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