Grim Fandango
| publisher = LucasArts | director = Tim Schafer | designer = | programmer = Bret Mogilefsky | artist = Peter Tsacle | writer = Tim Schafer | composer = Peter McConnell | engine = GrimE | platforms = | released = |Windows|''Remastered''|Linux, OS X, PS4, Vita, WinAndroid, iOSNintendo SwitchXbox One}} | genre = Graphic adventure | modes = Single-player }}''Grim Fandango'' is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered static backgrounds. As with other LucasArts adventure games, the player must converse with characters and examine, collect, and use objects to solve puzzles.
''Grim Fandango'' is set in the Land of the Dead and the retro-futuristic version of the 1950s, through which recently departed souls, represented as ''calaca''-like figures, travel before they reach their final destination. The story follows travel agent Manuel "Manny" Calavera as he attempts to save new arrival Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a virtuous soul, on her journey. The game combines elements of the Aztec afterlife with ''film noir'' style, with influences including ''The Maltese Falcon'', ''On the Waterfront'' and ''Casablanca''.
''Grim Fandango'' received praise for its art design and direction. It was selected for several awards and is often listed as one of the greatest video games of all time. However, it was a commercial failure and contributed towards LucasArts' decision to end adventure game development and the decline of the adventure game genre.
In 2014, with help from Sony, Schafer's studio Double Fine Productions acquired the ''Grim Fandango'' license following Disney's acquisition and closure of LucasArts as a video game developer the previous year. Double Fine produced a remastered version of the game, featuring improved character graphics, controls (including point and click), an orchestrated score, and directors' commentary. It was released for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows in January 2015, for Android and iOS in May 2015, for Nintendo Switch in November 2018, and for Xbox One in October 2020. Provided by Wikipedia
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