Zak McKracken is a tabloid reporter (and not a very good one at that). Based upon a psychadelic dream, Zak one day realizes that something is wrong -- Space Aliens are dumbifying the general public through the telephone system. Zak must stop this, but he can't do it alone. After finding a magic crystal (or some sort of crystal), Zak manages to get the help of Anthropologist, Annie, and her friends, Melissa and Leslie. Between the four characters (all of which you control), you can destroy the dumbifying devices and save the earth. Not too bad for a tabloid reporter.

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Alternate Titles

"Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders" -- Commonly-misspelled title

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One of the forgotten SCUMM games, but its still one of the best	Scott G (736)

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The Press Says

Zzap!	Mar, 1989	93 out of 100	93
Netjak	Jun 24, 2003	8.4 out of 10	84
Kingdom of Desire	Jul 22, 2006	7.5 out of 10	75

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A new Zak McKracken Remake Project	3	Игги Друге (31893) Mar 02, 2008

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Trivia

The copy protection for this game was written on a dark red paper so that it would be impossible to copy ( back then, copying in color was very VERY expensive )...

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This entry was contributed by Olivier Masse (422), POMAH (19502), NGC 5194 (17444) and Belboz

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