An epic tale of crime and corruption in the land of
the dead
Product Information
Something's rotten in the Land of Dead and you're being played for a sucker.
Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury
packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's
trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy that
threatens his very salvation.
A dramatic and mythical story of crime and corruption set in a surreal world
inspired by Mexican folklore comes to life in Grim Fandango, a new graphic
adventure from LucasArts Entertainment Company. Manny, a true working
stiff, is stuck in his own personal purgatory with the ultimate dead-end job.
Employed by the Department of Death, Manny must pick up people in the Land of
the Living, bring them to the Land of the Dead, and set them off on a four year
journey across the underworld -- an excursion that all souls must make before
they come to their eternal resting place.
Manny can't move on until he meets his sales quota, but what he doesn't know is
that the cards are truly stacked against him. He's caught in the middle of an
embezzlement ring that's preventing him from getting the right clients. Manny
soon finds this out and steals a prime prospect, setting in motion a chain of
events that not only threaten his job, but the eternal destiny of his soul.
At the heart of Grim Fandango is a gripping story about one man's journey in a
dark underworld fraught with mystery and intrigue. Inspired by the films
Chinatown, Casablanca and The Big Sleep, the game's four year saga intertwines
the themes of classic film noir with exotic mythology of ancient Mexico. The two
genres share elements that are at the core of Manny's struggle: danger, drama,
greed, the passage of an innocent person through a dark and perilous realm, and
finally, redemption.
Product Features
- A bizarre afterlife adventure -- a homage
to Mexican folklore with a film noir twist.
- Extraordinary 3D Art Deco -- and
Aztec-inspired environments.
- The dead come alive in a cast of 55
characters and over 7,000 lines of brilliant dialogue.
- Hundreds of puzzles to challenge the
novice and veteran adventure gamer.
- Designed by Tim Schafer, creator of Full
Throttle and Day of the Tentacle.
- The seamless interface puts players smack
in Manny's world.
- Travel through 90 exotic locations, from the bustling metropolis of El
Marrow, the mountaintop portal to the Ninth Underworld.
Product Reviews
"...Takes adventure gaming to a new dimension."
- Computer Gaming World
Windows Requirements
- Windows 95, 98, Me
- Pentium 133MHz or faster processor
required
- Windows 95/98 DirectX-compatible computer
required
- 32MB of RAM or higher required
- Quad speed CD-ROM Drive or higher required
- 2MB PCI Graphics card required
- 100% Windows 95/98-compatible 16-bit sound
card required
- 100% Windows 95/98-compatible keyboard
required. Optional support for joysticks and gamepads
- Microsoft DirectX 6.0 is available on the
Grim Fandango CD and must be installed to play the game
- Note: Your system may require the "latest"
Windows 95/98 drivers for your particular hardware
- Optional 3D graphics support requires a 4MB PCI or AGP 3D accelerator
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