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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User Reviews

Martian Time Slip	Commodore 64	MasterMegid (719)
Lucasfilm's second game is even longer than the last one	DOS	Black Wolf (36083)
A great attempt, but it lacks the clarity and the refinement of later LucasArts adventures	DOS	JazzOleg (53181)
Hard call... Zak is solid in many aspects, and lackluster in many others.	DOS	Zovni (8842)
Excellent- in its day.	DOS	Joey Zamingo (67)
One of the forgotten SCUMM games, but its still one of the best	Commodore 64	Scott G (737)
Wacky Adventure	Amiga	Neepie Lantern (487)
The first (and best) game I ever played. LOVE IT.	DOS	Chris Tolworthy (15)
A truly great game. Very well done.	DOS	Mirrorshades2k (275)
The mother of all point&click adventures to come (their father was Maniac Mansion)	DOS	András Gregorik (22)

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The Press Says

Zzap!	Commodore 64	Mar, 1989	93 out of 100	93
Zzap!	Amiga	Mar, 1989	90 out of 100	90
ST Action	Atari ST	Sep, 1993	90 out of 100	90
Quandary	DOS	Jan, 1995		90
Adventure Corner	DOS	Jun 29, 2003	88 out of 100	88
Netjak	Commodore 64	Jun 24, 2003	8.4 out of 10	84
Adventure Gamers	DOS	Nov 24, 2006		80
Kingdom of Desire	Commodore 64	Jul 22, 2006	7.5 out of 10	75
Atari ST User	Atari ST	May, 1989	7 out of 10	70

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
A new Zak McKracken Remake Project	3	Игги Друге (31878) Mar 02, 2008

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Trivia

The game is getting to be remodeled, recreated, and adapted to higher resolution graphic and under Windows platform. A small team of people is working on its creation, probably 'cuz they like the game so much. The game will be totally free for download, unless you want with speech version, then you'll have to get the CD from their site.

More info at http://zak2.adventuregamer.com/

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