Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

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Author(s): NPINPI
System: Atari ST
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Publication Date: 03/12/2025
YouTube Release: 31/12/2036
Duration: 04:17:27
File Size: 192.93 MB (197564.30 KB)
Downloads: 98 downloads
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The story is set in 1997, nine years after the game's production. The plot follows Zak, a writer for the National Inquisitor, a tabloid newspaper; Annie Larris, a freelance scientist; and Melissa China and Leslie Bennett, two Yale University students, in their attempt to prevent the nefarious alien Caponians (who have taken over "The Phone Company", an amalgamation of various telecommunication companies around the world) from slowly reducing the intelligence of everybody on Earth by emitting a 60 Hz "hum" from their "Mind Bending Machine". The Skolarians, another ancient alien race, have left a defense mechanism hanging around to repulse the Caponians (the "Skolarian Device" ), which needs reassembly and start-up, but the parts are spread all over Earth and Mars.

The Atari ST version loads longer than the Amiga one, and I had to switch disks as I couldn't find a proper way to emulate three disk drives. Also the moue input is unresponsive at times.