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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

English
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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
User reviews

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:

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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: March 16, 2017

Sypherian

Games: 35 Reviews: 1

Ohhhhh childhood where art thou....

This brings back memories. My very first point and click adventure game. I was around 8 years old and played it on my brothers Commodore 64 with the huge floppy disks. It's an awesome game with lots of humor, weird characters and most importantly a two headed squirrel!!!! Buy it you won't regret it.

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Posted on: August 21, 2024

Lars8181

Verified owner

Games: 19 Reviews: 2

zak mckracken

good

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Posted on: January 19, 2017

thomaskoeln

Verified owner

Games: 7 Reviews: 1

Great fun!

It was one of my favourite games back then on the C64 and it's still a lot of fun to play nowadays. All time classic - 5 stars, what else?! :-)

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Posted on: September 22, 2020

Goldi6

Verified owner

Games: 71 Reviews: 27

mindblowing game

ZMK: A very challenging game very mind disturbing when u consider it from today especially concerning the clunky-chunky user interface the plot is legendary every pupil teen tween should ve played it once in a life time especially suitable for explorers and those who try to be.the game engine was especially invented for those last mentioned.so notice a play through at once is nearly impossible.the player should develop a long time attitude including several start ups with the game the price an mind flodding story mind blowing dialogues and stunning graphics in a style of a gorgeous pixelrama landscapes and ear blowing sounds and music according to the long success story of lucas arts.dont expect the usual..

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Posted on: March 27, 2024

GSIMICHI

Games: 43 Reviews: 1

German

Pls add German Text

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