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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

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4.5/5

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4.5

50 Reviews

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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Description
It's 1997, and the world is a dumber place than ever... Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about car...
Genre:
Adventure - Point-and-click - Sci-fi
Tags:
Adventure, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, Point&Click
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4.5/5

( 50 Reviews )

4.5

50 Reviews

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Product details
1988, Lucasfilm, ...
System requirements
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible w...
Time to beat
5 hMain
8.5 h Main + Sides
13 h Completionist
6 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
It's 1997, and the world is a dumber place than ever... Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.

They've taken over the phone company... Sure, it sounds like another one of Zak's tabloid fantasies. But while most people wouldn't believe him, he finds three who don't need convincing--Annie, Head of the Society of Ancient Wisdom, and her friends, Leslie and Melissa, two Yale coeds who traveled to Mars in their modified van. The four of them must piece together fragments of an ancient puzzle, unmask the aliens, and destroy the stupidity machine.

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a classic point-and-click adventure with four controllable characters. Solve puzzles and interact with the crazy world using the old school verb command interface. Go on adventures all across the globe and even into space. If you're looking for an actual globe-trotting adventure from days gone by, you cannot miss with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders!
  • Crazy off-the-wall humor.
  • Beautiful late 80s pixel graphics, perfect for any retro gamer!
  • Challenging, mind-bending mystery!
  • No typing required! Just point-and-click to solve puzzles and talk to the crazy characters that live in Zak's world!
Goodies
manual hintbook newspaper (German) newspaper (English)
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE REQUIRED TO PLAY

This game is powered by ScummVM

Recommended system requirements:

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE REQUIRED TO PLAY

This game is powered by ScummVM

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
5 hMain
8.5 h Main + Sides
13 h Completionist
6 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - Point-and-click - Sci-fi
Tags:
Adventure, Sci-fi, Classic, Science, Point&Click
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.7.0+)
Release date:
{{'1988-01-01T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Lucasfilm / Disney
Size:
117 MB
Links:
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Game features
Cloud saves
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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User reviews

Posted on: October 18, 2024

o-ren-ishii

Verified owner

Games: 18 Reviews: 1

very nice game, sometimes difficult

haven't finished yet but the story is interesting. very nice retro game. Sometimes it's a bit difficult to find the right command exactly right place to click (e.g. ' use remote on tv' isn't correct but 'use remote on infrared eye' is), or doubleclick 'use' to just use something. Overal worthwile game :)

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Posted on: March 5, 2025

FlamingoJoe23

Verified owner

Games: 54 Reviews: 1

Zak McKracken

A good little game from way back, never got to finish back then so trying again. Enjoying the enhanced graphics. Making a few mistakes, but will eventually get it.

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Posted on: March 28, 2025

swenska

Verified owner

Games: 10 Reviews: 1

Always good game

Cool graphics, good story. Feeling back to the 80s

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Posted on: April 16, 2025

pegamode

Verified owner

Games: 26 Reviews: 1

awesome game

one of the best pnc adventures of all times ... what a gem

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Posted on: June 25, 2025

terber56_666

Games: 2 Reviews: 1

Toll aber...

Es wäre schön gewesen wenigstens die Texte auf deutsch zu haben. Das war bei meinem alten Spiel so, hier schränkt es den Spielspaß für mich doch sehr ein...

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