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A series of Action-Adventure games released in the UK during the mid [[The Eighties|1980s]] to early [[The Nineties|1990s]].
The games concern the various adventures of Dizzy, a member of a race of egg-people called the Yolkfolk who live in a [[High Fantasy]] world of dragons, trolls and [[Tree
To solve his various problems Dizzy picks up a variety of strange items and when he's found the proper place to use them, drops them again. As he can [[Inventory Management Puzzle|only carry a few items at a time]], though, the player is frequently forced to [[Fetch Quest|walk from one side of the map to the other to get something useful]].
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* [[Portable Hole]]: you can pick one up, but as soon as you pick it up - and store it in your bag - there's a hole in your bag, so everything falls out of it. [[Mind Screw|Including the hole]].
* [[Promoted to Unlockable]]: Daisy becomes a playable character in ''Dizzy Down the Rapids''.
* [[Shout
** ''Magic Land Dizzy'' has a clever little puzzle that references [[Pacman]].
*** Not to mention the Billy Goats Gruff, Alice in Wonderland, Lord of the Rings, Aladdin, the legend of King Arthur, the Pied Piper of Hamlyn, the Frog Prince, the Wizard of Oz, Sleeping Beauty and probably at least one more that's been forgotten. Seriously. ''EVERY'' [[Fairy Tale]] ever written is in these games somewhere. That list is just ''one game'' and there's a dozen of these things.
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