Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 1 Greetingsfrom ™ The Land of the Dead TRAVEL GUIDE And INSTRUCTION MANUAL Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 2 1 GRIM FANDANGO Meet Manny. He’s suave. He’s debonaire. He’s dead. And... he’s your travel agent. Are you ready for your big journey? Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 2 GRIM FANDANGO 2 3 GRIM FANDANGO ™ Travel Itinerary WELCOME TO THE LAND OF THE DEAD ...................................5 Conversation ...................................................16 EXCITING TRAVEL PACKAGES AVAI LABLE .................................6 Saving and Loading Games ...................................16 MEET YOUR TRAVEL COMPANIONS .......................................8 Main Menu ......................................................17 STARTI NG TH E GAME ...................................................10 Options Screen .................................................18 Installation .....................................................10 Advanced 3D Hardware Settings .............................18 If You Have Trouble Installing................................11 QUITTING.............................................................19 RUNNING THE GAME ...................................................12 KEYBOARD CONTROLS .................................................20 The Launcher.....................................................12 JOYSTICK AND GAMEPAD CONTROLS ....................................22 PLAYING THE GAME ....................................................12 WALKTHROUGH OF FIRST PUZZLE.......................................24 Movement .......................................................12 CREDITS ...............................................................31 Vehicle Movement .............................................14 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ...................................................33 The Interface ...................................................14 PRODUCT LICENSE AGREEMENT ........................................33 Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 4 GRIM FANDANGO 4 5 GRIM FANDANGO Welcome to the Land of the Dead The Land of the Dead in Grim skeleton dolls were made and Fandango™ is a blend of images dressed in traditional and from Mayan and Aztec art, Mexi- contemporary costumes. Our can folklore, and film noir of the hero, Manny, and the other 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s. For those who inhabitants of Grim Fandango’s don’t know, film noir is a film genre Land of the Dead, are modelled that features hard-boiled detectives, after these colourful skeleton dolls, hard-hearted, treacherous women, called calaveras. big guns, fast cars, labyrinthine plots, And what about Manny? Well, and snappy patter. The men wear he’s not exactly hard-boiled —he’s big hats, and everybody smokes* just led a less-than-perfect life and is and drinks a lot. trying to work off his “debt” by The Land of the Dead, helping out at the Department of according to Aztec beliefs, was a Death. His job is to act as a travel real place where dead souls agent, picking up souls from the journeyed for four years until they Land of the Living (it’s called reached the ninth underworld, their “reaping” because the Department final home. To help the souls make of Death issues scythes to its their long journey, the dead were agents), and then selling the souls buried with money, food, and even the best travel package possible to dogs. Mexican folklore get them through the Land of the added humour and Dead. festivity to those Then things go wrong for beliefs by Manny, and it’s all because of a celebrating dame. He must hit the road to stop special the skells that have made this days afterlife into a cruel game, so that each good souls everywhere can rest in year when peace. the dead returned to visit their loved ones as honoured guests. For the annual fiestas, papier-mâché * For those who are disturbed by the amount of smoking in Grim Fandango, we offer two reasons: 1) we wanted to be true to the film noir atmosphere, and 2) everybody in the game who smokes is DEAD. Think about it. Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 6 GRIM FANDANGO 6 7 GRIM FANDANGO Despite the appeal of the desolate beauty of this natural wonderland, the DoD must advise travellers to Exciting Travel Packages Available! either avoid it altogether or, if absolutely necessary, only travel TRAVEL TO THESE AND OTHER EXOTIC LOCALES! through it with an experienced guide. The wildlife here is poten- Your Grim Fandango travel tially dangerous. Watch for signs package includes passage by car, pointing to the opening. boat or train to 90 intriguing destinations, so get ready to enjoy Rubacava THE PETRIFIED FOREST your four-year excursion through The Town That Never Died. When the Land of the Dead. it comes to nightlife, nothing beats Rubacava. Here travellers from all And when you’re ready to get on El Marrow over the Land of the Dead come to board, your ship will be waiting ship- Gateway to the Land of the Dead. play the night away before shape, thanks to Rubacava’s own Your first stop on your four-year embarking for the end of the world Sea Bees—the union that never journey, El Marrow will delight the EL MARROW’S DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL on the DoD’s famous Nada strikes. antiquarian with its quaint blend of Mañana line of luxury cruises. Aztec and Art Deco design. Here Perhaps you will want to play the you will review with your your journey. And during Festival kitties at the famous Feline Department of Death (DoD) travel week, many of the dead who are not Meadows, or merely enjoy some consultant the many travel returning to the Land of the Living “hip” poetry at the avant-garde packages available to speed you on travel to El Marrow for our Blue Casket. Whatever your colourful street festival with the giant pleasure, it’s waiting for you in piñata balloons and friendly Rubacava. vendors… be sure to bring the angelitos! All Aboard The Petrified Forest the Number 9! Once a unique spot on any traveller’s agenda, the Petrified Forest is currently recommended only for the brave and hard-boned adventurer. THE NIGHT SKYLINE OF RUBACAVA THE BLUE CASKET, A RUBACAVA NIGHT SPOT Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 8 GRIM FANDANGO 8 9 GRIM FANDANGO Salvador Warning: Never allow Glottis to Meet Your Travel Companions Limones enter a gambling institution, or you The revolutionary may never get him out. Manny Calavera Don Copal leader of the You play Manny Manny’s unscrupulous underground Hector Lemans throughout Grim boss. You could say he movement, the Lost Behind every foe Fandango. He’s a makes Manny’s Souls’ Alliance. that Manny must regular guy serving his existence a living hell, What are his secret face, there is time in the Land of the except Manny’s not plans? How does Manny fit into his a dark and sinister Dead by working for alive. The only time we see Don scheme? And what is his strange figure pulling the the Department of Copal is when he’s yelling at obsession with pigeon eggs? strings—crime boss Death. Manny is a Manny. Does Don Copal have a Hector LeMans! kind of travel agent bone to pick with Manny? Glottis This ruthless mobster is building an who can arrange Manny's driver and companion, empire out of greed and treachery, deluxe transportation Domino Hurley Glottis is an enormous, grotesque but he is devising an even darker to the ninth Manny’s monster of the underworld with scheme that will remain a mystery underworld for those competition— nothing in his heart but love. Love until the very end! who have lived the salesman who for driving. Love for cars. Love for virtuous lives. seems to get all the anything with an engine that moves Unfortunately, all his choice souls. What is fast. He is an elemental spirit of the clients lately seem to be his inside track with Land of the Dead, summoned from losers, which means no Don Copal? What is the soil and given one purpose—to commissions for Manny the secret of his drive. Or, to change oil and adjust and no job security. He success? timing belts if no driving jobs are is starting to suspect that there is open. dirty work afoot in the Department Mercedes of Death. Who has it in for Manny? Colomar Why can’t he get any good clients? (Meche) The mystery woman Eva who blows into She’s secretary to Manny’s office like a Manny’s boss, Don breath of spring, but Copal. Eva is gives him the cold shoulder. What a sharp cookie who happened to Meche’s eternal feels sorry for reward? Where does she Manny, but is anxious disappear? Does Manny stand a to keep her new job. There is more ghost of a chance with her? to Eva than meets the eye, though, and she may be moonlighting for someone else. Who is the secret man in Eva’s life? What dirt does she have on Don Copal? Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 10 GRIM FANDANGO 10 11 GRIM FANDANGO Starting the Game Readme and Troubleshooting 10 If the program successfully IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE INSTALLING INSTALLATION Guide. See the Readme for the installed, you will see a Setup most up-to-date game information. Complete screen. If you are having trouble installing 1 Close all open windows on your See the Troubleshooting Guide for 11 After installing the program, the game, see the Troubleshooting desktop and quit all other detailed installation and trouble- you’ll be prompted to install Guide for more detailed installation applications. shooting tips. DirectX 6.0, which is and troubleshooting tips. To access 2 Put Grim Fandango Disc A in ✷ Exit to Windows Returns you to necessary to run the program. If the Troubleshooting Guide: your CD-ROM drive. your desktop. DirectX 6.0 (or a later version) is 1 Insert either disc, then 3 The Grim Fandango Installation 4 To install, click the Install Grim detected on your system, the double-click the My screen will appear. If Autoplay is Fandango button. Follow the tickbox to install it will remain Computer icon.