Great Giana Sisters
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| Missing image Sistersbox.jpg Great Giana Sisters box art | |
| Developer(s) | Time Warp Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Rainbow Arts |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Genre | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | N/A |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Commodore 64 |
Great Giana Sisters is a platform game developed by Time Warp Productions for the Amiga and Commodore 64. It was released in 1987 and published by Rainbow Arts.
Due to its similarity with Super Mario Bros., Rainbow Arts was forced to withdraw the game from sale almost as soon as it was released and cancel release of the otherwise completed ZX Spectrum version. Original copies of the game are currently highly prized by video game collectors.
Despite being unavailable commercially, unauthorized copying of the game has led to its rapid rise to cult status. Additionally, much of the game's fame may come from its theme music (composed by Chris Hülsbeck) which is highly regarded as a classic in the chiptune community, especially among SID chip fans.
Similarity to Super Mario Brothers
In Super Mario Brothers, the main characters (Mario and Luigi) could collect mushrooms. The mushrooms caused the characters to grow taller, and withstand an single attack without causing losing a life. Subsequnt damage to the characters would revert them to their original small state. The mushrooms were hidden in blocks, and could be freed by jumping into the underside of the block. In Great Giana Sisters, the sisters would collect brightly-coloured balls from blocks, which caused them to grow and obtain brightly coloured Mohican haircuts. In both games, the taller state of the characters gave them the ability to break blocks with their heads.
Screenshots
Missing image Amiga_Great_Giana_Sisters.png Great Giana Sisters (Amiga version) | Missing image Amiga_Great_Giana_Sisters_alt.png Giana in a cave (Amiga version) |
Missing image C64_Great_Giana_Sisters.png Great Giana Sisters on the C64 |
External Links
- Zzap! 64 review of Great Giana Sisters (http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displayreview.pl?reviewid=38)
- Your Sinclair review of Great Giana Sisters (http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/thegreatgianasisters.htm)
- Crash! review of Great Giana Sisters (http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/crash/55/giana.htm)
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