Request: Giana Sisters =UK version=

andreas · 19 August 2006, 08:19

Come on guys,

someone of you MUST have that box! (yes the one with those "gutter-like" punks

)
We should really have both boxes of this rarity in HOL; at the time I'm writing this, there's only the German box available.

gary · 19 August 2006, 09:34

Are you sure that picture wasn't a cover of Commodore User and not the game packaging?

quahappy · 19 August 2006, 10:39

andreas is right gary. I bought this game as soon as it was released in uk, only to find out some weeks later, it had been withdrawn from shelves - something about "Mario clone". heh heh

The one I had wasn't in the tradition Amiga "big cardboard box" - it was in an inch thick clear cd case and the cover was exactly the same as the C64 version albeit the model in the bottom left.

Times were hard for me back in 1996 and I flogged practically everything I had Amiga-wise to a shop called M & M Computers in Dagenham, uk. Typically, if only I had known then what I know now otherwise things could have been so different!

Here's the C64 cover:
http://www.retrogaming.it/c64/giana_sisters.jpg
(might not always work this link)

Here's another for the ST:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...en-GB%26sa%3DN

I've yet to trace a picture for the Amiga version.

It just amazes me the popularity and huge following of this game considering how rare it is to obtain an original. There are a number of sites offering screenshots/video clips, Java versions, etc.

BippyM · 19 August 2006, 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by quahappy

It just amazes me the popularity and huge following of this game considering how rare it is to obtain an original. There are a number of sites offering screenshots/video clips, Java versions, etc.

The popularity and rarity are connected.. along with it being a fun game

andreas · 21 August 2006, 16:58

Quote:

the cover was exactly the same as the C64 version albeit the model in the bottom left.

No.
The Amiga version I'm requesting has *NO* model pictured!

http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/5578/
^
The German C64 version is also fairly similar to the German RA Amiga release.

What *I* am looking for is the equivalent Amiga box to THIS C64 version!!

So qua, where's your "model"?

quahappy · 21 August 2006, 17:20

Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly...

Quote:

and the cover was exactly the same as the C64 version and Atari ST albeit the Computer version mode in the bottom left box.

Quote:

Originally Posted by andreas

The Amiga version I'm requesting has *NO* model pictured!

Er... I know! The cover artwork I had is exactly the same as the ones pictured in my above links except, of course, the Computer model in the bottom left box... and not a picture of a model!

andreas · 21 August 2006, 19:53

Sorry!

Yes, I forgot about the double meaning of "model". Maybe that's because I'm a guy and really thought you meant the gorgeous girl pictured on the German (!!) cover

Jope · 22 August 2006, 08:01

This is the wrong one?

http://jope.fi/giana/

quahappy · 22 August 2006, 09:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

This is the wrong one?

http://jope.fi/giana/

Bloody hell! That's 'em!

So Jope.... do you still have the original?!

Jope · 23 August 2006, 10:15

Yes.

andreas · 23 August 2006, 19:10

Great stuff!

NOB · 23 August 2006, 19:56

stuff!

click here:http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=23245

19 August 2006, 08:19	#1
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	Request: Giana Sisters =UK version= Come on guys, someone of you MUST have that box! (yes the one with those "gutter-like" punks ) We should really have both boxes of this rarity in HOL; at the time I'm writing this, there's only the German box available.

19 August 2006, 10:39	#3
quahappy Born again WinUAE user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Yorkshire, UK Age: 55 Posts: 1,667	andreas is right gary. I bought this game as soon as it was released in uk, only to find out some weeks later, it had been withdrawn from shelves - something about "Mario clone". heh heh The one I had wasn't in the tradition Amiga "big cardboard box" - it was in an inch thick clear cd case and the cover was exactly the same as the C64 version albeit the model in the bottom left. Times were hard for me back in 1996 and I flogged practically everything I had Amiga-wise to a shop called M & M Computers in Dagenham, uk. Typically, if only I had known then what I know now otherwise things could have been so different! Here's the C64 cover: http://www.retrogaming.it/c64/giana_sisters.jpg (might not always work this link) Here's another for the ST: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...en-GB%26sa%3DN I've yet to trace a picture for the Amiga version. It just amazes me the popularity and huge following of this game considering how rare it is to obtain an original. There are a number of sites offering screenshots/video clips, Java versions, etc. Last edited by quahappy; 19 August 2006 at 11:14.

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