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The Great Giana Sisters!!!! *If* you were to ever come across the full spectrum version of this game and actually posted the tape image you would become rather well known and well liked... maybe :D
[ This Message was edited by: Yednab on 2003-06-18 16:36 ]
GGS *did* make it ont he shelves in some countries for a very brief amount of time. This is the one game that we all want to see the speccy verion of. It will exist somewhere - it will be tucked away in someones attic, safe and sound and won't see the light of day for many years.
I remember I played the C64 and Amiga versions in 1988, but the only sign of life of the Spectrum version were the reviews on Sinclair User and (I believe) Your Sinclair, plus the adverts that claimed the availability of Spectrum cassette and disk versions. It is possible, like we have previously debated in this forum, that pre-production, press releases or even market copies of the Spectrum version could still exist somewhere, but it looks like this game is bound to remain one of the Great Misteries of the Twilight Zone of Spectrum Software.
GGS on the C64 and Amiga are very available, The one that isnt, and which caused all the stink with Nintendo is GGS2.The damning sequel.
This along with GGS for the spectrum was chained up in US GOLD`s and Ninetendo`s vaults forever. never to see the light of day again.
The only run of spectrum copies of GGS was in 1987 and they were all binned because of a glitch in the system, making them unloadable. theY got binned and before they could run anymore off , nintendo steeped in.
So all that you will be able to find concerning GGS on the spectrum is the inlays, and possible a few cassettes that were pilfered, although thats highly unlikely because we are talking US GOLD.
The master exists and unless you can buy Nintendo out, you aint going to get to smell it.
Are you SURE it was never released, even as a demo (maybe from a mag)? I'm am completely sure that I played this on my speccy for hours with a schoolfriend during our lunch breaks at school.
On 2003-07-03 17:03, steveinuk wrote:
Are you SURE it was never released, even as a demo (maybe from a mag)? I'm am completely sure that I played this on my speccy for hours with a schoolfriend during our lunch breaks at school.
Let me inspect the attic...... AGAIN!
Steve
It was reviewed by all 3 magazines, but no demo's were published via the mags.
This along with GGS for the spectrum was chained up in US GOLD`s and Ninetendo`s vaults forever.
Don't you mean Rainbow Arts?
I've played the sequel. It's "out there" for the C64, however it's all changed and stuff and called something else (I forget what). They changed the name and graphics, etc, but Nintendo still wouldn't let them release it.
I hate Nintendo with a passion sometimes.
-Steve
[ This Message was edited by: Steve Halfpenny on 2003-07-03 20:04 ]
How about the cover made out of sticky back plastic and the tube from inside a toilet roll? It would include the game of course but the data would be too corrupt to read and may sound a little like a Belinda Carlisle cassette single (but I promise it isn't) ;o)
It's actually occurring to me just now, but it's "Giana" supposed to be an italian name like "Mario", as the mockery of the game suggests? In this case, it hadn't occurred to me simply because the name is misspelled, as it should have been "Gianna".
The french B&W film Wages of Fear has 2 Italian characters called Luigi and Mario. They look like the Nintendo characters as well but the other way around.
I also think it was remade in the 70s as The Sorcerer by the same director as The Exorcist.
The original is a cracking film where they carry a truck load of nitroglycerine across some desert. Would make a good game!
[ This Message was edited by: Mikal on 2003-07-04 15:50 ]
And the electronic soundtrack was by Tangerine Dream. A coincidence as well as I am certain it could have been quite faithfully reproduced on a 128k. Probably.
It is also parodied in a Simpsons episode where Homer goes to rescue Barney and his snow plow from an avalanche or something.
[ This Message was edited by: Mikal on 2003-07-05 22:15 ]
On 2003-07-05 22:27, cyborg wrote:
Let's not forget Nintendo didn't invent Mario - Atari did.
I think we should forget that actually and remember this instead:
"History of Mario
Sometime around 1980, Shigeru Miyamoto was developing his first video game. Based on Popeye, this game was intended to make Nintendo popular in America. The game was scripted, but shortly thereafter Nintendo lost the rights to the Popeye character. Miyamoto was then asked to design a new game based on his own ideas. The result was a game entitled Donkey Kong, starring "Jumpman." Later on, someone at Nintendo noticed Jumpman beared a striking resemblance to Mario Segali, the Italian landlord of Nintendo's office in New York. That was all it took to change Jumpman's name to "Mario." Miyamoto's next game, Donkey Kong Jr. starred "Mario" for the first time, but was technically the character's second appearance in a game."
Yes, I have that game in my 2600 collection. That doesn't mean they "invented" Mario though, as the licence notice at the bottom of the advert tells you. It's a conversion of an arcade game by Nintendo from 1983, just because they converted it doesn't mean they invented Mario, for goodness sake! Atari did the first home conversion of Space Invaders, but they didn't invent that either, did they?
The Donkey Kong games came out in the arcades way before that Mario Bros. game, and he was in them too. And besides, you have forgotten... http://www.ggdb.com/GGDB/Details.asp?VID=5802
Enjoy!
[ This Message was edited by: Spector on 2003-07-06 18:20 ]
[ This Message was edited by: Spector on 2003-07-06 23:16 ]
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The Great Giana Sisters!!!! *If* you were to ever come across the full spectrum version of this game and actually posted the tape image you would become rather well known and well liked... maybe :D
[ This Message was edited by: Yednab on 2003-06-18 16:36 ]
[ This Message was edited by: Mikal on 2003-06-18 22:06 ]
The Speccy port has to be out there somewhere. Wasn't it supposed to be ported to the Amstrad too?
This along with GGS for the spectrum was chained up in US GOLD`s and Ninetendo`s vaults forever. never to see the light of day again.
The only run of spectrum copies of GGS was in 1987 and they were all binned because of a glitch in the system, making them unloadable. theY got binned and before they could run anymore off , nintendo steeped in.
So all that you will be able to find concerning GGS on the spectrum is the inlays, and possible a few cassettes that were pilfered, although thats highly unlikely because we are talking US GOLD.
The master exists and unless you can buy Nintendo out, you aint going to get to smell it.
[ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-07-03 17:01 ]
Let me inspect the attic...... AGAIN!
Steve
It was reviewed by all 3 magazines, but no demo's were published via the mags.
Don't you mean Rainbow Arts?
I've played the sequel. It's "out there" for the C64, however it's all changed and stuff and called something else (I forget what). They changed the name and graphics, etc, but Nintendo still wouldn't let them release it.
I hate Nintendo with a passion sometimes.
-Steve
[ This Message was edited by: Steve Halfpenny on 2003-07-03 20:04 ]
..like the balls of some nintendo chiefs
And wots worse he only sold it for 45notes, and yes hes kicking himself now.
So who knows, one day, and yeah I played the amiga version quite cool game, found it to be a direct ripoff. And highly amusing game
Anyway thats my bit, bb
Ps. Anybody want to swap spectrum games ???
Typo's eh? I can't be arsed to edit the post!
I also think it was remade in the 70s as The Sorcerer by the same director as The Exorcist.
The original is a cracking film where they carry a truck load of nitroglycerine across some desert. Would make a good game!
[ This Message was edited by: Mikal on 2003-07-04 15:50 ]
btw, can nintendo be demanded for that?? I mean they based their characters in already existant..
buah!! would be a dream! nintendo accussed of plagiarism..
Italians names are changed to spanish names (Dominguez and Serrano),.. coz everything happens in a sudamerican country.
[ This Message was edited by: judasEZT on 2003-07-05 11:59 ]
It is also parodied in a Simpsons episode where Homer goes to rescue Barney and his snow plow from an avalanche or something.
[ This Message was edited by: Mikal on 2003-07-05 22:15 ]
I think we should forget that actually and remember this instead:
"History of Mario
Sometime around 1980, Shigeru Miyamoto was developing his first video game. Based on Popeye, this game was intended to make Nintendo popular in America. The game was scripted, but shortly thereafter Nintendo lost the rights to the Popeye character. Miyamoto was then asked to design a new game based on his own ideas. The result was a game entitled Donkey Kong, starring "Jumpman." Later on, someone at Nintendo noticed Jumpman beared a striking resemblance to Mario Segali, the Italian landlord of Nintendo's office in New York. That was all it took to change Jumpman's name to "Mario." Miyamoto's next game, Donkey Kong Jr. starred "Mario" for the first time, but was technically the character's second appearance in a game."
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My bad - Atari had it on their machines first.
[ This Message was edited by: cyborg on 2003-07-06 00:45 ]
The Donkey Kong games came out in the arcades way before that Mario Bros. game, and he was in them too. And besides, you have forgotten...
http://www.ggdb.com/GGDB/Details.asp?VID=5802
Enjoy!
[ This Message was edited by: Spector on 2003-07-06 18:20 ]
[ This Message was edited by: Spector on 2003-07-06 23:16 ]
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