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    Grim Fandango

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Oct 28, 1998

    A LucasArts adventure game that follows skeletal travel agent Manny Calavera's four-year journey across the Land of the Dead in a film-noir-inspired tale of love, betrayal and corruption.

    Anyone can help me getting my Grim Fandango working?

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    #1  Edited By Klei

    So I bought the game on the release day, back when I was like 12 years old. Nearly fourteen years later, i'm all psyched up to play it again. Problem is, CD 2 won't install properly on my drive, apparently there's some kind of error regarding the installation. I even tried installing through the grimlauncher, and got the game to work... until CD-2. Then the game won't load anymore and crashes right there. 
     
    You might say that my CD's are scratched, but thing is, they're in mint condition ( I kept this game boxed, on my shelf for all these years. ) And when I moved out of my parent's place, I even put it back on my shelf! 
     
    I remember reading somewhere on the internets that some people do have problems installing this pure gem on their computer. Anyone knows the magic trick?
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    #2  Edited By Ryman

    You definitely need the patch which you can get here > http://www.lucasarts.com/support/update/grim.html

    Other than that there are two things you can try, first is a custom setup & launcher program which you can learn more about & download from here > http://quick.mixnmojo.com/software/grim-fandango-setup

    Or if that's no good, some of guys behind ScummVM are working on a similar program for Grim called 'ResidualVM' It's still very much in development and prone to glitches & crashes but the game is completeable with this program and can be downloaded from the following link > http://www.residualvm.org/

    I was able to finish the game with ResidualVM as this proves > http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98DCC5B81BC3B82D

    No luck with the custom launcher though, no sound and would often freeze up. Your mileage may vary.

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    #3  Edited By Klei

    It worked with ResidualVM. Holy shit I almost teared when my saved game worked past the early Year 2 cinematic.

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