The publisher, Codemasters, was uncomfortable releasing it separately at full price, so included it as part of The Excellent Dizzy Collection.

After the failure of the Aladdin Deck Enhancer, Camerica was forced to close down, and Codemasters was in financial trouble.

As a result, many staff left the Oliver twins' software company, Interactive Studios, who were unable to find replacements.

After the Aladdin was abandoned, the Oliver twins decided to release all four (when completed) on the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear to bring in some extra revenue, but Codemasters wasn't comfortable releasing each as a full-priced stand-alone title, so forced them to combine the games into a compilation, although only three would fit.

Codemasters marketing team informed the Olivers that they couldn't release two adventure games on the one compilation.

An official release of the game finally occurred in 2017, following a successful Kickstarter campaign from the original creators.