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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Grim Fandango Remastered HD !
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:33:25 -0600
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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>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:02:50 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, rms
>>wrote: 
>>
>>>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
>>>
>>Thank you! This is one of my favorite games and I might replay.
>>
>>ScummVM covers it now, so I thought I would have to go there for a
>>replay.
>>
>>To install Grim Fandango from disc, you need a hacked 32-bit installer.
>>
>>https://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/grim-fandango-setup
>>
>>Lovely 16-bit installer on that one. Same goes for EFMI.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>TL;DR: I'm sticking with the original art style ;-)
>
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.*

-- 
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)
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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!