GRIM FANDANGO
             
                  Solution by Peter Clark

This is a straightforward walkthrough. Playing it according to
these instructions will get you to the end with little or no
bother.  However, you will miss some of the humour this way so I
would suggest you play on your own until you really need help.

Year One - The Poisoning.

After the introductory video, the game starts in Manny's Office.
You receive a message.  Go to the table on the far side of the
room and pick up the playing cards. Leave the room and go to the
end of the corridor where Eva is at her desk. Ignore her for the
moment and go into the elevator on the left that takes you to the
garage. The last car is just leaving so go to the office in the
far corner and knock the door. Glottis will come out. Say, "Are
you a driver?" - "I'm Calavera" - "Looks like I need a new driver"
- You want to be my replacement driver?" - "Come on Glottis." -
"You're not too big, the car is too small." Glottis will give you
a work order that needs to be signed. Return to Eva at her desk
and use the work order on her. She calls the boss but he refuses
to sign the order. Use the elevator in front of you that will take
you to the street. There is a fair going on.  Talk to the clown
and say, "Practicing what?" - "Twist me up one of them fella." -
"Bet you can't do a cat." - "A dead worm."  Talk to him again and
say, " My kids want another balloon animal." - "Do you have any
more dead worms back there?"  Talk to him again and say, " My kids
want another balloon animal." - "A cat." Now pick up a loaf of
bread from the stall next door. Make your way back towards the
office but, just before you get there, go into the alley on the
same side. Go to the end of the alley and you will see a rope of
ties hanging from a window. Climb up and go in through the window
to the Boss' Office. Inside you will see his computer. He has
rigged it up to answer his intercom. Change the setting to read,
"Ah cripes Eva, Just sign it yourself will ya. I'm busy." Go back
down the rope and return to Eva at her desk. Use the work order on
her again and this time she will sign it for you. You are now
taken to the Land of the Living by Glottis. In the caf‚, use your
scythe on the package. Your next customer is inside.  Not what you
were hoping for. After the video scene, go into the Packaging Room
and use the red hose on one of the deflated balloons. (Dead
Worms.) Use the blue hose on the other one. Go towards the room on
the other side of the passage, the Communications Room, and you
will meet a demon. He will complain about the tube mail delivery
system.  Go to Eva's desk and use the punch on the playing cards
then go to your office and use both of the balloons that you
filled with packing material on the mail chute. This will cause
the system to break down. Go back to the Communications Room and
take the fire extinguisher from the wall by the door. The demon
should be inside the machine trying to fix it. Turn the bolt on
the door of the machine while he has his back turned so that the
door will not close fully. Talk to the demon and say, "Who would
do such a terrible thing." - "I gotta split." Leave the room and
immediately go back in. The demon has gone, go into the machine,
use the perforated card on the red tube.  This is Domino's tube.

You now have your saint and you will pick her up using Glottis'
new car. However, there appears to be something wrong with her
record. Say to her, "Excuse me but I have to go and straighten
this mess out." Go to Don Corpal's Office, your boss. You will be
taken to Glottis' Office and locked in. Knock on the door and,
when you get an answer, say, "I'm thinking about getting out and
getting even. That's it."  - The DOD runs a crooked game, and I
intend to prove it." - " I'm gonna blow the lid off this place."
You will be taken to the LSA Headquarters through the trapdoor in
the alleyway. When you are there, say, "Okay, I'm in. What do I
have to do?" - "You want me to be your messenger." - "If I grab
some pigeons from the roof, will you let me go?" - "I'm off."

Go back to the alleyway and climb back up the tie rope. Make your
way around the ledge to the left and go into the far window. This
is Domino's office. Look in his desk drawer and pick up the green
coral. Go to the punch bag and hit it a few times. His mouthpiece
will fall from the shelf above it. Pick this up and leave through
the window again and go back to the tie rope. Pull up the loose
end of the rope and fix the green coral to it. Now throw it up to
the roof so that you can reach the roof by climbing it. On the
roof, put the cat shaped balloon in the nearest dish to scare the
killer pigeons. When you have done that, put the bread in the same
dish. The pigeons will be frightened off and you can pick up some
eggs from the structure behind where the pigeons were. Go back
down to the ground with the eggs and make your way to the alley.
Go through the side door into the garage. Make your way into
Glottis' Office and use the mouthpiece on the machine on the
bench. This is a body filler machine. Use the filled mouthpiece on
yourself to get a dental impression. Leave the office and go back
to the alley. Look at the blue eye on the wall to gain access to
the LSA Headquarters. Give the eggs to Salvador and then take the
dental impression to Eva.

You now find yourself in another land. Go right, off the screen
and you discover Glottis. He is upset because he has been sacked.
He rips out his heart and throws it towards the back of the
screen. Go to where he threw his heart and you find that some
spiders have it in their web. By the side of the web is a pile of
bones. Pick one of them up and throw it into the web then use your
scythe on the web. The heart will be catapulted outside the cave.
Go back outside, pick up the heart and replace it inside Glottis.
He is now alive and happy with a new car for you to travel in.
Drive off the screen to the right towards a strange machine.
Glottis finds a wheelbarrow and you must use it to synchronize the
pumps on each side of the tree marrow extractor. I found this very
time consuming, as you need to move the wheelbarrow backwards and
forwards across the pump lines and then turn the machine off with
the large switch to the left.  Each time Glottis will climb up the
tree to try and help balance it and, each time he is up the tree
you must turn the machine back on again. If you have the
wheelbarrow positioned correctly, the pump will collapse and
Glottis will get the parts that he needs to improve your car.

When you have completed this task you will find yourself in the
car again. Leave the car and pick up the road sign. Now go towards
the northwest corner of the screen. You will be in a large barren
area. Walk towards the centre of the screen and plant the road
sign in the ground. The sign will turn and point in the direction
you should go next. Take the sign and follow the given direction.
Plant the sign in the ground again and follow the directions until
you get the sign in the correct place and a secret cave will open
in the floor. Go down into the cave and walk around until you find
a key on an old throne. Take the key and come back from the cave
to the car. Travel northwards in the car to the Dam. Open the door
and go into the cave. You must collect at least three of the bones
that are on the pile near the green object. If you are chased out
of the cave just go back and try again. When you have the three
bones go down the path to the left. You will now be under an
overhanging rock. Red-hot beavers will sit on top of the rock.
Throw one of the bones into the tar pit and then get and use the
fire extinguisher just before the beaver jumps so that it jumps
into the stream of water. You must do this on three of the
beavers.  If you miss, you will have to return to the dam and get
more bones. When all three beavers have been extinguished, go back
to the car and open the padlock on the left of the screen with the
key. Glottis will now drive the car across the dam to Rubacava.

On arrival at Rubacava, go up the stairs and enter the cafeteria.
Talk to Celso and say, "What are you doing here?" - "You must love
her very much." - "How do you know your wife hasn't gone ahead of
you?" - "I'll help you find your wife. What did she look like?" -
"Well, I'd better see how my other clients are doing." After you
get the photo, go down the stairs once.  Do not take the stairs
down to Glottis. Walk into the fog. You end up falling in the sea!
Captain Valesco will rescue you and then, while you dry out, go to
talk to Glottis. Follow him to the car and say, "Well, don't let
me interrupt your car talk." When you are able, use the photo on
Captain Valesco and say, "How do you know she sailed out of here?
I don't believe it." - "Well, don't let me interrupt your car
talk." You should now have the port log from the Captain. Go back
to Celso ands show him the logbook. This brings the game to the
end of the first year.

Year Two.

You find yourself outside a building. Go inside and to the left of
the green screen. Pick up the letter from Salvador that is on a
desk to the left of the screen. Go downstairs and out of the
building. If you are interrupted by Lupe, just say, "Okay, back to
work." You will see Meche. She is not what she used to be.  Talk
to Captain Valesco and say, "Alright, I'm ready to sail." - "I'll
work." - "Okay, if I get Glottis some tools, can we board?" -
"Who's the one guy who hasn't boarded yet?" - "What if Naranja
doesn't show up? Can I fill his spot, right?" - "So let me get
this straight." - "I'd better go and finish packing."

Go to the left to the crossroads. From here, head north and enter
the Blue Casket. Go to the back of the room and talk to Lola and
Olivia. End the conversation by saying, "Well, catch ya later, hep
chick." Return one screen back and use Salvador's letters on the
three men sitting in the bottom right corner. Look at the book on
the table and take it. Leave the cub and go to the right. Use the
book on the bees that are talking in a group. One of them will be
arrested and taken away. Find the elevator on the left hand side
of the main club door and go up. Take the stairs to the next level
and go into the Calavera Caf‚. Go down the stairs and pick up the
bottle of Gold Flake from behind the bar. Now enter the gambling
room and sit down next to Charlie at the table. Say, "Right, so
what are you doing in it?" - "How did you print fake betting
stubs?" - "What else can you counterfeit?" - "Can you make
reasonable union cards?" You should now be in possession of the
ticket printer and the VIP Pass. Go and find Glottis in the bar
and give him the VIP Pass.

Leave the building and find your way across town to the Cat Racing
Track. Go inside and down the stairs towards the track.  Go into
the room on the right at the bottom of these stairs. It has a
large cat in it. Go into the room on the left. This is the Cat
Litter Box Room. Here you will find a tin opener. Pick this up and
go up the stairs again. Take the stairs to the right of the main
stairs and then along the corridor to the elevator. Go up in the
elevator to the VIP Lounge. Go to the right and find Nick who is
sitting at a table. Talk to him and say, "Nick, I need a lawyer."
- "A friend of mine is in the slammer." - "An excellent lawyer." -
"The very best is good enough for me." - "You are Nick." Now talk
to Nick again and say, "Virago, I really need a lawyer." - "I
could tell Max about you and Olivia."  He will then exit the room
leaving his cigarette case on the table. Pick it up and then leave
the room. Go into the Kitchen and pick up the turkey baster that
you see in the bottom left corner. Wait until the waiter comes in
and enters the cupboard. While he is inside, close the doors and
use your scythe on them so that he can't get out. If you miss-time
the waiter bit, just hang around, as he will keep on returning.
Glottis will now come in and empty the wine barrel. Climb the
ladder alongside the barrel and use the can opener on it. Now get
inside the barrel.

After the short video scene, get in the forklift and drive into
the elevator. Turn the forklift around when you get inside and
note that there are two gaps at the bottom of the elevator gate.
Align the forks of the forklift with one of these gaps. Leave the
forklift and press the button on the side of the elevator.
Immediately return to and board the forklift. As the elevator goes
up you will pass a dark square on the outside wall. As soon as
this comes into view, drive the forklift forward so that the forks
go through the gap and into the dark square. This will jam the
lift. If you miss, go back down to the bottom and start again.
When the lift has jammed, leave the forklift and use the lever on
the near side of the forklift. This will have the effect of
raising the elevator gate. You can now leave and go along the
hallway. At the end you will see a briefcase. Pick this up and
Charlie will appear. You will get your union card but not in the
way that you expected.

Now go down and head up the main stairs. Go up the green staircase
to meet Carla. Use the cigarette case on her and say, "I don't
know. I found it under your desk." - "Yes." You will now have the
key to the lighthouse. As you are now at the bottom of the
staircase again, go back up to Carla. Drink the Gold Flake liquid
and try to go through the metal detector. You will be searched and
will then find yourself alone with Carla.  Say to her, "That's an
awfully nice metal detector you have." - "Yes." Now head back down
to the Litter Box Room at the Cat Track. This is where you found
the can opener. Make your way almost to the end of the
"springboard" that sticks out over the littler and use your
scythe. If you are standing in the correct place, you will find
the metal detector. From here, leave the Cat Track and find your
way back to the Blue Casket Club. Go into the kitchen and use the
turkey baster on the dirty dishwater. Now you need to visit the
lighthouse. Leave the club and to left past where the bees are
working. Use the key on the lighthouse door. Now you get to see
Lola. She seems to have sprouted flowers and dies leaving behind a
card. Pick up the card and go to the Calavera Club.

Give the card to Lupe, the checkout girl. She will give you a blue
jacket. Search it and you will find a piece of paper. Find your
way to Toto's Tattoo Shop. This can be found to the left at the
bottom of the Cat Track stairs. Go along the quay following the
railway track and down the steps to the beach. When inside, go to
the back of the shop and open the fridge and then open the fridge
compartment inside. Go back to the shop and use the turkey baster
on the bottle of drink that Naranja, the customer, is drinking
from. You will have to act quickly here.  Naranja passes out and
you must find time to search him.  Take his dog tags. Now give
Toto the piece of paper that you found in the jacket. Make your
way to the photo finish booth in the Cat Track. This is the one on
the far side to the right of the steps. Use the ticket printer and
make a ticket that shows Week - 02, Tuesday, Race 06. Give the
ticket to the man in the booth and you will get a picture that
shows Nick kissing Olivia.

Go up to the VIP Lounge and give the ticket to Nick. You are now
standing near the Morgue. Go inside and put the dog tags in one of
the two coffins. Give the metal detector to Membrillo.  He will
find the tags on one of the bodies and officially identify it as
Naranja. He is now declared officially dead! Go back to the
Calavera Club and into your office. Use the desk and you find a
secret panel that controls the roulette tables. Make sure that the
right hand red light is on. This is Bogan's table. Select any
number other than 2, as this is his lucky number. Watch the
resulting scene as Bogan closes down the Calavera Club and the Cat
Track. Glottis will be kicked out and the pair of you can take
your positions as crew members on the ship.

Year Three

You now have to tear the ship in half using the anchors. Go into
the bridge and down the ladder. Walk towards the back of the ship
and the bad guys will spot you. Glottis will grab you and pull you
into the control room. There is a red button on either wall. Walk
across to the one on the right and press it to raise the anchor.
Now go to the control levers and pull the one on the right. Go
back to the right hand button and push it to lower the anchor then
push it again to raise it. It should come up with the other anchor
attached to it. You can now use your scythe to pull the anchors
towards the boat. Cross the floor and press the left hand red
button to tear the ship in half then pull back on the control
levers to escape. Unfortunately, the ship will sink before time
and you find yourself underwater with Glottis standing in a pool
of light. Walk towards the edge of the light and Glottis will warn
you of sea monsters. After that, Chepito will walk past carrying a
lamp. Press the "Use" key and he will stop and talk to you. Say,
"Well, I don't want to break your stride there." Now press the
"Use" key again and you will grab his light. (I had to try this
several times before getting it just right. It's a bit fiddly.)
Turn towards Glottis as he is able to control this "Flashlight".
You will now find yourself looking into a chasm where a submarine
is laying.  Unfortunately, a large squid is guarding it. Walk
around the rim of the chasm to the right until you come to rock
with sticky fronds waving from it. Walk around this rock in an
anticlockwise direction and Chepito will become stuck. The squid
takes off after him allowing you to get into the submarine. This
automatically takes you to the Edge of the World.

Walk towards the lift and go up. At the top head around to the
right and you find Meche. After the video scene you find yourself
trapped in a room with a cage. Inside are two children.  Glottis
appears to have met his end Talk to the children and say, "Why do
you want to bite me?" - "What are you two doing in this cage?" -
"Listen, children, I'm here to help you." - "I'm here to help you
get out of this cage." - "My hands are not too big to make light
bulbs." - "I just don't have any of those little tiny tools.
That's all." - "Ok, Back to work."  Pick up the small hammer that
one of the children threw at you then go back to Meche's office.
Use the ashtray just before she does and she will ladder her
stockings and throw them in the bin. Pick the stockings out of the
bin and return to the lift. When you arrive at the bottom, go to
the left at the front of the screen and you will meet Chepito.
Give him the hammer and you will get his drill. Give him the
stockings and you will also get a gun. Go back to the lift. Do not
use it but continue past it to the right where you see a conveyor
belt. Use the lever to reverse its direction, climb onto it and go
up to the top. Go to the left and up the steps into the crane.
Drive the crane to the other side of the island using the arrow
keys. Using the arrow keys again, lower the chain. Leave the crane
and go down to the beach.  Use the drill on the crane claw to
remove it from the chain. The chain will go back up so return into
the crane and lower it once more. It will become stuck at the
bottom so raise it again. Drive the crane back to the other side
of the island and lower the chain. Leave the crane and go down on
the conveyor belt. Get off at the bottom and pull the lever to
change its direction. Now pull it again. The chain is stuck again
so go back up the conveyor belt, into the crane and raise the
chain once more.  After the video scene, return to Meche's office.
You will have to use the crane to go to the other side of the
island and go back down the conveyor belt. When you see her, use
the gun on her. Oh dear! What a mess.

Go to the vault door. This is between Meche's Office and the
elevator. Use the drill on the door and you will be able to see
the tumblers of the lock. Use the wheel to rotate the tumblers so
that the flat sides are on the right. Use your scythe on the
tumblers to wedge them then pull the door handle to open it and go
inside. Close the door behind you then use your scythe on the
wiring above the door. Pick up axe that you will find lying around
in this room and drag it the secret room that has just opened.
Drop it anywhere and use your scythe on the ceiling sprinklers.
Turn the wheel of the pipe on the left hand side and make a note
of the spot where the last drop water drains away. Now you must
drag the axe and place it on that exact spot. After the following
video clip, you will find yourself on a submarine. When you have
the chance, use your scythe on the octopus' eye. There now follows
a rather grisly video clip after which you begin year four,

Year Four.

At the end of the opening video clip you realise that Glottis is
sick. Go down the steps and open the coffin. Inside you will find
a friend from earlier in the game. He is annoyed but at least you
get his mug. Go back up and talk to the gate guard.  Try to leave
and you should get a note from him. Now go down and enter the room
under the tracks that has the cable coming from it. Talk to
Glottis and say, "What can I get you? Will anything help?" -
"Can't we make a new hot rod?" Go down into the kitchen and use
your mug on the gold cup rack. Open the drawer underneath it and
take a rag. Leave the kitchen and go to the oil drums at the back.
Use the rag on the drums then return to the kitchen and use the
oily rag on the toaster. Sit back and watch what happens. When the
dust clears you find that Glottis is still alive.

Follow the track back to Toto's tattoo shop and open the cabinet
that is just above the books. Take the medicine. Go back to where
you left Glottis and from there go bottom left and hen right back
to the docks. Valesco will talk to you when you arrive. He will
leave after talking to you so you can pick up his ship in a
bottle. Find your way to the Blue Casket. (Left and Up) Enter the
kitchen and use the bottle on the barrel. Find your way back to
Glottis and use the bottle on him. Talk to him and he will be sick
over the bobby-trapped dominoes. You still cannot cross them
safely so use the liquid nitrogen on them.  Now you can walk over
to the back of the car and use the dynamite. There is now a short
video section that finishes with you back where you were at the
start of the game.

Use the sprouted body of the soldier to get the arm then go to the
waste bin and get a photograph. Use the note that you got from
Hector on the pigeon and then show it the photograph.  You now see
a video clip where Bowlsley gets the message and does a runner.
Talk to Meche and then leave the headquarters yourself. Find you
way back to the bone-wagon and you will get the remote from
Glottis. Go up the ladder to his left and then up the other ladder
at the rear of the screen.  Go to the table and pick up the coffee
pot. Go up the ladder behind the Thunder Boys and use the coffee
pot on them.  They will leave. Go back down the ladder and replace
the coffee pot. Go into the door on the right and you will be
offered a job as a Thunder Boy. Go back up the ladder and use the
arm on the grinder then pick up the grinder. You must do this
last, as there is a bug in the game that will mess up your
inventory if you try to do it earlier. Now go down twice and enter
the Casino. Go down to the casino floor and talk to the man in the
trench coat twice. Now go over to Meche and talk to her twice. Put
the sheet over Charlie's head then go and talk to man in the
trench coat again. Now you can enter the bathroom to change
clothes. When you have done this, you can go back to the
bone-wagon. Go into the right hand tunnel and use the grinder on
the puddles to lay a trail up to the right hand exit.  Now use the
remote control to raise the bone wagon. Drive forward until the
alligator stops you. Climb up on the walkway and go along to the
down ladder. The alligator will turn around to look at you. Use
the remote control again to trap his tail under the bone wagon.
Now go down the ladder in to the flower shop. Use your scythe on
the ball of tape over the shop door. Leave, then enter the shop
again and you will get a gun and a bottle of Sproutella.

Return to the Casino and talk to the Pink Demon by the lift.
Watch the number board behind you and make a note of the last
number that appears. The demon will ask you a question and the
answer will be the last number on the board. At the bottom, talk
to Celso and his wife. Say, "Actually, I work for Hector. He sent
me to answer your questions." - "The real question is, don't you
feel that you are worth it?" - "What exactly are you saving your
money for? A rainy day?" - "Well, enough about you guys, let me
tell you about my problems." - "I just got back from the worst
vacation I've ever had." After the video scenes, you will find
yourself on top of the building. Go to the end of the ledge and
you will be on the roof. Walk across to where the hand of the
illuminated sign of the lady is at the bottom of the screen and
climb up on the ledge. Use the grinder on the cracked gothic
statue and then use the Sproutella on it. It falls down and you
are now able to climb up the ladder. You automatically slide down
the other side and watch yet another video clip. You now find
yourself at the bottom of a hill by the side of a car. Make your
way to the large greenhouse at the top of the hill and enter it.
It now appears that you are going to die! However, as soon as you
are able, use the liquid nitrogen and you will be saved. Now go to
the bottom of the hill and the car. Talk to the head that is on
the back seat. Open the suitcase and a ticket will fly out. Pick
it up and return to the greenhouse. Go to back of the greenhouse
and walk around until the ticket flaps in your hand and falls to
the ground. This spot is where you will find Salvador's body.
Search the body and you find a key to the boot of the car. Go back
to the car and open the boot. You find more than enough
ammunition. Go to the water tower, at the base of the hill, and
shoot it with the gun then go up to the greenhouse again and open
the door.

This ends the game and you now watch the closing video scene where
everyone goes to the Promised Land with the exception of Glottis
who says that he wishes to stay where he is.











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