You could also try the ScummVM Residual project at, I've played around with the ScummVM tool to play Sam and Max, Full Throttle and some of the Monkey Island games, but haven't looked at this spin off tool. Just be sure to reenable Directdraw/Direct3d before trying to run other games! This is on Workstation, but should behave the same on Fusion. (that and my original Grim Fandango disks are on loan, you know who you are!)Īs for a workaround, I just downloaded the demo of Grim Fandango, and if I run DXDiag (Start->Run->type "dxdiag") and disable both Direct3D and DirectDraw, it fixes the flickering. This happens whether 3D acceleration is enabled in the game or not, so the game may be doing some obscure directdraw calls or something, I haven't had time to investigate further. That's the good news, the bad news is the game doesn't render correctly, all backgrounds look right but the character models constantly flicker. Inside the hidden ProgramData folder, find the Grim Fandango. Actually, I might have just changed the shortcut properties, IE: make a desktop shortcut to the game, right click the shortcut and pick properties, and then check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" (Windows 98). Press Win + R keys to open the Run dialog box, and then type ProgramData in it and hit Enter. sh installer, open your default terminal emulator, and run the following commands (dont forget to adapt the.
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This game should at least launch on Windows XP, I did some testing awhile back, and I got the game to run, I seem to recall I needed a patch to let the game run on WindowsXP. If you have installed the game using our. Reviews Positive SteamDB Rating 79. Recorded with the help of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, your ears are bound to be delighted.
I also tried running win98 guest and not installing VMware Tools, in case it was a problem with Tools, but I couldn't get the display out of 16-colour mode, which meant the game refused to start. The Grim Fandango Remastered Official Soundtrack features remastered original music from composer Peter McConnell of Monkey Island 2, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts fame. Running custom launcher (from and running in windowed mode (Note this is different from the "black screen 100% cpu usage" error listed at - which is why I'm asking for help here!)Īny thoughts on what to try? Are there any vm settings that might help here?ĭirectx 9 installed and "emulate 3d" ticked
"Grim Fandango could not initialize your hardware!" / "Please make sure you are not running any DirectX apps that take exclusive control of your hardware" I've tried several different combinations of guests and settings, and I keep getting the same message: I'm trying to run Grim Fandango, a fabulous win98 (originally) game from LucasArts I'm running Vmware Fusion 2.0 (116369) on a MacBook
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