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  Phokal 2:06 pm on July 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: adventure gaming isn't dead, fan patches ( 2 ), Gaming ( 3 ), Grim Fandango ( 3 )   

  Guide to installing Grim Fandango 

  

  Grim Fandango is one of the few games that simply has trouble on new machines.  One of the first official patches helped fix puzzles that ran to quickly on anything above a 400mhz processor.  I waited for the Lucasarts Steam announcement, but was left still needing to research this dilemma.

  Upon inserting the disc you are greeted to an autoplay that *may* reject your harddisc space due to inaccurate readings, and the Setup.exe will not run under any variant of 64bit Windows.  I am testing under Windows 7 RC, so this should work under Windows XP, Vista or 7.

  1. Instead, place disc A in the drive, then download and run this Custom installer available here: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/grim-fandango-setup
  2. I installed to the default Program Files(x86)\
  3. When prompted, insert disc B.
  4. Included in this custom installer is a Custom Launcher (available separately here; NOT NEEDED for this install): http://quick.mixnmojo.com/grim-fandango-launcher
  5. After installed, go to the Options of the Launcher and make sure there is a green check next to Run from Harddrive.

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    Malus 8:24 am on September 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    ok So im one of the few who love this game, but the patch did help with windows 7 build 7600 64bit, i tested before and after

    have fun

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    Jeremy 3:26 am on October 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    hey, can anyone send me the installer? the site is down!

    minkshaman@gmail.com

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    Ian 12:27 am on November 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Hey, had a similar hankering for Grim Fandango and downloaded your installed (running Windows 7 as well) but am having some troubles with sound. It’ll work just fine or a few minutes, and then something will set it off and it’ll either endlessly repeat 1 second of sound like a bad remix or go mute all together. Have you had this problem?

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      Mark B 6:09 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I have the same problem with sound… after a minute or so it goes mute or stutters. I’m running it on Windows 7 Home Premium on a PC with a bog-standard on-board High Definition Audio Device. I’ve tried running it in compatibility mode and as an admin but no joy.

      I might try running it under a VMware XP virtual machine, but then I might not bother, because no matter how much I’d love to play this game again, whilst testing it out I just recalled why I never got very far with it before… the controls are bloomin’ awful.

      I always wished they had just made it a point and click. To be honest, I’d love it if they remade it as a proper 3D third-person version that works the same way as Tim Schafer’s other classic, Psychonauts. But there’s probably about as much chance of that happening as there being a Psychonauts II.

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    Mark B 6:23 pm on January 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply

    Okay, I found out that if you set compatibility mode to Windows 98/Me it works fine… I’ve also just discovered my wired Xbox 360 controller works with the game, and makes it a lot easier to control

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    Brown 2:22 pm on March 15, 2011 Permalink | Reply

    Will be trying this out as soon as I discover the hiding place of my GF disks from 6 years ago! Funny how you have to mess around with the old school games to get them to run. You should see what you have to do to the thief games!

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  Phokal 1:22 pm on June 27, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: adventure gaming isn't dead, I finall beat ( 2 ), objection!, phoenix wright ( 2 )   

  

  I finally beat: Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney

  Dang.  That 5th case is really long.

  The initial tutorial case is short, and the next is double its length.  What you do not expect is that each case doubles the length.  Save points between each of the 3 days stretches to between phases of each day.  Then during particularly long court sequences you may get another auto-save.  During the 5th case, you get several checkpoints during a single conversation.

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  Phokal 6:25 pm on April 6, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: ace attorney, adventure gaming isn't dead, don't tell me the ending to ( 20 ), hold it!, nintendo ds, phoenix wright ( 2 )   

  don't tell me the ending to: Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney 

  

  don’t tell me the ending to: Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney

  Sometimes, I’m not in front of my TV playing games. Perhaps I’m on a bus, or a car trip, or on the toilet. In these situations, I may be playing either my PSP or DS. Lately, it’s been the DS and the cult title: Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney.

  Originally a port of an old GBA title that was never released outside Japan, the DS version takes little advantage of the touch screen to improve the interface. The game does ooze personality, however, in its cast of eclectic characters. Can a crappy port still be enjoyable if the base game was initially good (but not worth exporting)?

  I think so.

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