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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

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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 AND 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

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elcome to the Land of the Dead WFandango The Land of the Dead in Grim skeleton dolls were made and ™ is a blend of images dressed in traditional and from Mayan and Aztec art, Mexi- contemporary costumes. Our can folklore, and 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 embarkingMañana for the end of the world Sea Bees—the union that never journey, El Marrow will delight the EL MARROW’S FESTIVAL on the DoD’s famous Nada strikes. antiquarian with its quaint blend of 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 throughoutFandango Grim boss. You could say he movement, the Lost Behind every foe . 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. yourFandango 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 button. Follow the tickbox to install it will remain Computer icon. disabled and the game’s Installer onscreen instructions. empty, and you will not need to 2 In the window that does not appear when you insert 5 Next, choose the destination for install DirectX. Click Finish to opens, double-click the CD-ROM in the drive, you'll Grim Fandango installation. The completeFandango the Setup. the icon for your need to open the Installer manually. default Grim Fandango directory is: 12 You are ready to play Grim CD-ROM drive. To do this: Double-click the My C:\Program Files\LucasArts\ . This opens the Computer icon, then double-click Grim. If you wish to install Installer. You may the CD-ROM icon in the window elsewhere, specify a different drive also need to that opens. Double-click the or directory name. double-click the Grim.exe file to open the Installer. It 6 You’ll be given the option to Grim.exe file to has these options: create a series of shortcuts. Creating open the Installer. a shortcut will make it easier for 3 From the Installer, you to launch the game. Click the click Readme & tickboxes to deselect any shortcuts Troubleshooting, you don’t want. then Trouble- Fandango 7 Setup will create a Grim shooting Guide. Program Folder for the program icons. Click Next to choose the default (Start Menu\Programs\ LucasArts\Grim Fandango), or create a new folder or select an existing folder, and then click Next. 8 You’ll be prompted to create a shortcut for your desktop. You’ll INSTALL SCREEN also have another opportunity to ✷ Install Grim Fandango Installs view the Readme. the game on your hard drive. 9 If you are playing with a joystick, ✷ Analyse Your Computer Check we recommend that you calibrate it to see if your computer meets now before playing. system requirements. ✷ Readme & Troubleshooting We strongly suggest you view the Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:46 pm Page 12

GRIM FANDANGO 12 13 GRIM FANDANGO THE LAUNCHER works better for people using the ✷ The Up Arrow (or moving the RunningFandango the Game 1 To run the game, insert Grim The Grim Fandango Launcher has keyboard. joystick up) moves Manny north, the following options: In Camera Relative mode you away from the camera. Disc A into your CD- ✷ ✷ ROM drive. The game’s Launcher Play Grim Fandango This button move in respect to the camera. This The Down Arrow (or moving will appear automatically launches the game. mode works best when playing with the joystick down) moves him ✷ Resume Last Saved Game If a joystick or gamepad. The mode south, toward the camera. if Autoplay is active. ✷ 2 If Autoplay is disabled, find the you’ve saved a game before, click you'll prefer depends on what you The Right and Left Arrows (or here to resume play. are used to from playing other moving the joystick right/left) moves Grim Fandango directory on your ✷ hard drive Readme & Troubleshooting We video games. At the beginning of him east and west at right angles to and double-click the Grim strongly suggest you open the the game, Manny is set to move in the camera’s line of sight. You can Readme to view the most up-to-date Character Relative mode. also move Manny diagonally by application icon, or double-click the ✷ CD-ROM icon on My game information. See the Trouble- To go forward (no matter which combining two arrow keys or using Computer, then double-click the shooting Guide for detailed way Manny is facing), use the Up 1, 3, 7 or 9 on the number pad. installation and troubleshooting tips. Arrow or move the joystick up. You can move diagonally using the Grim.exe file. This Launcher ✷ appears whenever you insert You can also analyse your computer To go backward, use the Down joystick or gamepad as well. to see if it meets system requirements, Arrow or move the joystick down. In Camera Relative mode, a Grim Fandango disc, when you ✷ double-click the CD-ROM icon, or reinstall DirectX 6.0 or calibrate To turn Manny right or left, use there is no backward movement, your joystick. the Right or Left Arrows or move and every time a camera angle when you select the Grim Fandango ✷ shortcut from your Start menu, or Other Options Here you can go the joystick right/left. changes, there is a good chance you when you double-click the to the LucasArts Web site if you If you choose, you can switch will have to reorient your Grim.exe file. have Internet access. to Camera Relative mode by movement. In other words, if ✷ + 3 Select Play Grim Fandango in the Exit to Windows Returns to pressing Ctrl M. In this mode, Manny is running north away from Launcher to play the game. your desktop. Manny moves in relation to the the camera down a long hall, and camera. the camera angle changes so Manny is running south toward the Playing the Game camera, you will have to change from the Up Arrow to the Down MOVEMENT Arrow if you want Manny to keep Unlike other LucasArts adventure games, Grim Fandango does not use the mouse for movement. You can manipulate Manny by using the arrow keys on your keyboard, your joystick or your gamepad. See pages North (Away from Camera) 19-21 for keyboard playing tips and Back key commands.

You can play the game from West East either of two perspectives: Camera Turn to Right Turn to Left (Turn to Left) (Turn to Right) South Relative and Character Relative. In Forward (Toward Camera) Character Relative mode you move Manny as if you were Manny, from LAUNCHER SCREEN his viewpoint. This mode generally CHARACTER RELATIVE MODE CAMERA RELATIVE MODE Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 14

GRIM FANDANGO 14 15 GRIM FANDANGO running in the same direction. You Vehicles may be on a track that can toggle back and forth between only allows movement in two the two modes by pressing Ctrl+M. directions. To raise and lower the crane, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys. As soon as Manny stops using these vehicles, he will return to his previous mode of movement.

THE INTERFACE MANNY NOTICES INTERESTING OBJECTS LOOK AT CARDS The Interface in an is the means by which you You will notice that Manny’s head If you press 0 on your number pad, communicate with the goes down when it is directly in you will access Manny’s Inventory, CAMERA RELATIVE NORTH character you play—the way in front of the books, and back up and Manny will hold his scythe. which you get the character to do when he turns away. When Manny Press 6 on your number pad, and what you want. In Grim Fandango, is interested in something, he will he will bring out the next Inventory the Interface is invisible; essentially move his head in that direction: up item, which should be the deck of your Interface is Manny himself. if it is above him, down if it is cards. If you press 4 on your below. number pad, he will go through his Make sure that Manny is Inventory in reverse order, and looking at the books with his head hold his scythe again. Pressing the down, then press the 5 key on your + key will put the item in Manny’s keypad. This is the “Look At” hand. Press + again to return the or “Examine” key. Manny should Inventory item to Manny’s coat. You now say something about the can also access individual Inventory CAMERA RELATIVE SOUTH books. If you walk him down to the items without going into Manny’s end of the table, Manny’s head will Inventory by using the number keys Vehicle Movement bob down to see the deck of cards. 1-0 on your keyboard. Occasionally, as Manny If you press 5 again, he will Press ESC to exit the Inventory. journeys through the Land of the MANNY IS THE INTERFACE look at the deck of cards. If you You can look at Inventory items while Dead, he may use some special press the Enter key (which is how in the Inventory or while holding them vehicles that operate differently. In When the game begins, Manny you use an item) or the + key in your hand. If you want to use an these cases, move the vehicles is standing by his desk. Using your (which is how you pick up an item), Inventory item with a person or object according to Character Relative rules arrow keys, walk him over until he he will pick up the deck of cards on the screen, first put it in Manny’s (Up for forward, Down for is standing in front of the pile of and hold it. Press + again to put hand, then move Manny until he backward, Right and Left for books on the table to the right. Now the cards in the Inventory. Now the “notices” the person or object you pivoting). turn Manny with the arrow keys a deck of cards is in Manny’s want to use with the Inventory item. little to the left and then back so he Inventory. Then press the Enter key to use the is facing the books. object. (For experienced adventure game players, note that there is no way to combine Inventory items in Grim Fandango.) Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 16

GRIM FANDANGO 16 17 GRIM FANDANGO CONVERSATION ✷ Control Help Select to access three If you want Manny to talk to different screens—a complete list of another character, move him keyboard commands, all the default around until his head moves to settings for the joystick or gamepad as “notice” that character, then use the well as Inventory key commands. Enter key to begin conversation. Use the Right Arrow key to move (This may take a little practice. If through the three screens, press Enter Manny picks up an object, or says to return to the Main Menu. a line that doesn’t seem to be ✷ Options Select to adjust several conversational, he may be looking options. Use the Left and Right Arrows to change the options. See at an object instead of the person SAVE GAME SCREEN LOAD GAME SCREEN you want him to talk to. Just move Loading page 18 for details on Options. him a little and try again.) the word (Empty) on the screen ✷ Save Game Select to save your To load a saved game, press F1 to Frequently, beginning a and press Enter to get a flashing game. See page 16 for details on open the Main Menu, then select conversation with someone will give cursor. Type in a game name and Saving and Loading. Load Game. Select a saved game you a series of dialog choices. You press Enter to save your game. ✷ Load Game Choose a saved from the list and press Enter. can scroll up and down through The name of your saved game will game name from the list and press appear in these by using the Up and Down MAIN MENU SCREEN Enter to load it. See page 16 for Arrows. When you find a sentence the list and a thumbnail image of details on Saving and Loading. You can adjust various game you would like Manny to say, use where you are in the game will be ✷ Erase Saved Game Choose a game settings from the Main Menu screen. the Enter key to select it. saved as well. name from the list and press Enter to Press F1 to access this screen. You can erase a saved game by delete it. See page 16 for details. You’ll get the following choices: selecting Erase Saved Game in the ✷ View Dialog Transcript Turn Main Menu. Select the name of the this on/off to store the dialog you game you want to erase from the list chose during gameplay in a and press Enter to remove it. transcript that you can return to and read. Reach the dialog transcript from the Main Menu (press F1, then select View Dialog Transcript) or Options screen by selecting the Dialog Transcript option. You can also read the DIALOG CHOICES transcript from outside the game, by opening the file grimdialog.htm SAVING AND LOADING MAIN MENU SCREEN using any standard Web browser. GAMES Each saved game also saves a Saving parallel dialog transcript, called ERASE SAVED GAME SCREEN grimlog.htm. T F1 o save a game, press the key ✷ View This allows you to open the Main Menu. Select to view cutscenes that you’ve Save Game from the list to reach previously viewed during gameplay. the Save Game screen. Highlight Use the Arrow keys to choose a and press Enter to play it. Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 18

GRIM FANDANGO 18 19 GRIM FANDANGO ✷ Credits View a list of the ✷ Voice Effects Toggle this feature capable, you can choose both creators of Grim Fandango. off or on to disable/enable the voice Software and Direct3D. If your ✷ Return to Game Leave the Main effects processor that creates more primary video card is not 3D- Tips for Menu to return to the game. realistic voice effects. If you are capable, you will only be able to USING THE KEYBOARD ✷ Quit Quit the game. Use the having poor performance, try choose Software. If you chose Arrow keys to select Yes or No, turning off the Voice Effects. the 3Dfx driver, you will only If you are playing with a then press Enter. ✷ Movement Mode Choose your be able to choose Direct3D. keyboard, the game has been orientation for movement in the game: Direct3D produces smoother designed so you can play entirely OPTIONS SCREEN Character Relative (the default) or textures and characters, and Access the Options screen by Camera Relative Mode. See page 12 slightly speeds up game with your right hand on the pressing F1 to get to the Main for more on the two modes. performance. numerical keypad. Use your right ✷ Joystick/Gamepad Menu, then select Options. These If you have hand to work the number pad one of these devices, select Enable. QUITTING choices are available: ✷ Arrow keys for Manny’s ✷ Music, Sound Effects and Voice Brightness Use the Left and To quit the game, press the Alt+X movement, the number pad + key Volume Use the Left and Right Right Arrows to adjust the slider key combination. Use the Left Arrows for screen brightness. Arrow key to highlight Yes or press for picking up items, the number to adjust the sliders up or ✷ down. 3D Hardware Acceleration Y, then press Enter. pad Enter key for using items, Turn this option on if your machine ✷ Text Mode Select how dialog is the number pad Del key for has 3D acceleration, or turn it off to seen and heard in the game: text skipping dialog or redirecting only, voice only, or voice and text return to normal mode. If you have together. a 3D-only card, this option will Manny’s attention, and the ✷ Text Speed Use the slider to select that card. If you have more number pad Ins key for accessing adjust how long text appears than one 3D-capable card and the Inventory. Use the number you’d like to select which card to onscreen. pad Up Arrow (tap it twice, then ✷ Dialog Transcript Use this use Direct3D with, select Advanced hold down) to make Manny run. feature to see a list of all dialog 3D Hardware Settings in the Options screen. If you do not have a lines you’ve chosen. See page 17 for ✷ details. Advanced 3D Hardware numeric keypad, or if you want Settings - Choose a Display Device: to give your right hand a break, Pick Primary Display Driver if then try the alternative, two- you wish to use your 2D/3D handed method: Your right hand video card; pick the 3Dfx driver works the normal Arrow keys for if you have a 3Dfx-based video movement, and your left hand uses card. The name of the choice will vary with your card. MANNY ON THE HIGH SEAS the A, S, D, and W keys to “Pick - Choose Supported Mode: The Up,” “Examine,” “Access modes shown will change Inventory,” and “Use,” depending on the display device respectively. Use the Shift key to chosen. If you chose the OPTIONS SCREEN Primary Display Driver, and make Manny run. your primary video card is 3D- Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 20

GRIM FANDANGO 20 21 GRIM FANDANGO Keyboard Controls Pull Out Scythe Toggle Joystick/ Some keys are specific to the keyboard or number pad 1 ¬j Gamepad (Keyboard) as noted. Toggles joystick or Pull Out Inventory – gamepad on and off. 2 0 Items in the (Keyboard) Order Skip Cutscene/ Toggle Movement + Movement Run Key Picked Up ç Exit Inventory ¬m Mode ß without Item Toggles between Tap Twice “ See Previous Character Relative and Hold to - Inventory Item Pause the and Camera Relative. Run (Keyboard) ˙ Game See Next ✷ Character Relative Mode Raise and + “æ Inventory Item (Keyboard) Go to Main or Move Forward Lower Crane ¡ 8 “ Menu (Number Pad) Scroll Items in or or Examine …‘ Open or Turn Left 5 e s Inventory Item or Skip Dialog 4 … (Number Pad) ∂ . (Number Pad) Line (Number Pad) Scroll Through When conversation or Turn Right or or Pick Up/ “æ 6 ‘ + p a Put Away Dialog Lines is going on, this will (Number Pad) (Number Pad) Held speed you through it. 2or æ Move Backward Item Select Dialog Otherwise, this key ∆ will move Manny’s (Number Pad) Line or or Use Item/ head around to look ∆ u w at different objects. ✷ Camera Relative Mode Talk or Toggle Speech Exit ¬t Mode 789 Move Manny Inventory Toggles between åx Quit Game Holding Speech 446 Item Only, Text Only, or Speech and Text 123 0or ior d Open modes. (Number Pad) Inventory/ (Number Pad) Exit Adjust Brightness Inventory ¬b Level Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 22

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Joystick and Gamepad Controls

SKIP DIALOG LINE USE ITEM/TALK TO CHARACTER PICK UP/PUT DOWN ITEM (Located on Back) INVENTORY RUN RUN (Located on Back) NORTH INVENTORY (Move Forward) SKIP CUTSCENE EXAMINE ITEM WEST PICK UP/PUT DOWN ITEM (Turn Left) EAST USE ITEM/ (Turn Right) EAST TALK TO C HARACTE R NORTH (Turn Right) (Move Forward) SOUTH (Move Backward) EXAMINE ITEM WEST SOUTH (Turn Left) (Move Backward)

OPTIONS

PICK UP/PUT DOWN ITEM USE ITEM/TALK TO CHARACTER USE ITEM/TALK TO CHARACTER INVENTORY EXAMINE ITEM PICK UP/PUT DOWN ITEM EXAMINE ITEM EAST EAST (Turn Right) (Turn Right) NORTH NORTH (Move Forward) (Move Forward) SOUTH SOUTH (Move Backward) (Move Backward) WEST WEST (Turn Left) (Turn Left) N SKIP CUTSCENE INVENTORY SKIP DIALOG LINE

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WARNING!

The following section

contains actual hints for

solving the first set of

puzzles. If you wish to

be surprised, skip on to the

next section. The Department

of Death also wishes to

advise you that cheating at

electronic recreations may

impair your ability to

acquire first-rate

transportation

in the Land of the Dead…

but, what the heck, you

always liked a good walk

anyway, right? Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 26

GRIM FANDANGO 26 27 GRIM FANDANGO Here is Manny in his office, Okay, Manny’s in the garage, ready for another boring day in the but it looks like the last car just Land of the Dead… little does he drove off and Manny’s driver is know that his afterlife is about to nowhere in sight. Maybe he should undergo a radical change. go talk to Glottis, the garage supervisor…he’s in the shack in the rear right-hand corner.

So, walk Manny out of his Now we need to get Manny to GLOTTIS office and down the hall to drive off the garage, so have him take the and get a client. first elevator to the left …no need to press the button, just walk on in.

Use the Arrow keys to walk him to that table under the pictures, and then use the + key to pick up After Manny introduces the deck of cards on the left of the himself to Glottis, always pick the table. (If you played through the first line of dialog until Glottis says Interface section above, Manny he’s too big… to which Manny may already have the deck of should reply that the cars are too cards.) Press the + key on the small. This will get Manny a work number pad to put the cards in order for his boss to sign. Manny’s coat pocket. But first, it probably wouldn’t Now walk him to the back of hurt to check with Eva, Manny’s the office (near the windows). You will boss’s secretary. She knows see his message tube with the little red everything. Get up close to Eva so flag on it. Press the Enter key to have Manny “notices” her, then press the him use the tube, and he will read a U key or Enter to ask her a message from his boss, Don Copal, question. Keep asking her about the telling him to hurry off to a poisoning. poisoning by highlighting dialog (Manny’s job is to pick up recently choices with the Up Arrow and departed souls in the Land of the Down Arrow keys and using the Living, then offer them the best Enter key to select a line. When she possible travel plans through the Land mentions Manny’s driver, ask her Unfortunately, if you have of the Dead… depending on how about the driver, and you will get Manny check with Eva, she will tell good a life they have been living.) all the information you need. him that his boss isn’t signing anything right now. Manny’s a good salesman, though, and he probably could convince his boss if he could Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 28

GRIM FANDANGO 28 29 GRIM FANDANGO just get into his office. So let’s see if Now Manny is on the steps of there’s another way to get in his office building. Take him down there… like through an outside the steps and walk him down the window. sidewalk to the right. Wow, it’s the Send Manny down in the Day of the Dead festival. Looks other elevator, that goes to the interesting, but Manny doesn’t have street level. time right now; we need to get the boss to sign that work order. So take Manny into that alley on the left. Maybe there’s a fire escape or something he can climb up to his boss’s window.

Then have him walk out the MANNY AT THE DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL door at the end of the lobby.

Well, it doesn’t look too promising, but make him run (press the Shift+Arrow keys) all the way to the end of the alley. There just might be something there he can use. Yep, a rope made of old ties.

Let’s have Manny climb the rope Yow! It’s a narrow ledge right (press the Enter key) and see outside the office window of Don where it goes. Copal, Manny’s boss, and the boss is gone. Grim Fand. UK Man 19/4/01 4:47 pm Page 30

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