This game is the second in the Dizzy series by the Oliver Twins, and the first to appear on the NES. It is a very short game compared to the other Dizzy games so I thought it would make a good introduction to how the Dizzy series works for people who don't know. Essentially, Dizzy is a very fragile egg with a three-slots-big backpack who goes on all sorts of adventures. You have to figure out what to pick up and where to take it to make him not die.
There are two versions of this game on time-attack-able consoles. The NES version and the Aladdin version are mostly identical, but the NES version uses a black screen for scene transitions and the Aladdin version instead paints the screen in plain view. I prefer the NES version because the -last- thing the Aladdin version does is apply the correct pallete so it gives me a headache to play. There might be other changes, the screen transitions might be faster in one, I don't know, but I like the NES version better. (both versions are rather poorly programmed ports of the original Spectrum game).
Here is a map of the world (Amiga version)
You start at the beach on the left side of the lake.
Here is my proposed route. It makes use of one secret warp (from the left clouds to the sunken ship) but does not use either of the others (totem pole to right clouds, right clouds to left clouds) because of inventory constraints.
Step 1, GETTING A SNORKEL - get OLD CHEST, left, use OLD CHEST, up,leftx8,up,right,left,up, get SNORKEL.
Step 2, USING THE WEIGHT - right, get 10TON WEIGHT, left,down,right,left,down,right, glitch up, use 10TON WEIGHT.
Step 3, WANDERING THE TREES - right,up,left,right, get DETONATOR, right, get SHOVEL, right,down,right,left, switch DETONATOR for POGO STICK, down,right, warp.
Step 4, GOING FOR A SWIM - left,right, switch SHOVEL for CROWBAR, jump upx2, rotate items, right,downx2, use CROWBAR, leftx2,right, get SHOVEL, jump upx2, switch POGO STICK for ASBESTOS, right,downx2,right,up,right.
Step 5, SPELUNKING - use SHOVEL, rightx5, get KEY, leftx5, down,rightx2, use KEY, rightx2, get GOLD EGG, leftx2,down, switch ASBESTOS for BRANDY.
Step 6, BUYING A BOAT - up,leftx4,right,up,rightx4, exchange GOLD EGG and BRANDY for PARTSx2, rightx2, use PARTSx2, left x3.
Step 7, GRAVEROBBING - get BIBLE, leftx2, get AXE, left,down,leftx4,up,leftx2,up,leftx2, use AXE, down,right, get TREASURE, leftx2,up.
Step 8, BUYING GAS - leftx3,up,left,right,up,rightx2,down,right,left, get DETONATOR, down,right, warp, rightx2,up,rightx5, exchange TREASURE for PARTS, rightx2, use PARTS, leftx5.
Step 9, EXPLODING ROCK - down,left, get TNT, leftx4, up, leftx2, up, leftx10, use TNT, use DETONATOR, get COINS.
Step 10, WINNING THE GAME - rightx10,down,rightx2,down,rightx4,up,rightx4, exchange COINS for PARTS, rightx2, use PARTS, right, win!