was the only game I know of that scored 100% in a magazine review (Commodore Format).
ic64.emucamp.com /topten/topten.htm   (338 words)

  
 Jazz Casual: Dizzy Gillespie Video - Trumpet Series from Music44.com
Dizzy had some of the most musically exiciting and entertaining quintets of the '60s and '70s.
The edition of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, seen here features Dizzy on trumpet, Lalo Schifrin on piano, Leo Wright on sax, Chuck Lampkin on drums and Bob Cunningham on bass.
This item qualifies for free shipping in the US when your order total is over $59.00 USD!
www.music44.com /X/product/2586-M   (174 words)

  
 Auker Elden Auker Profile From Baseballlibrary.com, The Most Comprehensive Baseball History Encyclopedi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
We give you the stories behind the stats with over 6 000 entries about baseball players, teams, stadiums, managers, and owners Elden Auker.
Nickname(s): Big Six A submarine pitcher, Auker lost Game Seven of the 1934 World Series to Dizzy Dean after winning Game Four 10-4.
Elden Auker batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards he has won and his rank on various season and.
www.99hosted.com /names5252.html   (447 words)

  
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Ancient Ghana The Land of Gold - kingdoms of africa series
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www.afriware.net /booklist.htm   (979 words)

  
 MobyGames - Spellbound Dizzy
This version of Dizzy introduces Theo, a magician who arrives to help Dizzy and the land of Yolkfolk out of a sticky magic situation.
All of the gang from the past games are here, as are the most areas to explore in a Dizzy game (100+ rooms) and mini games galore.
"Probably the best version of 'Spellbound Dizzy'" - Gary Smith (53)
www.mobygames.com /game/spellbound-dizzy   (132 words)

  
 Jazz News: Jazz Pianist Danilo Perez Named Artistic Advisor Of New Kimmel Center Presents Jazz Series
Jazz News: Jazz Pianist Danilo Perez Named Artistic Advisor Of New Kimmel Center Presents Jazz Series
PHILADELPHIA-One of the most creative and respected young lions of jazz, pianist and composer Danilo Perez, has been named Artistic Advisor of an exciting and innovative new jazz series announced today as part of Kimmel Center Presents 2003-2004 season lineup.
All material copyright © 2005 All About Jazz and/or contributing writers & visual artists.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=2488   (853 words)

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