Re: Grim Fandango


"Hank the Rapper" <xflopgoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jonah Falcon wrote:
>
>> How about -- more people own consoles than computers.
>>
>> How about -- for some reason, my Grim Fandango won't run on my good
>> machine anymore. It's Master of Magic Disease (old games no longer
>> running on state of the art CPUs)
>>
>> In fact, I'd love to see a $29.99 LucasArts Adventure Bundle -- on
>> one disc, you have Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Sam and Max
>> and Grim Fandango.
>
>
> When was the last time a seven-year-old PC game with average sales ported
> to a console? It may
> be nice, but it won't happen any time soon. You have better luck waiting
> for a sequel and
> hope they include the first game as a bonus.

Considering how many people bought the 3 Midway Arcade games (for all the
consoles, not just XBox), the Atari bundle, the IntelliVision bundle, etc,
etc, etc, what makes you think no one would want Grim Fandango.

Oh, let's not forget remakes of old games -- see: Sid Meier's Pirates as
Evidence A.

I

want

Grim

Fandango

on

the

Xbox, PS2, GameCube, 360, PS3, and Revolution.

The game didn't sell well on the PC at all, and deserves to be glorified.


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