Grim Fandango
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According to the Wine Application Database (Appdb) this software is a game by Lucas Arts.
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As of Sept 08 there are two entries in the application database.
- http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=376
- http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=553 Version 1. rated as gold with wine 1.0. needs more recent tests. Active maintainer, could do with another.
- http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10285 Demo rated as platinum, which seems a little optimistic, but it obviously works quite well.
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Ubuntu Breezy, using Wine 0.9
The installer runs fine, as long as you remember to add the cdrom device using winecfg (if you don't, the installer claims to succeed, but doesn't). I had to change the audio to ALSA, and choose 'Emulation' as the directsound hardware accelleration.
When you launch the game, run grimfandango.exe and not Grim.EXE, and it should start.
However, I have not yet been able to get the patch (gfupd101.exe) to run - so the game crashes during the introduction sequence. You can hit escape during the intro sequence, this lets you skip directly into the game. However, you will not be able to play a lot of the game without the patch.
Update 2005-11-08 - Using Ubuntu's 0.9.0-winehq-2, the patch installs fine! Success. Update 2005-11-11 - Nope, I was mistaken. The patch installs ok, but now the in-game menu doesn't work. Doesn't work with 0.9.1 either.
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