The Great Giana Sisters
type: platformer
genre: Cartoon, Hop and bop
series: The Great Giana Sisters
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng
genre: Cartoon, Hop and bop
series: The Great Giana Sisters
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng
4.2/5
Technical specs
display: raster
Editor note
Nintendo weren't happy with this game.
FatherJack # 2013-09-25 06:23:56 - source
The Great Giana Sisters was created by Armin Gessert and had graphics produced by the future creator of the Turrican series, Manfred Trenz back in 1987. At the time, Super Mario Bros was at a all time high in the craze stakes on the NES console, and Armin created his own clone in great style.
A very cunning swap of ‘Great’ for ‘Super’, ‘Giana’ for ‘Mario’ and ‘Sisters’ for ‘Brothers’, proved too much for the legal eagles at Nintendo, whom, heavily protective of their much loved plumber, took legal action to prevent the sale of the C64 clone.
Nintendo were very slightly late in their prevention however, and the game managed to get on sale for a week, before being ripped from the shelves. Leaving a rare selection of copies to have got out into the real world. One such owned by myself thankfully (Cover scans coming soon), and by lucky others in the C64 community. A true rarity which countless C64 people will tell you when you mention Giana.
A very cunning swap of ‘Great’ for ‘Super’, ‘Giana’ for ‘Mario’ and ‘Sisters’ for ‘Brothers’, proved too much for the legal eagles at Nintendo, whom, heavily protective of their much loved plumber, took legal action to prevent the sale of the C64 clone.
Nintendo were very slightly late in their prevention however, and the game managed to get on sale for a week, before being ripped from the shelves. Leaving a rare selection of copies to have got out into the real world. One such owned by myself thankfully (Cover scans coming soon), and by lucky others in the C64 community. A true rarity which countless C64 people will tell you when you mention Giana.
FatherJack # 2013-09-25 06:23:56 - source
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External reviews (7) - average: 82.3% - median: 82%
review source | issue | date | score | |||
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ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | uk | 11 | 1988-08 | 701/1000 | 70% | view |
Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) (9+) | de | 19 | 1988-02 | 10/12 | 83% | view |
Commodore User (33-61) | uk | 57 | 1988-06 | 8/10 | 80% | view |
Power Play | de | 2 | 1987-12 | 80/100 | 80% | view |
The Games Machine | uk | 8 | 1988-07 | 82/100 | 82% | view |
Tilt 39-113 | fr | 55 | 1988-06 | 17/20 | 85% | view |
Zzap! | uk | 39 | 1988-07 | 96/100 | 96% | view |
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The Great Giana Sisters (Atari ST)
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The Great Giana Sisters (ZX Spectrum)
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