Re: Grim Fandango Remastered HD !

On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:54:19 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:50:07 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:02:50 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms
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This looks like a quality mod for this game:
https://hexagon.codes/grimhd
I've never gotten past the first few puzzles before getting stuck :)  but
might give this a try
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Thank you! This is one of my favorite games and I might replay.
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ScummVM covers it now, so I thought I would have to go there for a
replay.
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To install Grim Fandango from disc, you need a hacked 32-bit installer.
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https://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/grim-fandango-setup
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Lovely 16-bit installer on that one. Same goes for EFMI.

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Or, you know, you could just get the Remastered version of the game,
which not only does the same sort of upscaling but is designed to work
on modern OS and hardware.
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Not that I'm really interested in either. The grungy low-res textures
are part of the charm of those old games. All that upscaling makes
those classics look too smooth; too clean. Those big pixels are part
of the aesthetic; the art is designed to compensate for the blurriness
forced upon it by late-90s technology. Without the crunchiness of
old-school graphics, the characters and backgrounds don't mesh well;
it all starts looking like bad cut-n-paste photoshops.
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TL;DR: I'm sticking with the original art style ;-)
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Well, I at least antialias the chunky 640x480 3D elements in the original
game, but point Spalls. With AA forced, it looks pretty decent.

I expect this is for people new to the game. It's nice to have choices.*

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Zag

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*You will note that I describe the method to install off of _disc_! I
used mounted images (I forensically imaged all my physical media years
ago) and real installs in the past, and now ScummVM if I want a fix, but
there are lots of ways to play this classic!