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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: SCUMM
• Games on Mars

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User Reviews

Lucasfilm's second game is even longer than the last one	Black Wolf (37274)	unrated
A great attempt, but it lacks the clarity and the refinement of later LucasArts adventures	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
Hard call... Zak is solid in many aspects, and lackluster in many others.	Zovni (9114)	unrated
Excellent- in its day.	Joey Zamingo (67)
The first (and best) game I ever played. LOVE IT.	Chris Tolworthy (15)	unrated
A truly great game. Very well done.	Mirrorshades2k (282)
The mother of all point&click adventures to come (their father was Maniac Mansion)	András Gregorik (22)	unrated

The Press Says

Abandonia	Nov 18, 2004	5 out of 5	100
Quandary	Jan, 1995		90
Adventure Corner	Jun 29, 2003	88 out of 100	88
Adventure Gamers	Nov 24, 2006		80
Adventures - Kompakt	2008	8 out of 10	80
GameCola.net	May, 2008	5.8 out of 10	58

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
A new Zak McKracken Remake Project	3	Игги Друге (31908) Mar 02, 2008

Trivia

Another Maniac Mansion reference: On Mars there's a can of gasoline. Try to pick it up, and your character says it's for a different game. This is a nod to the red herring in Maniac Mansion, where there's a chainsaw in the kitchen but it's out of gas... and there is no gas in that game!