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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games released in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS, then for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1989. It was the second game to use the SCUMM engine, after Maniac Mansion. The project was led by David Fox, with Matthew Alan Kane as the co-designer and co-programmer. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 82 · most liked firstSpaceship from Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (Lucasfilm Games, 1988)
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) In this point and click adventure from Lucasfilm Games, a group of aliens are using a mind bending machine to cause a stupidity epidemic on Earth. Little did they know that they could have just waited a few decades for us to cause one ourselves. 1/4
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1990) #FMTowns #LucasFilm
unlabelledView post →Game dev quote post! Hiya #gamedev people. I'm David Fox, game designer/programmer since the late 1970s. Early Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts member (10 years), worked mostly on adventure games (Labyrinth, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
unlabelledView post →When we created "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders" at #LucasfilmGames in 1988 I expected it's lifetime would be about 2-3 years, until the target home computers ended up in the junk heap.❤️ 🥸 👽 🐿️ youtu.be/s22G366tQPg?... #ZakMcKracken
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (Lucasfilm Games, 1988) #DOSgaming #retrogaming
unlabelledView post →This week on Quest Quest: @bvigeant.bsky.social and I break down Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988). Can two hack podcast hosts and a stale loaf of French bread save the world from mazes and moon logic puzzles? Not without your help! Listen here (or wherever): zencastr.com/z/I14XZNSr
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders looks amazing on the Amiga.
unlabelledView post →ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ☆ Sushi says henlo! If you don't know what any of this even means, let this be your sign to play LucasArts Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
unlabelledView post →One thing that really terrified me as a kid in Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was the Guardian of the Sphinx. Even the doorway already looks like threatening. 👀 #game #adventure #adventuregame
unlabelledView post →The Japanese FM Towns box art for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders re-imagines the game's visual style under a totally different cultural tradition. Painted by Hikaru Yuzuki.
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988)
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) Another classic adventure from Lucasfilm Games. This is a personal favourite of mine, as the Amiga version was how I got properly introduced to the genre. The Commodore 64 one was the original, though, and quite impressive considering the hardware. 1/4
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) The third (and last) adventure game Lucasfilm Games released on the Commodore 64. Earth is under threat from aliens, who are using a mind bending machine to make us dumb enough that we can be easily conquered, and you have to thwart their plans. 1/4
unlabelledView post →הקווסט הראשון שלי של לוקאסארטס היה Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders שמאוד אהבתי למרות שלא באמת ידעתי אנגלית והיה עליו Copy Protection שמנע ממני להתקדם בו. מאז ניסיתי כמה פעמים לחזור אליו כבוגר ולסיים אותו וטרם יצא לי. אבל לא איבדתי תקווה.
unlabelledView post →Today in Mojo History—38 years ago today: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders released sometime in October.
unlabelledView post →in "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders," you can buy a religious text from a man at the airport: "How To Raise Your Consciousness And Lower Your Golf Scores," by Swami Hollawanda. The Swami is said to have a score of 19 strokes at Pebble Beach - that'd be a hole-in-one on every hole except one.
unlabelledView post →Today (Friday) at noon PT/3pm ET join us as we continue our Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders playthrough. Will we uncover another 37 year old bug like we did in our last session?? Will the original devs get lost in their own game? #ZakMcKracken @lucasartsmemory.bsky.social @mixnmojo.com
unlabelledView post →In Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988), aliens reduce human intelligence by using phones. Minus the involvement of the aliens (maybe???), the game seems prophetic. Can we get a good ending like in the game where the world is saved from stupidity?
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders - Featured in our book - Commodore 64: a visual compendium Reprints coming soon 📚 Check out our Collection of Commodore books: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks
unlabelledView post →I'm playing more Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders tonight for Retro Adventure Wednesday. Join me on Twitch at 9:30 p.m. EST for LucasArts' wild follow-up to Maniac Mansion! twitch.tv/decafjedi
unlabelledView post →Checking my Steam 2023 review ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ☆ Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, along with Maniac Mansion shenanigans. My LucasArts love is timeless ❤️
unlabelledView post →Mojo screenshot of the day: “Zak McKracken and The Alien Mindbenders” (PC EGA)
unlabelledView post →Today in Mojo History—37 years ago today: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders released sometime in October.
unlabelledView post →Scene of the Day: “Zak McKracken and The Alien Mindbenders” (PC EGA)
unlabelledView post →#365Games Day 31: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. Lucasfilm's Maniac Mansion follow-up was ambitious & wonderfully strange! A cinematic, tabloid-fueled comedy conspiracy adventure that sees you hopping the globe & beyond. Never beat it as a kid but still found it surprising and delightful.
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unlabelledView post →One more box that I think I need to unplug from Bluesky for a while. Being in the spotlight has not been fun. Box #9 is Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988). It's less well-known and then it's younger brother maniac mansion, and a more sprawling and confusing game. But still a classic.
unlabelledView post →It could have been worse, they could have picked Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders 🤷🏻♀️ But yeah, they could have picked something a smidge friendlier, tbh.
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders.
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1991, FM Towns) #houseplants #gaming
unlabelledView post →Side Quests is back and this episode's host is podcaster, writer, and reporter for the National Inquisitor, Jonathan Holmes! The game he is talking about today is Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders by Lucasfilm Games! funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...
unlabelledView post →From the Archives (09 Mar, 2008): LucasArts' Secret History #2: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — “Remember when LucasArts liked adventure games? Jason does, and so he took a trip back in time.”
unlabelledView post →Happy #PointNClickFriday and thanks for hosting! I just updated a free game I made a couple years ago. This one is in the style of 9 verb games by LucasArts. There are a couple of nods to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. Hope you play and enjoy it! succulentbacon.itch.io/martian-ment...
unlabelledView post →Thats probably the bread from the Bakery in "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders"...
unlabelledView post →📅 Happy 36th anniversary to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders! 💾 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was released in October 1988!
unlabelledView post →Tell me some good reasons to replay Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. 🥸 #LucasArts #LucasFilmGames #Adventure #AdventureGames
unlabelledView post →I'm playing LucasArts' Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders for the first time ever tonight on Twitch. Drop by and join me around 9:30 p.m. Eastern! twitch.tv/decafjedi
unlabelledView post →Post a game you wish they'd reboot/remake 🎮👾 Honestly, I just want to play it again — as I periodically do every few years. 😂 #ZakMcKrackenAndTheAlienMindbenders
unlabelledView post →Here's a deep SCUMM cut... Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
unlabelledView post →From the Archives (09 Mar, 2008): LucasArts' Secret History #2: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — “Remember when LucasArts liked adventure games? Jason does, and so he took a trip back in time.”
unlabelledView post →Before LucasFilm Games got into #StarWars, it produced some fun adventure games like: (2/4) Labyrinth (1986) Habitat (1987) - a dial up chat game! Maniac Mansion (1987) Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) Loom (1990) The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) #RetroGames #Gaming #VideoGames
unlabelledView post →What was your first computer growing up? Commodore 64. I’ve never met another person that played Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
unlabelledView post →Too bad Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders isn't for that platform!
unlabelledView post →From the Archives (09 Mar, 2008): LucasArts' Secret History #2: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — “Remember when LucasArts liked adventure games? Jason does, and so he took a trip back in time.”
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
unlabelledView post →A disturbing lack of Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on this list smh
unlabelledView post →Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders came out in '88.
unlabelledView post →Ah yes, the beloved sequel to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. It really is a wildly different game but you can kinda still see the bones of the original game underneath.
unlabelledView post →Great stuff! It's so nice to see so many references to the legacy of Lucasarts Games. Man, I feel like we really need a remake/update of Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. That one was one of my personal favs.
unlabelledView post →LucasArts Lucasfilm Games Loom Maniac Mansion Day of the Tentacle Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Sam and Max Full Throttle The Dig Grim Fandango Last Crusade Fate of Atlantis
unlabelledView post →Space Quest I-III, Kings Quest I, Quest for Glory, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders! It was a good time for graphic adventures.
unlabelledView post →"Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders" (1988) That's where my pseudo comes from. From that game and the use of a French Keyboard with a "Azerty" instead of a "Qwerty" layout. ZAK => WQK
unlabelledView post →My handle here (and the other place) comes from a game I loved many moons ago [showing my age!]. 'Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders'(1988). Although my love affair with PC gaming started a few years earlier with 'Asylum'(1981) on the TRS-80 🥰😊
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unlabelledView post →Hey Kirby! Good to hear you're still with us! The game I posted was Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders a total classic! I also played Day of the Tentacle a ton back in the day. That one even had a hidden arcade machine where you could play the full Maniac Mansion! 😄 Pure gold.
unlabelledView post →And 1988's Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, which I liked way less than its predecessor.
unlabelledView post →Day 5 - Game that deserves a remake - I'm not sure about remakes! I think, that we should make classic or old games more accessible, rather to make a remake. If I had to pick one, I would say Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders in the style of Thimbleweed Park. Keep it classic but modernized!
unlabelledView post →Tell me a moment in an adventure game that made you crack up! The stale bread scene from Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is timeless! 😄 #Game #AdventureGame #LucasArts #LucasFilmGames #PointAndClick #Adventure
unlabelledView post →I also love Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, a flawed but very interesting adventure with four playable protagonists. It has some sudden dead ends and frustrating mazes, but otherwise, it's sadly overlooked and underrated.
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