Colin Polonowski

Review

Wonderful Dizzy is still a brilliant return for one of the ZX Spectrum’s greatest characters

The promised ZX Spectrum Next-specific version never arrived, but Wonderful Dizzy remains a superb new adventure built for the original…

Aug 29, 2026

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