Dizzy Panic

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Dizzy Panic!
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C64 cover art
Developer(s) Big Red Software
Publisher(s) Codemasters
Designer(s) Oliver Twins
Composer(s) Allister Brimble (C64)
Series Dizzy
Platform(s) Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Master System, Game Gear
ReleaseMay 1990
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player

Dizzy Panic is a puzzle video game published in 1990 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Master System, and Game Gear. The game is based on the Dizzy series and was designed by the Oliver Twins but was developed by Big Red Software. Gameplay involves moving a wall left and right so that falling shapes pass through the appropriately shaped holes in the wall.

The game is included in the 1993 The Excellent Dizzy Collection .

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