Famed Mario Rip-off Giana Sisters Coming to DS

Famed Mario Rip-off Giana Sisters Coming to DS

December 9, 2008 11:06 AM

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Time Warp Productions' long-famed Super Mario Bros. imitation The Great Giana Sisters is officially coming to the Nintendo DS next year, publisher dtp has revealed. The publisher claims that The Great Giana Sisters is still "a synonym for a whole gaming genre," explaining that "in the late 1980's, there was literally no chance to play Jump'n'Run games on home computers" until the Giana Sisters hit in 1987.

The game bore a striking resemblance to Nintendo's 1985 NES classic Super Mario Bros., with Nintendo legal action allegedly forcing Giana's quick removal from retailers.

Along with "all the great features of the original home computer version," the DS release will sport some new functionality, such as microphone and touch screen use.

Developed by Spellbound Entertainment and Bitfield, The Great Giana Sisters is due for a June 2009 release in Europe. North American release plans have not been detailed.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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chiisu81

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December 9, 2008 11:11 AM

So that's what that Machinae Supremacy song is named after...
- peetabix01
  
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  December 9, 2008 11:22 AM
  
  Its a cover of the main theme iirc.
- Smellsy
  
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  December 9, 2008 3:56 PM
  
  Hrm do you know anywhere that I can hear the GGS theme song?
  - TroZ
    
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    December 9, 2008 5:33 PM
    
    orig C64 version: http://gallium.prg.dtu.dk/HVSC/C64Music/MUSICIANS/H/Huelsbeck_Chris/Great_Giana_Sisters.sid
    but you will need SIDPlay ( http://www.gsldata.se/c64/spw/ ) or ReSID or SIDAMP2 winamp plugin ( http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/144643 )
    from the High Voltage SID (Commodore 64 music chip) Collection - http://www.hvsc.c64.org/
    Original Musician Chris Huelsbeck's webpage: http://www.huelsbeck.com/index.html
    
    Covers / Remixes
    Machinae Supremacy ( http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/ ) http://remix.kwed.org/download.php/854/machinae%20supremacy%20-%20great%20gianna%20sisters.mp3 - the band that calles it's genre 'SID Metal'.
    Instant Remedy - http://remix.kwed.org/files/RKOfiles/Instant%20Remedy%20-%20Giana%20Sisters.mp3
    A bunch more hosted at Remix.kwed.org (a C64 music remix site) - http://remix.kwed.org/index.php?search=giana+sisters
    
    Play the game:
    flash: http://www.games2girls.com/online.php?flash=4337
    java version: http://www.gameszoo.org/zgame.php?gid=giana (seems more accurate but I didn't get sound).

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