Grim Fandango is old. And it does things differently that you may expect. Here are a few things I thought notable.
The Main Menu is accessible by hitting F1, not Esc.
Running the game directly does not automatically load the last save. It starts the game from zero, but in the last room you visited! It can be confusing. Make sure to select "Resume Last Saved Game" from the game's launcher.
It cannot be played with a mouse. Only keyboard or gamepad/joystick.
If you're using a gamepad in linux, don't forget to run jscal -c /dev/input/js0 before the game.
3D hardware acceleration is unnecessary! I think the textures do get nicer if you turn it On, but in my case the Wine Direct3D driver turned Manny invisible.
The maximum resolution is 640x480. You may want to emulate a virtual desktop of that size, instead of changing your desktop's resolution all the time. (If you are using the new Launcher, you may prefer to set the size to 800x600; it's a bit on the tall side).
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