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Brain Boggling Beings Crossing Everyone's Wires
Brain Boggling Beings Crossing Everyone's Wires


San Francisco, CA, March 28- The phone company is reaching out and touching people eveywhere- and leaving them wih the I.Q. of a turnip!
San Francisco, CA, March 28- The phone company is reaching out and touching people everywhere- and leaving them with the I.Q. of a turnip!


A mysterious force eminating from phone lines apparently has the power to turn even rocket scientists into mush-for-brains morons!
A mysterious force emanating from phone lines apparently has the power to turn even rocket scientists into mush-for-brains morons!


Representatives from the phone company refused to discuss this large-scale lobotomy, bu tirrefutable rumor has it that...
Representatives from the phone company refused to discuss this large-scale lobotomy, but irrefutable rumor has it that...


Could They Be Space Cowboys?
Could They Be Space Cowboys?
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A Typical Day in the Life of Zak McKracken
A Typical Day in the Life of Zak McKracken


<i>Two-headed turtles... possessed toasters... carniverous cantaloupes... reincarnated rock stars... vegetarian vampires...</i>
<i>Two-headed turtles... possessed toasters... carnivorous cantaloupes... reincarnated rock stars... vegetarian vampires...</i>


To Zak McKracken, it's just another day at the office. He's the roving reporter who's scoffed at by his peers. Dreaded by his creditors. And relished by readers of his tabloid sleaze.
To Zak McKracken, it's just another day at the office. He's the roving reporter who's scoffed at by his peers. Dreaded by his creditors. And relished by readers of his tabloid sleaze.
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* Stunning 3D environment.
* Stunning 3D environment.
* No typing ever! Just point 'n' click to select characters, objects, and actions.
* No typing ever! Just point 'n' click to select characters, objects, and actions.
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* Porky Pawnbroker Pays Princely Price for Puny Pessession.
* Porky Pawnbroker Pays Princely Price for Puny Possession.
* Man Gets Stuck in Alien Gridlock.
* Man Gets Stuck in Alien Gridlock.
* Secrets of First British Rock Group Revealed.
* Secrets of First British Rock Group Revealed.

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Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders
Title
Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders
Product UPC
023272472184
Platform(s)
Packaging
Retail Box
Media
5 1/4" Disk
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Category(s)

Description from the packaging.

Can one hack writer, two Yale coeds, and a stale loaf of French bread save the world from a galactic conspiracy? Not without your help.

The National Inquisitor March 29, 1997

Worldwide Stupidity Epidemic Linked to Space Aliens in Phone Company Brain Boggling Beings Crossing Everyone's Wires

San Francisco, CA, March 28- The phone company is reaching out and touching people everywhere- and leaving them with the I.Q. of a turnip!

A mysterious force emanating from phone lines apparently has the power to turn even rocket scientists into mush-for-brains morons!

Representatives from the phone company refused to discuss this large-scale lobotomy, but irrefutable rumor has it that...

Could They Be Space Cowboys?

A Typical Day in the Life of Zak McKracken

Two-headed turtles... possessed toasters... carnivorous cantaloupes... reincarnated rock stars... vegetarian vampires...

To Zak McKracken, it's just another day at the office. He's the roving reporter who's scoffed at by his peers. Dreaded by his creditors. And relished by readers of his tabloid sleaze.

But one night in bed, Zak McKracken uncovers evidence of an extraterrestrial plot. And unlike all the other "alien conspiracies" his tabloid churns out with regularity, this one's for real!

Another Comedy Thriller from Lucasfilm Games

  • Zany humor, off-the-wall one liners.
  • Challenging, mind-bending mystery.
  • Travel with Zak and his friends to San Francisco, Miami, Egypt, England, Katmandu, Zaire, Mexico, Peru, Atlantis, the Bermuda Triangle, Mars...
  • Stunning 3D environment.
  • No typing ever! Just point 'n' click to select characters, objects, and actions.
  • Porky Pawnbroker Pays Princely Price for Puny Possession.
  • Man Gets Stuck in Alien Gridlock.
  • Secrets of First British Rock Group Revealed.

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C64
Required RAM
64K

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