Book review: Let's go Dizzy - The Story of The Oliver Twins

Something which is proving popular with retro gamers in recent years are the hardback books featuring a past gaming theme, popular genre or famous developer, and one of the best released in late 2016 was Let's Go Dizzy! The Story of The Oliver Twins. Written by the duo of Chris Wilkins and Roger M Kean, this beautiful book looks into the past of the legendary UK game developers Andrew and Philip Oliver. Predominately featuring the brothers most famous creation, the fantasy eggy hero Dizzy.

Dizzy's 30 Year Anniversary - DizzyAGE Remake of the 2011 HD Remake of Prince of the Yolkfolk released!

Throughout the years I've always tried to keep you informed to the latest developments coming out from our good friends the YolkFolk in regards to the latest fan based Dizzy games created using the DizzyAge software. And thus today it is with great pleasure to announce that not only is this year a 30th Anniversary of Dizzy, but the 2011 Android and iOS HD Remake of Prince of the Yolkfolk Dizzy game by DNA Dynamics Inc, has been ported to the PC as a DizzyAGE remake by VK007.

The story of the Oliver Twins - Chris Wilkins is back with another fantastic book!

Any time someone mentions Chris Wilkins, I think of those awesome books he has done such as ' The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels ' , ' The History of Ocean Software ' and the ' ZX Spectrum Story in pixels ' which is filled to the brim with memoirs, factual history, classic game screenshots and much more all in a lovely glossy print. Each one a huge success through Kickstarter and is a joy to read that I'd recommend time and time again to others. Well now Chris has moved onto his next Kickstarter and this time it's ' The story of the Oliver Twins ' who many of us know as the legends behind Dizzy!

Wonderland Dizzy - The Oliver Twins BIG Dizzy game reveal & The Oliver Twins book Kickstarter!

Through this month and last, The Oliver Twins have been hinting at a brand new Dizzy game that was to be revealed on Saturday 24th October at the Cambridge‏ show. Well today right on cue, we have got the latest scoop that this game is actually called ' Wonderland Dizzy ' and you can play it right now! But before we lead you towards this fine place of gaming fun, let us talk a bit about how this game came to be.

The Story of The Oliver Twins book detailed update!

While we wait for the big Dizzy game announcement this Saturday 24th October at The Centre for Computing History - Cambridge (Link), Chris Wilkins has given us a further update in relation to ' The Story of The Oliver Twins ' book, which will be announced at 1pm. Created by Chris Wilkins & Roger M. Kean with cover design by Steven Day, a Kickstarter will be announced for the book that will feature memoirs from many who worked on the games with the Oliver's, the conversions to other systems and the book will also include over 100 pages on the history of the Twins.