Success always spurs imitation. Back in 1987-88, a company called Rainbow Arts tried to capitalize on the success of the just-released-in-Europe, “Super Mario Bros.” with a 2D Platformer of its own. The result was “The Great Giana Sisters.” It was a clear rip-off of Nintendo’s title, complete with near-identical power-ups and similar stage design. This knock-off never found its way onto the PC platform that could come to dominate the world, DOS/Windows, but instead languished on obscure OSes like the Commodore 64 and Amiga.
The modern Indie games movement with its emphasis on retro genres has given the ‘Giana Sisters’ IP a second chance at life with the Kickstarter-backed release of “Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams” (“Twisted Dreams”) and a stand-alone add-on, “Ri... |
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