Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) is a point-and-click, adventure video game developed by Lucasfilm Games, available on C64, Linux, Atari-ST, PC, Mac, DOS, Amiga. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 73/100 on IGDB.

What is Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders about?

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, Pick Up, Give, etc.; there are no Look or Talk commands) to interact with the game world. The game features up to four controllable protagonists; it is possible to switch between them at any time aft

Key details

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was released in 1988 and supports single player. Platforms: C64, Linux, Atari-ST, PC, Mac, DOS, Amiga. Developer: Lucasfilm Games.

Should you play Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders?

A solid 73/100 aggregate score makes Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders a safe pick for fans of point-and-click, adventure.