The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension
Based on the movie of the same title, in this graphical text adventure you are Buckaroo Banzai, a jack of all trades. You try to thwart the plans of your arch enemy and criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and those…
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension is an adventure developed by Adventure International, released 31 December 1984 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16 and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension is
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension is an adventure game developed by Adventure International and released in 1984. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4, DOS and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Based on the movie of the same title, in this graphical text adventure you are Buckaroo Banzai, a jack of all trades. You try to thwart the plans of your arch enemy and criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and those of the Black Lectroids from Planet 10 who want to destroy Earth via a planet-consuming bomb.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Karateka.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Karateka.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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