Commodore 64's "The Great Giana Sisters" remake for PC / XBOX360 / PS3 & (maybe) OUYA

Its a cool game and all and looks well made, but Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions do not excite me at all. The only way to get a physical copy is the PC version (the least collectable platform). Im sure it comes down to cost, but pressed 360 or PS3 versions would wear a hole in their "pledge $100" button. But alas.

 

The new Great Giana Sisters game is freaking fantastic

It's finally out on steam and GoG today. Great Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams.





You play as both Giana sisters at the same time, and you can switch between them at the press of a button. Each sister has a different special move - one can kinda glide sorta like the racoon tail from mario 3 except you hold the button instead of tapping it, and the other can explode into a fireball and bounce off of walls. This mechanic works almost exactly like the jetpack from rocket knight adventures.

The levels change depending on which sister you are. The punk sister goes through a sweet, colorful, happy world, while the happy sister goes through a dark, twisted world. The level design is a bit like Sonic CD, except instead of only being able to change time periods at certain points, you can switch to the alternate dimension at any time with the press of a button. Certain obstacles might work in one world that don't in others. And, additionally, each sister can only pick up one type of gem, despite being able to see the other kind. If you follow the trails of gems, they'll lead you to when you should logically switch between sisters.

It's a much faster game than the old Super Mario Bros clone of old, and a lot better too. It's like $15, if you're even a slight fan of old school platformers, you owe it to yourself to check this out. It's coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3 in a month or so, despite already being out on PC.

 

I've played a couple of levels, and it's an excellent game so far. Great music too.

 

Out of the few C64 games I tried back in the day I liked Giana the most

 

Did anyone who bought this get it working on Windows XP? For me it always crashes.

 

It felt so weird coming home from work today, itching to play the new Great Giana Sisters. I would have never guessed in a million years that I would be typing that sentence in 2012.

 

Yeah, I mean, what's next, being excited to play a new Paradroid game?
(YES PLEASE)

 

Have you tried to run DX9 exe ? GSGameExe_DX9.exe ?
For launcher - it requires .NET (dunno if it's 2.0 or 3.5).

DX9 version runs out of the box in wine and windows version is set to XP.