Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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This is a very challenging game for puzzle lovers. Certainly not easy, but rewarding if you get into it. I can understand why it seems like too much work. This was made back in the day when gamers were a lot more patient. They had to be, as there was no walkthrough where you could just look up the answers as soon as you got stuck. Not a good place to start if you have never played a Lucasarts adventure game before. Here is a review of the game from Adventure Gamers. If you want to try a Lucasarts game that is much more accessible, I would recommend the remastered versions of Secrets of Monkey Island and Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge as a starting point, the remastered version of Grim Fandango, or even Sam and Max Hit the Road. They have some truly great games in their catalogue.
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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I agree with Marian's suggestions. Zac is a toughie. Took me weeks to make it to the end back in the day 🤡
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Older games with *click on words* aren't all as difficult as Zac, oldbroad. And some are really good games. Plus walkthroughs and hints etc for oldies are plentiful nowadays where they were hardly heard of years ago. Lots of games took me absolutely ages to get through when I first started playing. Not only because there were no walkthroughs anywhere but because having never played computer games before I didn't really have a clue as to what I should be doing anyway !!
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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There's a manual HERE if it might help, oldbroad
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Good Luck and Enjoy !!!! 🤗
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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I definitely agree with you about the dead ends. Not all of the older games have them, but some do. I have never met anyone who was amused by them but rather at best something to be tolerated. What I do before playing a much older game now is to google to find out what, if any, dead ends there are - and then make note of them if there are any in order to avoid them. It makes playing them much more enjoyable and really doesn't spoil much of anything - that has been my experience, anyway. In fact, I started Space Quest I yesterday (which I played many years ago), and making a note of the possible dead ends is something I did before even starting the game. There are some dead ends in the early Sierra games, but once you get to games like Gabriel Knight and Phantasmagoria, there aren't any. And when in doubt, google. Here is a list of dead ends for Zak McKracken. I do not see any mention of the oxygen task in the list. And you may have already passed some of the items mentioned.
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Thanks Marian! That is the guide I read already from start to finish. It's not full step by step details so I can figure out the "how's" myself (I hope). I know the game is also on UHS hints if I need more information.
I will need the oxygen tank later in the game when I go to Mars. I am not going to play all the way to there and then be stuck. I've already put a good 10 hours into the game which is why I would rather just continue but... I did figure a lot of stuff out myself and from the guide I see that there is a lot I missed but I haven't caused a dead end yet*. It will be one though without that tank. I also saw somewhere some techie thing to do if the game is not giving you enough time. I'm not sure it would apply to me though as the game is probably acting right. I don't care to do those techie things anyway.
*Edit: It is not a listed dead end but if using the item I already used is what's keeping me from having enough time to get the tank, it sort of is, and not having the tank later surely will be.
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Re: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Me, too, oldbroad. A hard slog !! I remember finding this game both frustrating and difficult when I played it all those years ago but "achieving" something during it was SO rewarding !! [Out of all proportion, really ] Anyway, very good luck with the oxygen problem
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