Dazzeloids

*****Dazzeloids**** (ダズロイド)* is a CD-ROM-based edutainment title created by Rodney Alan Greenblat for the Pippin Atmark console. It was awarded "The Best CD-ROM for Children" at COMDEX 1995.

## Gameplay

After a musical introduction, the main menu of the *Dazzeloids* game offers three story options: *A Child is Bored*, *Banker, Spare That Petshop!*, and *Dazzeloid Dreams*. There are also options at the bottom for *How Does It Work?*, which provides a tutorial of the game, and *Meet the Dazzeloids*, which provides background information about the characters.

## Releases

The game was originally released by Voyager Company in 1994 as ***Dazzeloids: CD-ROM Superheroes on a Binge Against Boredom** "Voyager CityROM"*, a hybrid disc for Windows 3.1 and Macintosh. The application was authored with *Macromedia Director v4*. The Pippin version was released in Japan on June 7, 1996.

Greenblat went on to achieve wider recognition for his next project, *PaRappa the Rapper* for Playstation consoles, in which he began a longtime collaboration with producer Masaya Matsuura, the designer of *Tunin'Glue*, another Pippin title.

## Credits

### Voices

* Rodney A. Greenblat — Narrator · Yendor Talbneerg · Stinkabod Lamé · Plump Prune · Pricky the Purple Porcupine · Pin Bleeper · Capt'n Cob · Biscuit Boys
* Jenny Horn — Leaky Dog · Fruity Prune · Book Reader · Scruffy Bear · Scrolly
* Park Borchert — Officer Dog · The Mediogre · Mr. Gullet · Weather Guy|The Weather Guy · Dr. Wiseman
* David Garland — Titan Rose
* Jim Kendall — Jeremy · Shortnin' Head
* Deena Lebow — The School Teacher · Mrs. Gerbilman
* Laura Hughes — Anne Dilly Whim · News Lady
* Josh and Lauren Simons — The Townsfolk
* Cleo and Kimberly Greenblat — Jeremy's friends

### Production

* Rodney A. Greenblat — animation, graphics, lingo programming, project management, design, music composition and sequencing, vocals, sound effects, sound editing, storyboards, 3D rendering, models, and animation
* Jenny Horn — animation, graphics, design, project management, quality control
* Trish Booten — animation, graphics, design
* Jim Kendall — studio management, secretarial, assistant

### Voyager

* Jane Wheeler — kindhearted taskmaster
* Reid Sherline — copy editing
* Todd Fahrner — testing and documentation
* Colin Holgate — technical advice
* Troy Jones — technical advice
* Conor O'Nolan of PixelMagic — Windows conversion

### Special thanks

* David Weisman — provided Moog synthesizer
* Stanton Greenblat — provided Gibson Les Paul guitar
* Todd Miller — great prices and support on computer equipment
* John Carlin — legal advice
* Joe — bridge computer rentals

### Moral support and inspiration

* Deena Lebow
* Kimberly Greenblat
* Cleo Greenblat
* Arleigh Greenblat

## Gallery

Front of Win/Mac "CityROM"Back of Win/Mac "CityROM"
## References

1. ↑ PIPPIN@MARK software release list (Japanese), Retrogeme. Accessed 2017-05-03.
2. ↑ *Dazzeloids* (Japanese), RodneyFun. Accessed 2017-05-16.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Dazzeloids* by denzquix, The Internet Archive. 2015-03-11.
4. ↑ *Dazzeloids* / Rodney A. Greenblat., Virtual CD-ROM / Floppy Disk Library, Indiana University. Accessed 2017-05-16.
5. ↑ *ダズロイド* (Japanese), Third Stage. Archived 1999-09-16.
6. ↑ Chris Kohler, *Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life*, p.144. 2016.
7. ↑ Austin Clark, Retro Weekend: PaRappa the Rapper and Nanaon-Sha’s PlayStation Legacy, Invisible Gamer. 2015-04-18.

## External links

* *Dazzeloids* (archived from Voyager's official page)
* *Dazzeloids* at Classic Reload
* *Dazzeloids* at RF Generation
* *Dazzeloids* at The Collection Chamber
* *Dazzeloids* at Tumblr
* *Dazzeloids* at TV Tropes
* *Dazzeloids* at WorldCat
* *Dazzeloids* Wiki at Fandom
* *Dazzleoids**(sic)* at CityTV (archived 1999-05-08)
* *Dazzleoids**(sic)* at Pippin World UK (archived 2005-04-09)
* *Dazzleoids**(sic)* at Wikipedia

### Articles

* Avenging Boredom by Ken Coupland, *Wired* (1995-03)
* RETRO: *Dazzeloids* at Eggware Blog (2015-06-24)
* Review: *Dazzeloids*, the CD-ROM Superheroes by Stephen Manes, *The New York Times* (1994-12-20)
* Says You, *The Washington Post* (1995-03-29)
* From Wood to Bits: Rodney Greenblat's Super-Mission Against the Mediogre by Scott Rosenberg at *Salon* (1995-11-13)
* Old CD-ROMs never die, they just become unreadable by Scott Rosenberg at Wordyard (2002-08-19)