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Heh, how did I not see that when I went to that exact site? Thanks for letting me know MrColossal. 

Try not to give up again, AzureWolf. I know that year had the toughest puzzles so far as I continue to play this game. There were two items that had me stumped for a while. I wanted to use a guide, but I did not give in. Whatever you do stay away from guides. Don't let it ruin that sense of accomplishment, especially with this game. Once you found the solution, it feels great knowing you solved it on your own.

I slapped my head twice when I got those items. 

So far I played about 5 hours today and I'm almost done with this game. I say about less than 2 hours till I'm done. I'm kinda sad the adventure is coming to an end. Tomorro it will probably end.  :'(

What makes it even more sad was when...

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Chepito says goodbye to Manny as he walks into the tunnel for eternal rest while singing the line " let it shine, let it shine, let it shine..." That little part was like saying goodbye to a special and dear friend even though you didn't spend much time getting to know one another. Then knowing you'll never see 'em again.   :'(

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Where can I purchase this game? I heard you can, but I can not find it anywhere for sale. I would like to have it in my PC HD instead of waiting for it to load in my modem.

Its a very nice game despite being real simple.

If the game was yours and your parents gave it away or something, make them buy you another one.

Ahy how, I just got done playing 5 and a half hours. I have never encountered a PC game which has made my eyes glued to the monitor for so long every time I play. This is definately the best PC game I've played in my life and quite possible the best game I've ever played (this is factoring gaming consoles).

So far I've been playing this game for a little over 29 hours and I'm on the 3rd year at this part:

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I broke inside the huge holding safe where Mece is being held by Domino.

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I don't understand all this "I have a 97 CD!". Didn't it come out in 97? I think I have the same thing you do, Fleshstalker, only I actually bought it from the LucasArts website (I think I must have been one of the last to do so, because they don't seem to be selling it anymore). It's also just a jewelled CD case (I miss those big boxes with those gifts/bonuses I used to get from LucasArts), and it also says copyright 1997.

Because its weird. It was released in September 30, 1998. Probably the mucked up when printing the booklet of the jeweled case version. Thats the only reasonable answer.

@Fleshstalker : What is that avatary creature you have there !!??

Its a cat. One freaky looking cat. I call it the alien cat. 

GOOD GOSH!!!

I just got done playing a 7 1/2 hour marathon of it with no breaks whatsoever! Heh!

Well, I finally got past year 2. The Naranja part had me stumped for an hour. 

Once I passed that, I was happy. 

Needs more manatee.

Thanks! I'll get this game soon then.

I remember running into installing problems with Grim Fandango. That was fixed by putting some missing files from my XP disc.

I would imagine the installing could possibly give me trouble with Day of the Tentalce. Would it install fine, or will I need something else?

I do know in order to run it I'd need that scummv thing.

Also, since I live in the US, will the UK copy run in my PC? I don't know much about PCs, I figured since videogame consoles won't play imports, perhaps the same is with PC?

Its really easy to open the dvd drive. Once you open the case of the Xbox, there are 2 screws holding the drive. Before that there is another screw to hold the HD drive. You remove that screw and proceed with the other 2.

The you have to pop the dvd drive out. Then theres 2 smaller screws on the side of the dvd drive and simply remove them and you are now inside the lens. Perhaps the US & UK version is different.

As for my Grim Fandango copy, yes it has a bar code on the back of it. Does the box version only have a bar code on the back of the big box? Well heres the Ebay link of the game my brother had won for me:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&viewitem=&item=110093751852&rd=1&rd=1

Thats is also a bit weird of your Okami game. Heh.

Blimey, that was a long story! For those who can't be arsed to read all that:

Psychonauts = Tim Schaefer = Grim Fandango = Free adventure games = AGS

I'm not convinced Ebay was the cheapest way to get Grim Fandango though. Although you did get a sealed copy at least. Was it the budget version though?

Finally, you wouldn't have been physically able to reach the laser in your xbox console without using a crowbar, so no regrets there. (Except for the bashing part)

Yes that was a long story. I'm not much to type a lot, but this site and my new passion for Adventure games made me type that up. 

As for what it cost me, I believe the reason it was a bit of money was because its the US version which is harder to find than the UK version. Then the fact it was factory sealed.

Now I'm not totally aware how many version of Grim Fandango there were, but the one I got only came with a jeweled CD case. There is no huge box and the wierd thing about the back of the booklet is that it has a copyrighted date of "1997". Also theres nothing on the cover stating its a re-release or budget, it only a picture of the well known Grim Fandango logo with Manny, Mece and Domingo and the other guy.

Which is strange since it was released in 1998. Kinda wierd, but I'm not the only person whose booklet says that, theres someone else at another gaming forum that wrote a review also stating its from 1997, which leads me to believe he or she also has the exact thing written in the back of the booklet.

So I take it there was the big box version and just the jewel CD case version. Are there any more versions? Which came first? I'm thinking my copy must be a second print since back then PC games came in a big box, or I'm I mistaken?

Oh, almost forgot, the Xbox is pretty easy to open. I had the tools to open it. I actually did and it was actually the lens that had a coat of dirt on it, but the top part of the drive was caved in a bit with my Hulk-like fist smash. I ended up caving it back out by opening the drive's top case, but after a few weeks, it broke. The damage was already taking a toll on it.

I just got done playing Grim right now (played a little over 3 hours non stop). This game is addictive. I'd read your  reply, Mr Fibble,  but since theres a spoiler warning. I think it'd be best for me to stay away from it till I beat the game. 

I just sloved getting the case back. That whole puzzle to get to it was funny and well done.

This is a long story...

When reviews of the Xbox version of Psychonauts appeared, my interest for the game grew. Though the  previews before the release made me think it would be an average Platformer. Nevertheless, I kept my eye on it, but thought this game would never triumph my all time favorite Platformer, Mario 64.

As more reviews for Psychonauts popped up with excellent scores, my interest grew even bigger. Then I got my hands with the Official Xbox Magazine demo and was surprised with the gameplay and characters. That there settled it, I HAD to buy the game when I had the money. Well... I never did have enough money to buy it and soon enough my Xbox broke. My fault too since I fist pounded where the DVD drive was because of constant freezes. I should  have just opened it and clean the lens.

So at that time Xbox 360 was close at hand, so I decided to save up money for it. I figured why buy an Xbox when I can get an Xbox 360 which would more than likely be backwards compatiblie with Psychonauts. So I got a Xbox 360 (still have it) and had been patiently waiting for Psychonaut to be backwards compatiblie.

Months passed by and I kinda forgot about Psychonauts. Then the latest patch came out and lo and behold! PSYCHONAUTS!

I uploaded the patch and went to find the game. I went to most of my local stores to hunt for the game and after several searches I found the last copy at Best Buy for $30. I quickly nabbed the game and went home to enjoy it. Several days of playing made me completely fall in love with the game. The cast of characters, art direction, gameplay, level design, story and music blended so well together that Mario 64 was dethroned from my all time favorite Platformer game ever!

What an awesome game. This was like 2 months ago by the way. I loved (still do of course) it so much, I did some research on the game and who created it. I knew before hand of a developer called Tim Schafer, but didn't search info on him till my love for Psychonauts.

I read about him online and what people would consider his best game ever created... GRIM FANDANGO.

I thought, if I loved Psychonauts and many claimed Grim Fandango to be his best, why not give it a shot. I went to Ebay to see the bids. Not many listed as its about 10 years old. Though I didn't see any sealed US copies. I'm very picky with games. I will usually never buy  game unless its factory sealed. I figured evenutally someday a sealed version would pop up on Ebay.

A few days passed and I was talking to my brother on MSN messanger. Somehow I mentioned Grim Fandango to him while he was on Ebay and he sent me a link to a sealed US copy. Sad thing was that I didn't have Pay Pal, but the seller accepted money orders.

The next day, I create an Ebay account and placed a bid. I HAD to play this game to see what all the fuss was about. Then my brother logged in his MSN (He's from Arkansa and I'm from Texas by the way) and I told him I made an account and bid on that particular Grim Fandango he linked me about. He then offered to bid for me since he had Pay Pal. He would get it and then ship it too me while I'd send him a money order to pay him back. It'd be much quicker this way.

So 2 days later the auction was comming to an end. I told my brother to place the maxium bid of about $31 dollars at the last few seconds. I was nervous and excited as the time came close at hand. My borther had won it! HA! I now had it! My brother won it for me for $28.88. That same day a few minutes later, I took the bus to my local grocery store to get a money order and mail it to my brother.

So as I waited for my bother to get it and then he in turn mail it to me, I figured I'd do some more research in the Adventure genre, to become more familiar with it, since the last Adventure game I had played was Myst for Sega Saturn. I then remembered of an old Adventure game called Maniac Mansion, that a lot of people seemed to mention every now and then through out my life.

I decided I'd try to find a downloadable PC version of it (ARR MATEY! heh... If you know what I mean). This should hold me over till I get my hands on Grim Fandango as well as familiarize myself with this genre. I then performed a search which led me to a link. I got the Deluxe verion and played it. Had fun, but still being new to this genre, some of the puzzles were hard. I got a bit fustrated and looked at a guide towards the end of the game. Thats when I had even more fun becuase I knew where to go next.

During the time, I went to a gaming forum and learned that it wasn't an illegal game download, it was free. I thought that was pretty cool. Eventually I beat the game. I wanted to play another of the same genre, so I went back to the link and went to the Adventure freeware games link option. There was quite a few. One in particularly caught my eye.

A Tale of Two Betrayals had nice art, so I downloaded it and played it. Shame that it was a very short game. I believe this was the first of the point and click Adventure games I had beat without the use of a guide. I ended up beating it and looked at a guide afterwards. Thats when I learned I got the bad ending. Heh.

After that, I downloaded 5 Days A Stranger. That game had me hooked! It took me a little over 5 hours to beat. Every bit of it was captivating. I loved it and went to Yahtzee's home page and found that 5 Days A Stranger was part of a series. I immediately downloaded the remaing three of the series. While looking at his site, I stumbled into a link that lead me to Adventure Game Studio's web page.

I thought "WOW" this site has a lot more free games dedicated to Adventure games than the other site I found Maniac Mansion Deluxe on. For three days, I was downloading the games with scores of 80% and higher (also a few below 80%). Having a modem takes a while to get them downloads, but it was worth it!

I now had downloaded 36 of these games after three days. The next day I finally recieved Grim Fandango! Now I am focusing on beating Grim Fandango. Once I beat it, I have 36 others to keep me busy for a long time! Its kind of nice being new to this genre and having found this site because right now I have a lot of gaming ahead of me to catch up. Its like I found a treasure! 

All this would have never happened if it weren't for Psychonauts. I will never forget how this game opened a new world of gaming to me. Also, I thank the community for these games, without them we'd have no such site.

Well so far I've played 8 and a half hours. Finally got to the second year too! I still can't believe its about 10 years old and still it looks amazing. It has aged very well. I have a question though...

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When you start the second year, I went to the wierd roulette machince in Manny's room and I could not exit the contrapcion, the only way was to pressed the escape key on my keyboard. Is that the way it is?

Also, when I used the machince some guy won a bet, but then I made him lose by not chosing number 2. He made a comment about the police. Now when I headed to the roulette room, the host told me about that guy and that he left angry. Now I'm wondering if you don't touch the contracption in Manny's room and head to the roulette room, will that guy (the one who mentioned the police) be still there? I kinda over save all my 3 files, so I can't go back to check.

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The one ones I know that am anticipating because am fairly new to this site and the point and click adventure genre are:

Aprrentice: Checkmate!
The Forgotten Element
Anything from Yahtzee
Next game from Spooks creator
Next Sydney Finds Employment

I have 36 AGS games that I have downloaded so far and only beaten on which is 5DAS. TFE looks extremely of high quality and animation with a lot of effort put into it.

When I first played a bit of Apprentice I & II, my jaw dropped. Yahtzee... well 5DAS was my first original AGS made game I played and beat which was ultra sweet. Spooks made a big impression as well so the next project I'm looking forward too. Last but not least, Sydney had excellent art style and animation, besides, being able to play as a hobo rocks! 

It will be a while before I start to play those 36 games I got on my HD. First I gotta beat Grim Fandango!  8)

This game looks extremely interesting. Graphics are top notch. Its also nice to see a female play the role instead of a male. Its a nice change of pace.

Say... how many MB long will each the Prologue and three acts be?

It definately says 1997 on the back of the booklet. Oh and this is the US copy. I did tell you all am from USA? Well if I didn't now you know.

As of now I've so far played about 2 hours of it and according to the progress puzzle sign above my save files, I'm about 1/14 or so. This is gonna be long and sweet. I just got to:

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Where your're set free from Glottis's little office.
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The game is fantastic and the voice acting is top notch. Only thing I wish was if this was point and click. I find it hard to play games using the keyboards. I'll get used to it though. Also I wished every time you open your inventory and close it, you don't pull out an item. Thats about the only gripes I got in the controls.

By the way, whats the input code to post messages in spoilers. You know, to conceal it? I looked at the additional options but didn't find any to do so.

I'm afraid to ask what its about.

Thats an excellent lenght. It will take me longer though since I'm still new to the point and click Adventure genre. 5 Days A Stranger took me a little over 5 hours.

I got so many games to play now. Atcually I got 36 and so far beat one like I previously mentioned and Grim Fandango. Will take a while before I get to this one. I'm in heaven!