Wibble World Giddy

Description: Release Year: 1993

Newest Review: ... useful later - Atari and Amiga rivalry often presented itself in independent games like these, which is an endless source of ... more

... humour in a sort of nerdy way that I’ve never really understood, but “Ta! Have a sweaty sock” is a great line in any case. Giddy (I keep having to restrain myself from typing ‘Dizzy’) picks up items with the aid of the joystick’s fire button, and stores them in an unseen inventory that can be accessed by pressing down (effectively, pulling backwards on the joystick) and scrolling left and right through text descriptions of each object before pressing fire to use the one selected. In some cases it’s safe to casually u...more

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Wibble World Giddy: Not Just Another Huge-Handed Anthropomorphic Egg (1207 words)
by - written on 18/10/07 (Very useful, 187 readings)
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Originally designed as an all-out parody of the Oliver Twins’ ‘Dizzy’ platform adventure games, Phil Ruston’s ‘Wibble World Giddy: Wibble Mania!’ proved to be just about the best Dizzy clone available for fans of the Codemasters releases. The game was a public domain release, attached to various Amiga magazine cover disks and bundled with numerous packages for the smallest of fees, allowing newcomers to experience the platform adventure puzzle-solver genre for the first time, and for experienced Dizzy fans to enjoy working their way through a fairly short but satisfying and well-meaning parody. As explained on the title screen, the eponymous Giddy is an ... Read the complete review