The Fantastic Adventures Of Dizzy: The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy: Fair Edition

The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy: Fair Edition is a patch which was created for the NES game The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (FAoD). The patch includes several (relatively) simple changes to make the game significantly less tedious. It also fixes a few bugs. With this patch, what was once a nearly impossible game becomes a fun, novel experience which ranks among other classic NES titles.

Change Summary:
* Dizzy has better temporary invincibility after taking damage (i-frames).
* Dizzy starts the game with one extra life
* Spiders do less damage and move in predictable patterns
* Birds/Bats do less damage and move in (more) predictable patterns
* Ants/mice do less damage, and mice in the sewers move in (more) predictable patterns
* Guillotines in the town move in predictable patterns
* Damage from several different sources have been reduced
* Added more frames to jump on the log that comes down the waterfall between the town and Yolkfolk tree-village.
* Reduced how quickly the Oxygen meter decreases during the bubble mini-game
* Removed an especially tedious raindrop in the graveyard near the end of the game
* Fixed a bug where the last star can be collected twice (which soft-locks the player at the very end of the game)
* Removed the (partial) invulnerability glitch
* Fixed a glitch were lower-priority items are displayed instead of high-priority items (e.g. the star-plant object had priority over the plank object)

For more details (including animated gifs demonstrating the changes above), see https://github.com/schil227/FantasticAdventuresOfDizzyFair


The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy: Fair Edition is a patch which I created for the NES game The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (FAoD). The patch includes several (relatively) simple changes to make the game significantly less tedious. It also fixes a few bugs. With this patch, what was once a nearly impossible game becomes a fun, novel experience which ranks among other classic NES titles.

Change Summary:
* Dizzy has better temporary invincibility after taking damage (i-frames).
* Dizzy starts the game with one extra life
* Spiders do less damage and move in predictable patterns
* Birds/Bats do less damage and move in (more) predictable patterns
* Ants/mice do less damage, and mice in the sewers move in (more) predictable patterns
* Guillotines in the town move in predictable patterns
* Damage from several different sources have been reduced reduced
* Added more frames to jump on the log that comes down the waterfall between the town and Yolkfolk tree-village.
* Reduced how quickly the Oxygen meter decreases during the bubble mini-game
* Removed an especially tedious raindrop in the graveyard near the end of the game
* Fixed a bug where the last star can be collected twice (which soft-locks the player at the very end of the game)
* Removed the (partial) invulnerability glitch
* Fixed a glitch were lower-priority items are displayed instead of high-priority items (e.g. the star-plant object had priority over the plank object)

To install the patch, follow these steps:
* Have a copy of the Fantastic Adventure of Dizzy .NES file (*These steps will overwrite the existing file, so make sure to copy the original if you wish to have a vanilla version of the ROM*)
* Download the patch `TheFantasticAdventuresOfDizzy_Fair.ips` from this repository [(link)](https://github.com/schil227/FantasticAdventuresOfDizzyFair/blob/main/TheFantasticAdventuresOfDizzy_Fair.ips).
* Download [Lunar IPS](https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/240/), a program which can be used to apply the patch
* Run Lunar IPS
* Select "Apply IPS Patch"
* Locate the TheFantasticAdventuresOfDizzy_Fair.ips file
* Next, Locate the vanilla Fantastic Adventure of Dizzy .NES file (again, I suggest making a copy beforehand)
* Load the newly-patched ROM (.NES file) into your emulator of choice.

For more information, check out the readme here: https://github.com/schil227/FantasticAdventuresOfDizzyFair

Database match: Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, The (USA) (Unl)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: 8700CB469BA4E0F7BBC04A6AB6F6CE06D9009513
File CRC32: 59318584
ROM SHA-1: 90196DBFC5337B56106B33891C5FA4B2267F3732
ROM CRC32: 38FBCC85