Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Zak McKracken is a tabloid reporter (and not a very good one at that). After having a psychedelic dream one day, Zak realizes that something is wrong -- space aliens are dumbifying the general public through…
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is an adventure developed by Lucasfilm Games, released 1 October 1988 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
What Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and released in 1988. It was published by Fujitsu Interactive. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, FM Towns, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on SCUMM.
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Zak McKracken is a tabloid reporter (and not a very good one at that). After having a psychedelic dream one day, Zak 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 strange crystal, Zak manages to get the help of the anthropologist Annie and her friends, Melissa and Leslie. The four unlikely heroes must now figure out a way to destroy the dumbifying devices and save the Earth. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure similar in gameplay to Lucasfilm's breakthrough title Maniac Mansion. The player chooses verb commands (Open…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
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