Name the game

[Matt]

I'm trying to prove I'm a not a bot to register on the german c64 wiki. Can't find the answer to their
Turing test though:

Wie heißt das bekannte Mario-Bros-ähnliche Spiel "UND" wie heißt die zweite Hauptfigur im Zweispielermodus?
Richtige Antwort, "x" ersetzen: "Gxxxx Gxxxx Sxxxxxx UND Mxxxx"

What is the name of the well known Mario-Bros-like game "AND" what is the name of the second main character
in two player mode?
Correct answer, replace "x": "Gxxxx Gxxxx Sxxxxxx AND Mxxxx"

[Clym5]

The game could be The Great Giana Sisters, since Gxxxx Gxxxx Sxxxxxx would correspond to Great Giana Sisters. The name of the second main character is Maria.

I feel like high-fiving myself for that.. I hope I'm right!

[LilJoe]

Yup, you deserve a high-five , I'm a 100% sure your right as that was my guess too, you just beat me to posting the answer

[Clym5]

I didn't actually get around to high-fiving myself, but I did manage to revive a laptop battery from 1986! Nearly recovered 80% capacity.. I guess that's good enough!

I wonder if there will be issues with the answer to the question, since it is a German site. Do they have alternate spelling for that game? Or did they just use the English title? We shall find out...

[Matt]

That works - thanks

[mehimu]

This may be Great Giana Sisters, but not sure.

[Gibsaw]

...but I did manage to revive a laptop battery from 1986! Nearly recovered 80% capacity.. I guess that's good enough!

When you say "revive"... What did you do? Some kind of reconditioning procedure?

[Clym5]

I'll make a thread about it, but I've become quite good at reconditioning, reviving, repacking, etc old batteries.

This one was a 1.8Ah 9.6V NiCd battery from a IBM 5140. Taking into consideration charging efficiency, it is now 1.3Ah, but with a high self discharge of nearly 50% a month. Still working on it.