Hard 'n' Heavy

This is a pretty decent game! It has a bit of a metroidish kinda vibe to it. Giana Sisters was abit too close to Mario, this is more Metroid.

I like it. Needs more variation between levels but for short clips, it is pretty good.

It's funny reading the misinformed comments and the inferiority cases on here. The fact of the matter is that Hard n Heavy isn't that great of a game at all.

One of the C64s finest platform games. Game engine heavily borrowed from Giana Sisters meant that the gameplay was spot on, although much harder and heavier than the Nintendo inspired precursor - if you pardon the pun.
Definitely holds up after all this time.

BTW, did you know that this is the rare case of Chris Hülsbeck doing COVER versions in his tracks? I would never have thought I'd hear a "C64 cover" from him like in the 4th track on the SID. Did you recognize the tune? Without a doubt, the lead synth plays the chorus from the 70s classic "Show Me The Way" by Peter Frampton.

Very nice and awesome indeed: Played Hard 'N' Heavy since the nineties and I still love this strange futuristic S. M. B. -clone that got banned for the same reason as The Great Giana Sisters. The music in Hard 'N' Heavy rules in the most excellent way. The graphics are also very cool.

I vote 10

@mario@ninendo: It seems that your opinion is build on the same brown and smelly substance that you compared this game with. Quote: 'Because the Nintendo inspired magic was missing.. ' I say this game has something the Nintenpoo misses: 64 magic and SID sound!

Futuristic & spacial, I love this game since the 80's. Now, when I play it on my emulator, I feel I'll play it until I'm old...
Now, I'm 32!

I prefer this over Gianna - the pure speed of this one makes it brilliant. Great soundtrack, too!

I will never forget the first time I've seen this game. It was from a C64 owned by a friend of mine, in 1990..

Nice idea, playability cloned from Giana but quite aproximative concept overall.

Technically perfect, Heavy and Metal lacked the soul of Gianna and Maria...

Great platform game!

Used to love this one... A true jewel among C64 platformers. Beautiful GFX and music, very addictive and playable game. Seem a little hard at the beginning, but after a couple of runs it's fairly easy, even that timer stops being a nuisance To me it's even better game than Gianna Sis. An all-time classic. 10/10

You have to love it. Fabulous sound and grafic. Genius 2player modis!

The sequel of "Giana Sisters" A quite cheated & bug game and a bit repetitive Nothing cool

5 out of 10 - C64
7 out of 10 - Amiga

This game really did the trick. One of the best platformers on the C64.

This game is hard and heavy... But very good, I'm lovin' it! The graphics routine runs good and looks pretty, the music is great!!! Unforgettable! The game has good controls to play, but the time... That's the biggest problem in this game!!! The TIME! The time never enough to enjoy the play and discover the stages! Arrghh! Better hurry!
HARD 'N HEAVY:The "Giana-brothers"!
8/10

Amazing scrolling routine, lovely graphics and beautiful sound. A very smooth, polished game, and while the engine has the same ancestry as Gianna Sisters, that's where the similarities end, a very difficult but very very enjoyable game

Actually I think it was quite excellent and had some distinct and original graphics.

This was the official follow up to the Great Giana Sisters. But ofcourse any similarities between this and Super Mario Brothers had to be removed, as they had been taken to the courts for the preceeding game. But because the Nintendo inspired shit was missing this game was magic

"... Nintendo inspired magic was missing... " Yeah, right. From all the experience I can tell Nintendo fanboys are the worst. They're so spellbound by their chubby plumber and the degenerated game company behind his antics they simply can't accept the fact there might be similar games which are actually better than the ones they worship without questioning. While Hard 'n Heavy isn't as good as illustrious Giana Sisters, it's still noteworthy game. And hey, I'd pick a cyborg babe anyday instead of one certain stinking plumber (even though the sprite doesn't look so babelicious...).

This game is great fun. I've played the Amiga version (with great music). Try..

Much as I hate to call people names, I thoroughly agree with Viceroy (about mario).
This game has extremely nice graphics and sound and is a little difficult to handle, but like all good games, it grows on you.
As for "nintendo inspired magic", well.. It's simply terrible that this game doesn't have terrible sound and bland garish graphics.

Hard'n'Heavy, sometimes mentioned as "The Great Giana Sisters 2", is hard to play and heavy to see. Some people like this, though, and H'n'H has its loyal fan commune. Tiny, but very fanatic . I don't like the game, only musics are great and graphics time to time.

That mario guy is a retard. Hard'n'Heavy is a classic. I played this one for hours. It bears an atmosphere more electric than any crap on the NES. Oh, I wish I could find the download somewhere!

This was the official follow up to the Great Giana Sisters. But ofcourse any similarities between this and Super Mario Brothers had to be removed, as they had been taken to the courts for the preceeding game.

Because the Nintendo inspired magic was missing this game was shit