I picked up the Oliver Twins Collection for the Evercade. I remember liking Dizzy back when my friend had a C64 and I really enjoyed the whole vibe. I watched the streams of pro gamer Richie Morgan playing Dizzy last year and quite honestly it was an endurance test. The music was terrible and the constant back and forth and limited inventory space seemed like a chore. Yet here I am having a great time playing some of the most aurally offensive games I've ever had the pleasure to, and enjoying them as well.

I had vague recollections of this from when I was a kid but the Evercade has the NES versions of the games, so this is rather different. Immediately died as soon as I started by going for the shiny coin in the water. Soon learned. Turns out it's one hit and you're done, so queue some save scumming (approximately 60 times according to the game stats) of epic proportions, every screen has a potential hazard from the moment you walk onto it. Yet despite all of this I had a lot of fun figuring out what items were needed where and their functions etc.

It's a lean experience made playable with save states as I'd have thrown the fucker out the window by now if I couldn't save often. God knows how many attempts this would've needed playing on the actual NES but if anyone ever finished it that way, well done.

Maybe the terrible music is actually hypnosis to keep me hooked in and playing as much Dizzy as I can. But either way, I'm very surprised by how much I'm enjoying these games so far, and that probably the most difficult one was what got its hooks in me the most.