Editing Grim Fandango (section)

=== Awards ===
''Grim Fandango'' won several awards after its release in 1998. ''[[PC Gamer]]'' selected the game as the 1998 "Adventure Game of the Year".<ref name="PC Gamer award">{{cite news |publisher=PC Gamer |date=March 1999 |work=Vol. 6, No. 3 |title=PC Gamer Fifth Annual Awards}}</ref><ref name="Lucasarts awards list">{{cite web |url=http://www.lucasarts.com/company/about/page5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507064852/http://www.lucasarts.com/company/about/page5.html |archive-date=May 7, 2008 |title=A Selection of Awards and Accolades for Recent LucasArts Releases |publisher=[[LucasArts]] |access-date=March 15, 2008}}</ref> The game won [[IGN]]'s "Best Adventure Game of the Year" in 1998,<ref name="IGN Awards 1998">{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066665p1.html |title=IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards |date=January 31, 1999 |website=IGN |access-date=March 6, 2008 |author=IGN Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007060918/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/29/ignpcs-best-of-1998-awards |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> while GameSpot awarded it their "Best of E3 1998",<ref name="GameSpot E3">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/e398/gri.html |title=GameSpot's Best of E3: Grim Fandango |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209082104/http://www.gamespot.com/features/e398/gri.html |archive-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> "PC Adventure Game of the Year",<ref name="GameSpot Adventure PC award">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre2b.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Genre Awards |website=[[GameSpot]] |year=1999 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130224152003/http://web.archive.org/web/19990508205504/http%3A//www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre2b.html |archive-date=February 24, 2013}}</ref> "PC Game of the Year",<ref name="GameSpot PC Game year">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/gameofyear2.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Game of the Year |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005144227/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/gameofyear2.html |archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> "Best PC Graphics for Artistic Design",<ref name="Gamespot Best PC graphics">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special2.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Special Achievement Awards |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526041214/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special2.html |archive-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref> and "Best PC Music awards".<ref name="GameSpot Best PC Music awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Special Achievement Awards |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106020734/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special.html |archive-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref> GameSpot named ''Grim Fandango'' its Game of the Year for 1998,<ref name="1up scheffer profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/features/tim-schafer-profile |title=Tim Schafer Profile |website=[[1UP.com|1UP]] |date=March 30, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |first=Matt |last=Leone}}</ref> and in the following year included the game in their "Ten Best PC Game Soundtracks"<ref name="gamespot best soundtracks">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_music/page5.html |title=The Ten Best Game Soundtracks |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001206164500/http://gamespot.com/features/tenspot_music/page5.html |archive-date=December 6, 2000 }}</ref> and was selected as the 10th "Best PC Ending" by their readership.<ref name="GameSpot Top Ten Endings">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_endings/1.html |title=The Ten Best Readers Endings |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202234706/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_endings/1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref> In 1999, ''Grim Fandango'' won "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year|PC Adventure Game of the Year]]"<ref name="IAA_Computer">{{cite web |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Computer |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |archive-date=November 4, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Sydney Morning Herald 1999">{{cite news |title=INSERT; Games |first=Stuart |last=Clarke |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |location=Australia |date=May 29, 1999 |page=13 – Computers section}}</ref> during the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences|AIAS]]' [[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]] (now known as the [[D.I.C.E. Awards]]); it was also nominated for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]", "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction|Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics]]", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story|Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development]]", and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition|Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music]]".<ref name="IAA_GOTY">{{cite web |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Game of the Year |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104011602/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |archive-date=November 4, 1999}}</ref><ref name="IAA_Craft">{{cite web |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Craft Award |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103220401/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |archive-date=November 3, 1999}}</ref>

''Grim Fandango'' has been included in several publishers' "Top Games" lists well after its release. GameSpot inducted the game into their "Greatest Games of All Time" in 2003 citing, "Ask just about anyone who has played Grim Fandango, and he or she will agree that it's one of the greatest games of all time."<ref name="GameSpot greatest games">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-19.html |title=The Greatest Games of All Time&nbsp;– Grim Fandango |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206025329/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-19.html |archive-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> [[GameSpy]] also added the game to their Hall of Fame in 2004,<ref name="GameSpy Hall of Fame">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/505/505156p1.html |title=Hall of Fame: Grim Fandango |first=Justin |last=Leeper |date=April 10, 2004 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402085554/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/505/505156p1.html |archive-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> further describing it as the seventh "Most Underrated Game of All Time" in 2003.<ref name="GameSpy list of underrated games">{{cite web |url=http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index20.shtml |title=25 Most Underrated Games of All Time&nbsp;– Grim Fandango |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102142106/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index20.shtml |archive-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref> [[Adventure Gamers]] listed ''Grim Fandango'' as the seventh "Top Adventure Game of All Time" in 2004;<ref name="adventure gamers top adventures">{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17572 |title=Top 20 Adventure Games of All-Time |first=Evan |last=Dickens |publisher=Adventure Gamers |date=April 2, 2004 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813175243/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17572 |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> in their 2011 list of "Top 100 All-Time Adventures" it was listed as #1.<ref name="Adventure Gamers Top adventures 2011">{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18643/page21/ |title=Top 100 All-Time Adventures |publisher=Adventure Gamers |date=December 30, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513040043/http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id%2C1401/p%2C21 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, [[IGN]] included the game in the "Top&nbsp;25 PC Games" (as 15th)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p2.html |title=Top 25 PC Games of All Time |author1=Adams, Dan |author2=Butts, Steve |author3=Onyett, Charles |website=IGN |date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220214759/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/16/top-25-pc-games-of-all-time?page=2 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and "Top&nbsp;100 Games of All Time" (at 36th), citing that "LucasArts' second-to-last stab at the classic adventure genre may very well be the most original and brilliant one ever made."<ref name="ign top 100">{{cite web |url=http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_36.html |title=Top 100 Games of All Time |website=IGN |year=2007 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205646/http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_36.html |archive-date=November 29, 2007}}</ref> ''Grim Fandango'' remained as the 20th in the Top&nbsp;25 PC Games in IGN's 2009 list.<ref name="IGN Top 25 PC games 2009">{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/1011624p27.html |title=Top 25 PC Games – 2009 Edition |first=Ocampo |last=Jason |author2=Butts, Steve |author3=Haynes, Jeff |website=IGN |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219163154/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/04/the-top-25-modern-pc-games?page=27 |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Lists of awards and rankings====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations
!Publication or ceremony
!Award name
!Result
!Year
!Ref.
|-
|[[PC Gamer]]
|Adventure Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="PC Gamer award"/><ref name="Lucasarts awards list"/>
|-
|[[IGN]]
|Best Adventure Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IGN Awards 1998"/>
|-
|[[CNET]] Gamecenter
|Best Adventure Game of 1998
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss02c.html |title=Gamecenter takes a look at 1998 and chooses the best games of the year! |date=January 29, 1999 |website=[[CNET]] Gamecenter |location=United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001217054800/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss02c.html |archive-date=December 17, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6 |[[GameSpot]]
|PC Adventure Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot Adventure PC award"/>
|-
|PC Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot PC Game year"/>
|-
|Best PC Graphics for Artistic Design
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Gamespot Best PC graphics"/>
|-
|Best PC Music awards
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot Best PC Music awards"/>
|-
|Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="1up scheffer profile"/>
|-
|Best of [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 1998
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot E3"/>
|-
|[[Computer Gaming World]]
|Best Adventure Game of the Year
| Won, tied with ''[[Sanitarium (video game)|Sanitarium]]''
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Computer Gaming World awards 1998">{{cite magazine |author=CGW staff |date=April 1999 |title=The Best of the Year |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=177 |page=96 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Micromanía]]
| Best game in the Adventure and RPG categories
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Micromanía" >{{cite journal |date=December 1998 |title=Los Mejores Juegos del 98 |trans-title=The Best Games of 1998 |language=es |journal=[[Micromanía]] |volume=3 [Tercera Época] |issue=47 |pages=44, 48 |publisher=Hobby Press |location=Spain}}</ref>
|-
|[[Game Critics Awards]]
|Best Action/Adventure Game (displayed at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]])
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/1998winners.html |title=1998 Winners |date=1998 |publisher=[[Game Critics Awards]] |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701185858/http://gamecriticsawards.com/1998winners.html |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6 |[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year|PC Adventure Game of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Computer"/><ref name="Sydney Morning Herald 1999"/>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_GOTY"/>
|- 
|Computer Entertainment Title of the Year
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |title=Personal Computer Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=November 4, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction|Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Craft"/>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story|Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Craft"/>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition|Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Craft"/>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Rankings
!Publication
!Ranking name
!Position
!Year
!Ref.
|-
|''[[GameSpot]]''
|Ten Best PC Game Soundtracks
|Included in top ten
|1999
|<ref name="gamespot best soundtracks"/>
|-
|''Adventure Classic Gaming''
|Top 10 adventure games of all time
|9th position
|2000
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/308/ |title=Top 10 adventure games of the 20th century |date=January 1, 2000 |publisher=[[Adventure Classic Gaming]] |access-date=October 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310044043/http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/features/142/ |archive-date=March 10, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Computer Gaming World]]''
| CGW's Hall of Fame
|Inducted
|2001
|<ref>{{cite magazine |author=CGW staff |date=February 2001 |title=Welcome to the Cooperstown of Computer Games - Hall of Fame - Inductions: Grim Fandango, Half-Life |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=199 |pages=62–63 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]}}</ref>
|-
|''[[GameSpot]]''
|Greatest Games of All Time
|Included in the list
|2003
|<ref name="GameSpot greatest games"/>
|-
|''[[GameSpy]]''
|25 Most Underrated Games of All Time
|7th position
|2004
|<ref name="GameSpy list of underrated games"/>
|-
|''[[Adventure Gamers]]''
|Top Adventure Game of All Time
|7th position
|2004
|<ref name="adventure gamers top adventures"/>
|-
|''[[GameSpy]]''
|GameSpy Hall of Fame
|Inducted
|2004
|<ref name="GameSpy Hall of Fame"/>
|-
|''[[IGN]]''
|Top 100 Games of All Time
|36th position
|2007
|<ref name="ign top 100"/>
|-
|''[[IGN]]''
|Top 25 PC Games of All Time
|15th position
|2007
|<ref name="IGN top PC 25, 2007"/>
|-
|''[[IGN]]''
|Top 25 PC Games
|20th position
|2009
|<ref name="IGN Top 25 PC games 2009"/>
|-
|''[[Adventure Gamers]]''
|Top 100 All-Time Adventures
|1st position
|2011
|<ref name="Adventure Gamers Top adventures 2011"/>
|-
|''[[PC Gamer]]''
|The 100 best PC games of all time
|80th position
|2011
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/#page-3 |title=The 100 best PC games of all time |author=PC Gamer staff |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010100355/http://www.pcgamer.com/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/#page-3 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
|All-Time 100 Greatest Video Games
|Included in list
|2012
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/slide/grim-fandango-1998/ |title=All-Time 100 Video Games - From Adventure to Zork, here are our picks for the All-Time 100 greatest video games. |last1=Peckham |first1=Matt |date=November 15, 2012 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=New York, U.S. |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330193022/http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/slide/grim-fandango-1998/ |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|''[[GameSpot]]''
|Best PC Ending (of all time)
|10th position
|2012
|<ref name="GameSpot Top Ten Endings"/>
|-
|''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]''
|The Most Jaw-Dropping Game Graphics of the Last 20 Years
|Best of 1998
|2013
|<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kohler |first1=Chris |last2=Groen |first2=Andrew |last3=Rigney |first3=Ryan |date=May 6, 2013 |title=The Most Jaw-Dropping Game Graphics of the Last 20 Years - 1998: Grim Fandango = |magazine=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] |url=https://www.wired.com/2013/05/best-game-graphics-gallery/ |access-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408150719/http://www.wired.com/2013/05/best-game-graphics-gallery/ |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]''
|The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
|84th position
|2014
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/100greatestgames/game.asp?title=84 |title=The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time - 84. Grim Fandango |date=2014 |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819172459/http://www.empireonline.com/features/100greatestgames/game.asp?title=84 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[PC Gamer]]''
|The PC Gamer Top 100
|21st position
|2014
|<ref name="PC Gamer Best games 2014"/>
|}