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Great Giana Sisters on CPC

Tom-CatTom-Cat
edited May 2006 in Games
Hmm, I just noticed how similar the CPC version of Great Giana Sisters looks to the ZX Spectrum screenshots. The status table with its fonts and style is vritually the same as the CPC one. The size of the screen of the CPC version would fit the ZX one perfectly... the CPC one has NO SOUND at all. All in all - it would look like they did the two versions in parallel and just changed the graphics for the ZX one. It would also mean that the ZX one would be gradually faster - much less stuff to move around.
A shame not even a beta of this is available, but by playing the CPC version you can imagine what the ZX one would play like.

http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/g/index5.html

TC
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  • de Vandemar Croupde Vandemar Croup
    edited May 2006
    oh, that?s a shame!
    never thought this was in process of being converted to Speccy... I loved it on c64 (great sound fx/tunes)
    but... if you?ll read the notes from mags, the rewievers?ve had to check some demo versions ... can anyone find it lost in the drawers??
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  • IvanzxIvanzx
    edited May 2006
    Somebody in the world has to have a beta or demo version of this game.

    Let's call the CSI
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  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited May 2006
    I thought the C64 version was kind of poor. I';ve not played the CPC version so I've got noting to compare it to. It amazes me to think that they thought they could get away with releasing this game and not get in trouble with Nintendo :o
  • LeeTLeeT
    edited May 2006
    Bermondsey Bob wrote:
    I thought the C64 version was kind of poor. I';ve not played the CPC version so I've got noting to compare it to. It amazes me to think that they thought they could get away with releasing this game and not get in trouble with Nintendo :o

    Poor - You are joking, right?
  • SpectorSpector
    edited May 2006
    I remember an earlier thread that mentioned the Crash Smash review of it which should never have been given. Apparently the Spectrum version was duff and nowhere near finished. Crash, how could you??
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited May 2006
    Spector wrote:
    Crash, how could you??
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  • Tom-CatTom-Cat
    edited May 2006
    If the ZX version was the same as CPC one (gameplay wise) - which I think it was - then it was poor indeed. The worse thing is the slow and jerky scrolling, which is also mentioned in the Speccy review of the game, so I would guess the two versions were basically the same, just with different graphics. The gameplay on the CPC is very poor compared to C64 (or Amiga) version. And that is putting it gently...
    Do try the CPC version on Caprice32 or Arnold emulator, then try the c64 version and you will see what I mean...

    TC
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited May 2006
    I think the C64 version is very good, would have loved to have seen a Speccy version. No wonder Nintendo or whoever it was tried to shut down the game as the similarities are obviously quite huge !

    Very playable game on the C64 and one of the best
  • TMRTMR
    edited May 2006
    Bermondsey Bob wrote:
    I thought the C64 version was kind of poor.

    Well, that's you and... erm... are you lonely over there...? =-)
    Bermondsey Bob wrote:
    I';ve not played the CPC version so I've got noting to compare it to. It amazes me to think that they thought they could get away with releasing this game and not get in trouble with Nintendo :o

    Erm... they got into shedloads of trouble... that's why the Speccy version didn't materialise and copies of the C64 and Amiga versions get the "r@r3 l00k!!!1one" treatment on eBay and rack up some quite serious totals; it was banned and pulled from sale.

    Rainbow Arts were good at this, Katakis had the same thing happen when Activision (who had the rights to R-Type) noticed that it was very similar...! The deal that was struck saw Katakis "reorganised" and relabeled as Denaris for release whilst the developers (Manfred Trenz for the C64 version, Factor 5 for the Amiga) agreed to do the official port of R-Type; Trenz knocked the C64 version out in a mere six weeks (i think Factor 5 had the same time, but they had a team on it) which explains why, although being a good bit of blasting in it's own right, it's not very accurate as a port of R-Type!
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited May 2006
    TMR wrote:
    Well, that's you and... erm... are you lonely over there...? =-)



    Erm... they got into shedloads of trouble... that's why the Speccy version didn't materialise and copies of the C64 and Amiga versions get the "r@r3 l00k!!!1one" treatment on eBay and rack up some quite serious totals; it was banned and pulled from sale.


    I know the story about how it was pulled and that they got into a shit load of trouble over it. I was just saying that I was amazed that they THOUGHT they could get away with it :p

    I'll boot my my C64 emulator and give it another go, but when I last played it (about a week ago), I totally failed to "get it".
  • TMRTMR
    edited May 2006
    Bermondsey Bob wrote:
    I know the story about how it was pulled and that they got into a shit load of trouble over it. I was just saying that I was amazed that they THOUGHT they could get away with it :p

    Same way that a lot of companies got away with similar before the fact... they just had some of the worst timing ever seen in the games industry... =-)
    Bermondsey Bob wrote:
    I'll boot my my C64 emulator and give it another go, but when I last played it (about a week ago), I totally failed to "get it".

    There's not much to get really, it's a straight SMB rip-off... but that's where it scores, the levels are well laid out, the difficulty curve is pretty much spot on if you like a challenge and it has cute stuff going on. =-)
  • Technician-TedTechnician-Ted
    edited May 2006
    I liked giana sisters.

    I only really played the amiga version(the best version imo), but the c64 one didn't look bad either.

    It was a professional looking platformer with good music.

    I have to say though, i'd rather play super mario world on the snes anyday of the week.
    Now that was the ultimate 2d platformer.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited May 2006
    I was always after a 'Super Mario' type game for the Spectrum. I think the closest was Turbo the Tortoise. Never knew about this game until someone pointed it out a few months to me, good decent Speccy platformer, obviously not Super Mario World but with rose tinted glasses you could imagine it is ! ;)
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