Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Grim Fandango was created by Tim Schafer, his final work for LucasArts. The game follows the tale of Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, as he becomes embroiled in a web of crime and corruption. As well as drawing inspiration from Aztec concepts of the afterlife, Grim Fandango is strongly rooted in film noir tradition.
Grim Fandango is a graphic adventure video game directed by Tim Schafer and released by LucasArts in 1998. [2] Set in the Mexican folklore's Land of the Dead and with a strong film noir twist, the story follows Department of Death's travel agent Manny Calavera who acts as a guide for recently departed souls as they travel through the Land of the Dead on their way to their final destinations.
Tim Schafer was born on July 26, 1967, in Sonoma, California, the youngest of five children.His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. [5] While studying computer science at UC Berkeley, Schafer became interested in writing, and took inspiration from Kurt Vonnegut, who while a publicist at General Electric wrote short stories in the evenings.
Discover the best free online games at AOL.com - Play board, card, casino, puzzle and many more online games while chatting with others in real-time.
13 November 1998: Juggernaut: Tonkin House: Jaleco: PlayStation: 19 November 1998: King's Quest: Mask of Eternity: Sierra Studios: Sierra Entertainment: Windows: 24 November 1998: Dark Side of the Moon: A Sci-Fi Adventure: SouthPeak Games: SouthPeak Games Windows: 30 November 1998: Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire: Sierra On-Line: Sierra On-Line ...
Age of Empires (video game) Age of Empires II; Age of Empires II: The Conquerors; Alone in the Dark (1992 video game) Alone in the Dark 2 (video game) Alone in the Dark 3; Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare; Amerzone; Another Code: Two Memories; Area 51 (1995 video game) Atlantis: The Lost Tales; Atlantis II; Atlantis III: The New World ...
The remastered game was released as a free PlayStation Plus title for the month of January 2017. [65] [66] Schafer credited both LucasArts and Disney for help in creating the remaster, which follows from a similar remastering of Grim Fandango, as well by Double Fine, in January 2015.