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Prolific Polish author Rafal Miazga is back with a dynamic adventure, a genre he already tried in the past (Skyscraper Of Doom and Streets Of Doom),this time structured as a clone of the venerable Dizzy. The background story is nothing particular: Yoyo, a strange round being, is struck by a lightning bolt that suddenly displaces him from his own world, where everyone is cheerful and happy, to pre-Christian Poland. He will then have to perform several tasks in order to return to his own dimension.

The setting is the most interesting aspect of Yoyo. Rafal populated the game world with characters inspired by the myths and legends of his country, not failing to provide links to Wikipedia and other websites for those who want to know more. As for the rest, Yoyo can be played without too much difficulty: puzzles are obvious enough and you do not risk to lose lives very much.

Personally I would have preferred to be able to talk more than once with the characters after they give the details on what to do or look for, because sometimes it might be confusing to keep track of the various tasks to perform and a reminder wouldn't be bad. The fact that you have to restart the game from the first location every time Yoyo loses one of his lives is a bit annoying.

From a technical point of view, the game shows colourful but rather schematic graphics; on 128K you can hear a nice melody playing along, otherwise sound is not very present.

Ultimately, Yoyo is a good Dizzy without Dizzy, with an original setting as its main feature. It will certainly appeal to all fans of the genre, while for everyone else it could be, due to its not very high difficulty, a good introduction.