The Great Giana Sisters

06.05.1987
Critic 90/100
Users 74/100
Genre: Platform
The Great Giana Sisters is a side-scrolling platform game originally released in 1987 for various home computers. Players control Giana, navigating through levels filled with enemies, hazards, and hidden items. The goal is to reach the end of each stage by jumping across platforms and avoiding obstacles. Power-ups, such as the ability to break blocks or shoot projectiles, aid in progression. The game is known for its strong resemblance to Super Mario Bros. in both gameplay and design.
Giana is suffering from a nightmare she has to travel through 32 levels filled with monsters. You are looking for your sister Maria who, after you defeated the final boss, wakes you up from your terrible dream.

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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Owltimate Edition offers classic 2D platforming fun in meticulously detailed 3D environments. Players can turn cute Giana into a punk version of herself at the press of a button, transforming the game’s star, the soundtrack and even the world. This overhaul isn’t merely cosmetic: Giana’s punk persona is a critical to overcoming obstacles and solving particularly tricky situations. In her sweet incarnation, Giana whirls gracefully over obstacles and opponents, but when ‘punked up’ she smashes through stone blocks with mighty dashes and can master her environment by bouncing off walls.

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Race to the finish in Giana Sisters: Dream Runners, a fast-paced, head-to-head platformer for up to four players.

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Experience Giana Sisters Twisted World in a completely new art of puzzle game. All puzzles are double-sided and show motives from both worlds. The way you play decides if your puzzle changes between the two worlds. Find the right piece from different piles or puzzle the pieces per drag and drop in the classical mode. Furthermore, in Versus-Mode, players can compete against each other on one device. Who finds more correct pieces within the shortest time, will win the competition. Giana Sisters The Puzzle offers 32 double-sided puzzles with motives from Twisted World and additionally 32 double-sided artworks from Black Forest Games, accessible by playing successfully.

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