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Great Giana Sisters coming to DS Comments by Oli Welsh

15 December, 2008

Notorious Mario clone gets a second chance.

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Retroid [mod]
15/12/08 @ 14:10
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I owned this on C64.

Then a mate's mum gave it to a charity shop behind his back.

>:(
Darren
15/12/08 @ 14:30
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I played Great Gianni Sisters on the Amiga as a friend got hold of a pirate copy for me along with Kakatis, an R-Type clone that was also banned. GGS was a great game with an excellent soundtrack by musical maestro, Chris Huelsbeck (he of Turrican fame).
SteveB
15/12/08 @ 14:34
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I threw this in a skip recently after a clearout of my parents loft (along with all my other speccy and C64 stuff) . I hope it wasn't worth anything !
Mr_V
15/12/08 @ 14:40
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If you have an actual original copy, I believe it's actually worth a fair bit to the right people.
johnboy_johsnon
15/12/08 @ 14:42
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Had a pirate copy for the Amiga (possibly still do). Now that I think of it why did they have to withdraw it? Sure it was really like Mario but you could argue that about a lot of different genres and games.
muscleblade
15/12/08 @ 14:49
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"Sure it was really like Mario but you could argue that about a lot of different genres and games. "

It was almost the exact same game only with sisters.
SteveB
15/12/08 @ 15:01
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If you have an actual original copy, I believe it's actually worth a fair bit to the right people.

Doh !!
ZuluHero
15/12/08 @ 15:17
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I used to spend waaay too many hours looking at the load/front screen* on the (pirated) amiga version...


If you catch my drift ;)




*It was the same as the box art = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Giana...
itamae
15/12/08 @ 15:25
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I would actually buy this, and I hate Mario with a passion. Not sure about the remixed music and updated graphics though, I hope you can choose to play it in original C64 presentation.
Daryoon
15/12/08 @ 15:34
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A good game? I tried playing it again a few months back, and it's still as awful as it was back then. All it does it prove just how incredible the original SMB is.
konniehuqfan
15/12/08 @ 15:36
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katakis as well please!
wizbob
15/12/08 @ 15:58
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Better not be the terrible flip-screen version that appeared on the ST.
Miths
15/12/08 @ 16:36
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I loved that game. Can't recall if it was on my C64 or the Amiga a few years later though.
Martin_feltches_men
15/12/08 @ 16:47
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hahaha! i had the flip screen version on the ST, damn its lack of dedicated named after girls Amiga style chippies...now what was that game with the 7 layers of parralex scrolling hmmmm

schnide
15/12/08 @ 17:27
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It was the same game. Probably mostly harmless, but nevertheless a complete rip off.
Retroid [mod]
15/12/08 @ 17:45
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AtariSTlol
Retroid [mod]
15/12/08 @ 17:50
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\m/
smelly
15/12/08 @ 18:35
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beats me why they'd do this..

The first was an exact rip off of mario.. complete down to level design.. but which didnt control half as well..
edje
16/12/08 @ 13:11
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I got this on C64 when it first came out and remained blissfully unaware of its quick removal, the controversy surrounding the whole thing and its subsequent cult status for years. Unfortunately it got given away to a cousin before I found out.
BonzoBanana
22/12/08 @ 16:24
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As previously stated the control was rubbish. It didn't play anywhere near as good as Nintendo's original. I only ever played it on C64 though. Curious to know what the amiga version was like.

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