The name of the project comes from the fact that it was originally started to support the residual LucasArts adventure games not supported by ScummVM.
 The original Lua-based engine used by LucasArts in their 3D adventure games was called GrimE (as opposed to SCUMM), so ResidualVM's title is also a word pun as grime is a type of residue.

The project was started by former ScummVM team leader James Brown, and was first publicly available on August 15, 2003.
 Progress on the project was initially slow, and as a result the project's main goal of supporting Grim Fandango did not occur until April 25, 2011, when the compatibility of Grim Fandango was upgraded to "completable with a few minor glitches".

The project obtained a domain separate from ScummVM on December 6, 2011.
 As a result of the new domain name, the project name was changed from Residual to ResidualVM.
 The logo was changed to reflect the new name on January 25, 2012.
The first stable release of ResidualVM was released 9 years after the project started, on December 21, 2012.

ResidualVM is officially available on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, AmigaOS 4, and IRIX.
 In addition, an Android port is available in the source code, and unofficial builds have been made with that source.
There is also a port available for the Pandora console, and for FreeBSD, but they are not official as they have not been added to the main branch.
The name of the project comes from the fact that it was originally started to support the residual LucasArts adventure games not supported by ScummVM.  The original Lua-based engine used by LucasArts in their 3D adventure games was called GrimE (as opposed to SCUMM), so ResidualVM's title is also a word pun as grime is a type of residue.
The project was started by former ScummVM team leader James Brown, and was first publicly available on August 15, 2003.  Progress on the project was initially slow, and as a result the project's main goal of supporting Grim Fandango did not occur until April 25, 2011, when the compatibility of Grim Fandango was upgraded to "completable with a few minor glitches".
The project obtained a domain separate from ScummVM on December 6, 2011.  As a result of the new domain name, the project name was changed from Residual to ResidualVM.  The logo was changed to reflect the new name on January 25, 2012. The first stable release of ResidualVM was released 9 years after the project started, on December 21, 2012.
ResidualVM is officially available on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, AmigaOS 4, and IRIX.  In addition, an Android port is available in the source code, and unofficial builds have been made with that source. There is also a port available for the Pandora console, and for FreeBSD, but they are not official as they have not been added to the main branch.
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