The Great Giana Sisters

The Great Giana Sisters ( in the intro and older previous versions also known as The Great Gianna Sisters) is a computer game that was developed in 1987 by Time Warp Productions for the C64 and published by the German software company Rainbow Arts. In this computer game, there is a Jump ' n' Run with strong similarities to Super Mario Bros.. 1988 " Giana Sisters" implemented for Amiga 500 and Atari ST. A few weeks after the release of the Amiga version, it disappeared from not exactly clarified reasons again from the shelves.

Content

The player takes on the role of small " Giana " ( in the intro incorrectly as " Gianna " written ), which during a nightmare seeks a total of 32 dungeons and has to fight against various monsters. Here, the player must dodge obstacles and collect jewels until he can face the final boss. If the player is successful, Giana is woken up by her sister " Mary". In later versions of the game players in two-player mode, you can switch to the role of her sister.

History

General

Giana Sisters was from that time still quite unknown, German software manufacturer Time Warp ( inter alia consisting of Armin Gessert (programming), Hendrik Nordhaus (programming ), Manfred Trenz ( graphics ) and Chris Hülsbeck (sound and music) ) and made the small company immediately famous throughout Europe; even overseas developed a growing interest for the game. In the UK, the magazine ZZAP! 64 The Great Giana Sisters, known as " The greatest platform game of all time " ( " The greatest platform game ever "). The fact that Time Warp had sent the game for good reason as a rival to the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. on the grid, was already apparent in the title on the British box (not German ), which research announced: " The Brothers are History" ( " The brothers are history " ). 1988 Rainbow Arts published the long-awaited by many players for the Amiga version.

Alleged dispute with Nintendo

The Japanese video game maker Nintendo was quickly noticed the great similarity to the trademarked Super Mario Bros.. Already the first level in Giana Sisters had been taken over almost completely without modification of Super Mario Bros. and the game mechanics was that of Super Mario Bros. almost identical. A frequently put forward opinion is that Nintendo saw hurt in his trademark and copyright rights and then went to court against Rainbow Arts and obtained that the game from then on was no longer allowed to be sold. In a short time both the commercially available, only recently published Amiga specimens as well as their counterparts for the home computer Commodore 64 and Atari ST from transport were drawn.

According to the lawyer Andreas Lober however, there is no evidence for a court decision and Armin Gessert was not aware of any such proceedings. Nintendo had therefore, as in other cases previously, probably directly to the bargain, to no longer offer the game.

The alleged dispute with Nintendo made ​​the game known worldwide and as it was no longer available on the market, it had already reached cult status. By black copies, it soon became very widespread. In addition, the original versions of coveted collectibles were, as the game was at least on the Amiga market, one of the rarest. In the years 2005-2008 the price of the original versions of the classic platform in the Internet auction site eBay between 100 and 250 Euro varied, depending on the state of the game and the packaging and the respective system / media on which it appeared. Since the C64 version is longer available in the shops as was the Amiga game, it has a lower value to collectors.

Development

2011, the game under the title Armin Gessert 's Giana Sisters was available for mobile phones and Mac OS X. In addition, some private developers are working on versions of Windows. One of these versions of Windows, for example, Giana's Return, which is also available for Dreamcast and GP32. There was even a three -level beta version of a Quake TC: GianaQuake.

Successor

Despite all a successor under the name Giana 2 1988 - Arther and Martha developed in Future World, whose release but was prevented by Nintendo, although the game had already been widely removed from Super Mario. Ultimately, the game was released, at least in Germany or with other players sprites under the name Hard ' n' Heavy.

Giana Sisters DS

Giana Sisters DS, the official sequel was released in April 2009 for the Nintendo DS handheld console. Armin Gessert, the forefather of the legendary Giana Sisters was involved with his team at this development significantly. The classic Jump ' n' Run offers over 80 newly designed levels with many game features the original home computer version. In addition, it makes use of the features of the Nintendo DS exploit. So it is about that control Giana Sisters also by blowing into the Nintendo DS microphone.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

On July 30, 2012 Spellbound successor company Black Forest Games started on the Kickstarter platform, the Project Giana, which was touted as the " grandson " of The Great Giana Sisters. The plan was initially the release of the game for the PC. PSN and XBLA versions should follow at a later date. The soundtrack of the game composed as the first Giana Sisters Chris Hülsbeck. Since August 24, 2012 There are a playable demo with the first two levels. On 23 October 2012, the game now with the name Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams released on download platforms GamersGate, GOG.com and Steam. Easter 2013 appeared a PC retail version. Included in this collector's edition are two additional levels, and a Giana Sisters Fan posters and the soundtrack to the game with 19 tracks from composer Chris Hülsbeck, Fabian Del Priore and the band Machinae Supremacy.

Systems

  • Commodore 64
  • Amiga
  • Atari ST
  • Amstrad CPC - was never officially released, but came through a former employee of the project into circulation. The version is playable, but has no sound and also has problems with the controller on.
  • Mobile phone - under the name of Armin Gessert 's Giana Sisters
  • Nintendo DS - under the name Giana Sisters DS
  • Mac OS X - under the name " Armin Gessert 's Giana Sisters"
  • Apple iPhone / iPod Touch - under the name of The Great Giana Sisters
  • Apple iPad - under the name of The Great Giana Sisters HD
  • Android - under the name Giana Sisters
  • Ouya - under the name Giana Sisters
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