. . : /\ . . ..:.. . /_/ _ __:______ _ _____ __ _______ __ ___ :___ __ _______ __ _______:__ _ _\| _ \ _\ /_ _/ __ \ _/ \| \ _/ __ \ _/ _ |/_ _ _ _/ : |_____\\_\_/ \\_ |/ \\_ \ \\_ |/ \\_ |______\\\ \\\__ \ | _/| / _/| \ _/| / _/|______ \ ©d/ |\ _ _ | _ \ _ | _ |/ /dS! /\\ _ |/ \_ \_ | \_ \ \_ | \_ / _ //\ .\_\\/____ //______//___|_____//____|\____//___|_____// __\//_/. \____/ : : : /_____/ _ __:______ __ _______ __ ____: _____ __ :___ __ ________ __ ___ :___:__ _ _\| __ \ _/ __ \ _/ |_ _/ \| \ _/ __ \ _/ \| |/_ _ _/ : |/ \\_ |/ \\_ __/____\_ \ \\_ |/ \\_ \ : \_ _ \\\__ / _/| /____/| | _/| /| _/| / _/| \ __/// / \ _ _ | _ \| _ \ _ \ \ /\\ _ \ \_ \_ : \_ : \_ \ \_ \ _ //\ .\_\\/___|\ //_________//__________//_________//____|\____// |\___\//_/. : \__/__ _ :_ __ /_____| /__ [ G I A N A ' S R E T U R N ] __\ . ..:.. . . : VERSION 1.10 . - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - http://www.gianas-return.de --- http://www.retroguru.com ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \_________________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ About /__ \\__\\ _____//__\ \/ In memory of Armin Gessert 1963 - 2009 Giana's Return aims to be a worthy unofficial sequel of "The Great Giana Sisters". "The Great Giana Sisters" is an alltime classic Jump'N'Run game made in the late eighties mainly by Armin Gessert, Manfred Trenz and Chris Hülsbeck and gained massive attention as "Super Mario" copy, but still had it's very own charm and fan base. Giana's Return is 100% FREEWARE and does not cost you a single cent, should you have paid for it please let us know so we can take legal steps and help others to avoid a possible trap. You are not allowed to distribute the download on any media's or online places without written permission. Official mirrors are available and listed on the official homepage - Please respect this! Contact information is available at it's official page! ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ _________________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ About /___ _ _ /__\\_____ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \______________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ The Team /__ \\__\\ ________//__\ \/ The Giana's Return Team consists of: Rudolphe Boixel (Thor) - Main Code Shahzad Sahaib (Kojote) - Project Organizer & Level Design Jane S. Mumford (Jayne) - Graphics Artwork & Storyline Alexander Oldemeier (Operator) - Music David Wuttke (AM-FM) - Music Adam Karol (Wizzard) - Graphics Artwork Simon Butler - Graphics Artwork Virgil Metier (thUG) - Graphics Artwork Christian Hildenbrand (Daydream) - Graphics Artwork Jan Jensen (Flarfy) - Graphics Artwork Denny Müller (Mulle) - Beta Testing Porters: Rudolphe Boixel (Thor) – Windows, Ubuntu Frank Wille (phx) – MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, NetBSD PPC/x86 Yannick Erb (Yannickescu) - AROS Scott Smith (Pickle) – Pandora, GP2x, Wiz, Caanoo Anthony Staude (Slaanesh) – Dingux, GP32 Artur Rojek (Zear) - Dingoo A320 OpenDingux, GCW Zero Lars Persson (Anotherguest) – Symbian OS UIQ 3 Xavier Vallejo (Indiket) - Dreamcast, MacOSX/Intel (10.6 or >) Sergei Kolesnikov (Exl) - MotoMAGX Fabio Olimpieri (Oibaf) - Wii ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ ______________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ The Team /___ _ _ /__\\________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \_______________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Credits /__ \\__\\ ________//__\ \/ Our project makes use of SDL, SDL_Mixer, libmodplug and zlib! Visit: http://www.libsdl.org/ http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/ http://modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net/ http://www.zlib.net/ ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ _______________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Credits /___ _ _ /__\\_______ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \______________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Changes /__ \\__\\ ________//__\ Changelog for v1.10 (November 2014) ------------------- General changes: - Retroguru branded as we have created few more games in the meantime ;-) - Added thanks to Spellbound/Blackforest Games for using their trademark - Updated graphics from Simon, thUg and Flarfy - Adjusted SFX (Thanks Wiklund!) - Minor rearrangement of bonus caves, which makes them easier visible now - Minor level design fixes - Few bug fixes - Other stuff we can't remember... Changelog for v1.001 -------------------- General changes: - Transparency fix for bonus caves and world 3 Changelog for v1.0 -------------------- General changes: - Several palette fixes for all tile sets - Various other smaller cosmetic graphics fixes - Four new ingame baddies - The levels are now 40 pixels higher and "fullscreen" on 320x240 devices - Modified trainer (hidden) - Modified two levels in the last world to make them easier - Fixed minor slipping bug when a bridge is crumbling and Giana stands stil - Added configuration menu: * Music volume control * SFX volume control * Key configuration (where keyboard available) * Joypad/Joystick configuration (where external joypad/joystick available) Changelog for v0.999 -------------------- General changes: - Extra credit screen to mention that we use Open-Source projects such as SDL, SDL_Mixer, libmodplug and zlib! - Only tracked music remains in the game, the "OGG" solution has been dropped. - Code is plain C now and should be even easier to port - Plenty of "endian" fixes - Various small fixes - Modified "timings" Computer Versions only: - Experimental OGL support, to be activated with -ogl or -hd on desktop versions only. USE AT OWN RISK AND GIVE US FEEDBACK! Changelog for v0.997 -------------------- General changes: - modified trainer (hidden) - updated greetings (hidden) - modified vscroll - enabled vscroll by default (if config.cfg is not present) otherwise change value vscroll in config.cfg manually to 1 - added "fast" option to config file - level improvements: 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 43, 51 - reverted desert background to a previous version - hidden diamond boxes have a flashing animation now - fixed appearance with the spanish "well done" screen - various graphic fixes - fixed text in german language version - rain or snow effects were gone after bonus cave, fixed. - ending shows an extra screen now with final score information - fixed screen shake if you get a powerup at the end or beginning of a level - backgrounds hue correction Computer Versions only: - improved joypad/joystick control - keyboard support for entering name in highscore and passwords - added icon; by cmoses (thanks!) Console & Handheld versions only: - improved music quality (re-encoded music) - added icon Changelog for v0.996 -------------------- - Initial version, released at Buenzli 2009 http://www.buenz.li ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ ______________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Changes /___ _ _ /__\\________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \_________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Helping Hands /__ \\__\\ _____________//__\ \/ Here we would like to mention few people who gave us a helping hand: Joachim Hesse, Stig Remnes, Robocop/ATL, dMG/dS, Flavor! ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ _________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Helping Hands /___ _ _ /__\\_____________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \______________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Features /__ \\__\\ ________//__\ \/ * 7 Worlds, with each 8 Levels - followed by a "big boss" * Power Ups and Extras * Oldschool style pixeled sprites and tiles * Wonderful hand drawn backgrounds * Illustrated hand drawn storyline * Over 18 Tracks of Chipmusic! * Multi-Language: German, English, French, Spanish * Password and/or Savegame (depending on release platform) * Hidden Warp Zones and Bonus Caves * Hidden Trainer * TOP 10 Highscore ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ ______________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Features /___ _ _ /__\\________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \_____________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ The Story /__ \\__\\ _________//__\ \/ Evil Swampy and his followers have stolen the magic ruby, which made it once possible for Giana and Maria to return from their dream. Many creatures are after this ruby, but does it really have power, or was it just a coincidence? As this is not bad enough, Swampy fell in love at first sight with Giana's sister Maria and shamelessly kidnapped her. She simply has been at the wrong place at the wrong time. You take over the role of Giana, get back the magic ruby and most important of all, save your beloved sister Maria and get home save! Good Luck! ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ _____________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ The Story /___ _ _ /__\\_________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \______________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Controls /__ \\__\\ ________//__\ \/ Standard controls for keyboard players: Cursor up = Jump Cursor left = Go left Cursor right = Go right Space = Shoot Standard controls for joystick/joypad/handheld devices: Please play around and figure out on your own, it's usually pretty obvious. ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ ______________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Controls /___ _ _ /__\\________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \_________________________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Items /__ \\__\\ _____//__\ \/ Giana is not helpless at all, just bump the star boxes with your head and hope for a nice goodies. Also few ordinary stones which can be bricked, might hold a surprise. Wall Breaker - Giana's hairs morph into a stormy hairstyle, you now can break regular bricks. Thunder - Thunder will give you the ability to shoot or increase the shoot power. There are three strengths, indicated by the battery icons on the top of the screen. Clock - Catch a clock, get 20 extra seconds! Heart - 1 UP ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ _________________________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Items /___ _ _ /__\\_____ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \______________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Enemies & Bosses /__ \\__\\ ________________//__\ \/ The regular enemies are usually pretty weak, just as in the original game. Most of the time it's enough to bump 'em with your feet. Bosses are considered being hard, so make sure you find all bonus caves, so you can gain 1 UP each 100 rubies. You will need them desperately! ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ ______________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Enemies & Bosses /___ _ _ /__\\________________ //__// \/ - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> - ____ ______________/\ ___ \__// \\__\\_ _ _ _/ Giana's Return \_____________________________ _ _ _ _ ___\ Copyright & Stuff /__ \\__\\ _________________//__\ \/ "The Great Giana Sisters" is a registered trademark. The Team behind this game does not intend to break any copyright, but to bring a high quality fan sequel free of charge to all Giana fans out there. Permission has been granted from the actual owners. No one of the original team was involved in the creation of this game, beside Armin and Manfred giving feedback on (for now) pretty old betas. ___ /\______________ ____ _ _//__// \\__/ _ _ _____________________________/ Giana's Return \_ _ __\ Copyright & Stuff /___ _ _ /__\\_________________ //__// \/ ASCII and design (C)2009 dMG/diViNe sTYLERs - <------------------------------------------------------------------------> -