Excalibur Dizzy (HELP THREAD)

[mrdarek]

http://www.dizzy.pl/non-cgi/grafy/excalbug.png
I found probably bug in tree complex location. I can't go right because Dizzy is too big to go under platform and jump on platform is also not possible.
I'm stuck because on right is troll. and on left is death pit. I attach save from this location to test. Please, repair game

[Adz.M]

I can't go right because Dizzy is too big to go under platform

All I did was hold right under the platform and he squeezes through.

I'm still stuck myself at the moment, Do you use the Lubricant in the "Ghost in the machine" screen? Because that doesn't seem to work and I've got a head scratching feeling thats the only possible place I can think of :v2_dizzy_confused2:

[Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk]

Im stuck now too. Ive got 'Excalibur' but was too trying the lubricant on
the 'Ghost in machine' screen but yielded nothing. Cant get past the portcullis either. A number of the items dont seem to disappear when youve used them ie the axe for example - does that mean they are used again or not ?

[macon]

re : Ghost in the Machine.

Think where there might be an object that could turn the gear wheels on the machine.

Andy Mason

[Adz.M]

Tried your suggestion and found the answer that didn't cross my mind sooner :v2_dizzy_blush:

Anyway, I've mangaged to finish the game :D

[mrdarek]

Well, save is repaired but not game. But thx anyway.
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for others: Before lubricant you must use crank

[delta]

dammit i need 4 more coins.

[delta]

found them. that was sneaky!

anyway, finished it! :)

very well done!

[Meph]

i got stuck on the other side of that spike pit and can't get back across... do i need to restart?

[some guy or other]

I basically can't do anything on this game. All I can do is keep going around in circles. The only objects I can find are the lubricant and the crank, neither of which apparently do anything yet. Falling through the quicksand seems like it should lead somewhere, since there are coins down there, but you die after a few seconds of sinking. There's obviously some way out of that but I can't get to anywhere to find an object to solve it.

There appears to be some kind of keyhole set in a tree in one of the rooms, but there is no key for it.

I literally cannot get anywhere, aside from going around in circles. I know there's something I'm missing, but I don't see it anywhere.

It's a shame because it really looks like a fun game, and I'd like to get into it and solve all the puzzles and find all the coins. But I can't even figure out how to get out of the first part.

[Annie]

I basically can't do anything on this game. All I can do is keep going around in circles. The only objects I can find are the lubricant and the crank, neither of which apparently do anything yet. Falling through the quicksand seems like it should lead somewhere, since there are coins down there, but you die after a few seconds of sinking. There's obviously some way out of that but I can't get to anywhere to find an object to solve it.

There appears to be some kind of keyhole set in a tree in one of the rooms, but there is no key for it.

I literally cannot get anywhere, aside from going around in circles. I know there's something I'm missing, but I don't see it anywhere.

It's a shame because it really looks like a fun game, and I'd like to get into it and solve all the puzzles and find all the coins. But I can't even figure out how to get out of the first part.


If I remember rightly there are 2 :v2_dizzy_confused2: (maybe 1) keys in the game you just have to look for them.

Don't give up on the game :D

[macon]

Hi.
The quicksand has an exit on the far right where the key you want can be picked up.

[some guy or other]

Hi.
The quicksand has an exit on the far right where the key you want can be picked up.

Thanks, I'll try that; although I do keep just dying in the quicksand. I can see what looks like a ledge at the top, but if I jump up, I go into a room that's all white and corrupted.

I'll keep trying. I don't give up that easily. I'll get there.

Thanks.

[macon]

Hmm. No one has ever reported a white corrupted room before. Maybe the games data has got corrupted somehow. Have you tried downloading it again to see if it works ok?

The key is 2 screens to the right from this screen.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dtgames/screens/dizzy3.jpg

[Annie]

I am really stuggerling to find the Crank any help would be great.

I tried to follow the clue that was posted earlier about this but to no luck :cry:

[some guy or other]

Hmm. No one has ever reported a white corrupted room before. Maybe the games data has got corrupted somehow. Have you tried downloading it again to see if it works ok?

The key is 2 screens to the right from this screen.

Huh. I don't see that screen. I've downloaded the game twice and each time I go right past the first quicksand screen ("No Path Through"), I just get a white screen and the game stops responding.

No wonder I'm not getting anywhere.

Edit: Just tried downloading it again; still getting the white screen. I don't know what's happening or how to have it not happen.

[delta]

what version of windows do you have?

also, it may be a good idea to save the game just before you get to the 'white' room, and send the save game file to macon (and possibly alex) so he can see where you're up to, and see if the same thing happens on his version.

[some guy or other]

I have Windows 2000.

I'll try sending a copy of the save file, then.

[xelanoimis]

Send it to me too.
One save just before the problem.
If you're able to open the menu and do a save during the problem (in the white scree), that could also be useful, in case the game works fine for me.
See my email on the DizzyAGE website.
Alex

[macon]

Annie.

Try looking on the wells (I can't remember which one now).

Andy

[Annie]

Annie.

Try looking on the wells (I can't remember which one now).

Andy

Thanks macon.

It was just what I needed to complete the game :v2_dizzy_clapping:

[WhyNotSmile]

Just completed this game - yay! Those final 4 coins were sneaky though!!

Nice to see a Dizzy game in a different style, although I am a bit of a Spectrum devotee.

Good game!

[ginger]

im stuck how do i get past the ice guardian??

[macon]

im stuck how do i get past the ice guardian??

Have you found the bucket of salt yet? If not, then there are more puzzles to solve first.

[ginger]

no!! where do i find that?? iv got the lubricant, crank, gold key, skull key, sword, silver cross, magic light, then i get stuck

[ginger]

also cant get past the portcullis room. and how do i get 2 the dragon down the well or is he just there 4 effect??

[macon]

Have you examined the log pile in the forest? That probably what's stopping you from progressing.

[simonav82]

Hello all! :v2_dizzy_happy:
Here are the key steps in "Excalibur Dizzy" in other to rescue Grand Dizzy from the evil wizard Zaks. For the screens I use CAPITAL letters to be easier to follow.
PRESS RETURN TO START - you find the first coin (1)
HOME SWEET HOME - take the lubricant
BE CAREFUL!!! - second coin (2)
A WALK IN THE COUNTRY - third coin (3), take the crank from the well
THE HARD SELL - fourth coin on the cloud (4)
THAT SINKING FEELING - fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth coins (5, 6, 7 and 8)
CERTAIN DEATH - take the gold key, you can see the nineth coin (9) which you will take later
A ROPE TOO FAR - use the gold key in the lock to bring down the rope, drop the gold key
OUT ON A LIMB - tenth coin (10)
I CAN SMELL SICK - eleventh coin (11)
DENZIL'S BEDROOM - talk to Denzil, take the short sword
TREE WALKWAY - twelveth coin (12)
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS - thirteenth coin (13)
TREACHOROUS PATH - fourteenth coin (14)
LADDER TO NOWHERE - fifteenth coin (15), you can find an axe in the bunch of woods
TREECOMPLEX - sixteenth coin (16)
NONE SHALL PASS - use the short sword to frighten the troll, drop the crack, the axe and the lubricant
TREETOPS - seventeenth coin (17)
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS - eightteenth coin (18)
OUTSIDE DOZY'S HUT - take the skull key
CASTLE DRAWBRIDGE - use the skull key to unlock the bridge, nineteenth coin (19)
ENTRY HALLWAY - twentieth coin (20)
BANQUET HALL - twenty first coin (21)
DRAFTY ROOM - twenty second coin (22)
ICY ANTECHAMBER - take the silver cross
go back to THE HARD SELL, use the silver cross, take the magic light
go back to NONE SHALL PASS, take the axe
go to the DRAFTY ROOM, use the axe to make a hole into the floor
SALT MINE ENTRANCE - twenty third coin (23)
THE ROCK WORM'S LAIR - use the magic light to frighten the worm, drop the magic light and the axe, twenty fourth coin (24)
DEEP IN THE SALT MINE - take the bucket of salt, twenty fifth coin (25)
THE ICE GUARDIAN - use the bucket of salt to kill the ice guardian
go back to NONE SHALL PASS, take the crank and the lubricant
GHOST IN THE MACHINE - use the crank and the lubricant, twenty sixth coin (26)
THE ARMOURY - take the excalibur
THE PORTICULLIS - use the excalibur to kill Zack
NOWHERE - the last coin (27), you can find it somwhere in the clouds

I enjoyed a lot this game, Dizzy series is one of my favourites! :v2_dizzy_clapping:

[ClientFan]

Has anyone checked if there's a bug in v1.2 of this excellently different little game? I found I was missing one coin, so gave it a go with simon's walkthrough above. When I get to the saltmines, there is no coin the 'deep in the saltmines' screen - just the bucket of salt, and a cake to eat. Also, all three of the 'saltmines' screens don't have an on-screen room-name in this version.

Help! So :hitwall: as I thought I'd managed to complete it all on my ownsome!

[macon]

It's there for me. I tested it several times before releasing it. Can you email me your save game?

masonandy0105@ntlworld.com

[dizzykei]

What is the green liquid in the bottles? Whenever i try to communicate with them i got message "maybe later". But i found four of them in the game. Help me solve this mystery.

[Lord Dizzy of Yolkfolk]

What is the green liquid in the bottles? Whenever i try to communicate with them i got message "maybe later". But i found four of them in the game. Help me solve this mystery.

Usually if you get this message it's becasue your life bar is full and the item is either food or drink dizzy would consume to replenish the energy life bar. Whether it is in this case not sure.

[Adz.M]

Last time I played, they were extra lives.

[dizzykei]

Thanks, Adz.M.
Nice game.