Difference between revisions of "Grim Fandango"

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developer=[[LucasArts]]|

        distributor=[[Activision]]|

support=Will never be supported.<br/>Use [http://www.residualvm.org ResidualVM]|

'''Grim Fandango''' was the first LucasArts adventure game to not use the [[SCUMM]] scripting language.  Instead, it used an engine called GrimE (Grim Edit), which was based upon the [http://www.lua.org/ LUA] open source scripting language.  The game follows Manny Calavara, a grim reaper for the Department of Death in the Land of the Dead.  He learns that the system he works for is corrupt, after a woman who led a great life, Mercades (Meche) Colomar, doesn't get to go straight to the seventh level of the afterlife, the land of eternal rest.  Manny must take a four year journey to find out who's behind the corruption, find Meche, and earn himself a place in the land of eternal rest.

As it is a 3D adventure game, Grim Fandango is out of scope for ScummVM.  However, it is [http://wiki.residualvm.org/index.php/Grim_Fandango completable] in the sister project of ScummVM, [http://www.residualvm.org ResidualVM].