LucasFan Games has since ambiguously disappeared, leaving no forwarding information as to whether they intend to come back, and the last known news from them prior to their disappearance was that they turned down an opportunity to write a "Zak 3" game in favor of writing a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" game. Essentially, fans who were left feeling gratified for the characters they fell in love with in "Zak 1" are now left feeling "So that's it? They just die like that? What a rip off!
Some of this game's supporters have argued that fan-made sequels are unfairly held to a higher standard than "legitimate" sequels and that it is therefore harder for them to succeed. While this may be true, it is also true that writing a sequel to any story that is beloved by so many people worldwide, should ever be taken lightly, and every attempt should be made to respect the wishes of the original authors, and honor the memory of the original game.
The writers take too many liberties with the story, too much is left unexplained, too few hints are given, the storyline is not complex enough, and the game itself is too short, for it to ever live up to the original game.
This being said, however, this game is not completely bad. Fans of the original "Zak 1" will be gratified to explore many of the same scenes from the original and talk to many of the old characters. The writers did such a good job of imitating that good old LucasArts style of writing sequels, that it really does feel as though you're revisiting that world once more. Adventure Gamers who are not familiar with the original "Zak 1" will probably not be upset by the game's ending, and will find an enjoyable game worth playing here.
Fans of "Zak 1" who try to look at this game as a serious sequel to the original, however, will be disappointed. The console is the same as all the classic Lucas Arts games where you can choose your actions from the bottom of the screen. The graphics are skilfully done to reproduce that good old adventure game feel.
The game play is great and the puzzles and humour make the game a worthy successor of the original title. The New Adventures of Zak McKracken is one of the few freeware adventure games that I really enjoyed and is definitely worth the download. I love the original and I love this one too! There are great references to the old one, like the bread that broke the sidewalk. Although I couldn't get past the Face of Mars on the original, I still am a fan.
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 Maniac Mansion.
The player chooses verb commands Open, Pick Up, Give, etc. The game features up to four controllable protagonists; it is possible to switch between them at any time after they have been introduced, and also exchange inventory items if the characters are in the same location. The game can be described as a "globe-trotting" adventure, since the heroes are required to travel to different exotic countries and even leave the Earth for a while in order to complete it.
Some of the puzzles are optional or can be solved in different ways. GOG release comes with two versions of the game that install simultaneously. From Mobygames. Original Entry. Uploaded by Sketch the Cow on September 14, Internet Archive's 25th Anniversary Logo. On Monday January 7, guest guest said:.
It's not the whole game. While trying to get in London, it ass for a travel code. On Friday November 30, guest guest said:. Thus, yeah, you get the whole game, but none of the funny voice acting. On Friday July 13, guest guest said:. On Tuesday June 12, guest guest said:. On Tuesday October 10, guest guest said:. There was also an enhanced version released for the both the Commodore 64 and DOS. The final version of the game was for the Japanese FM Towns computer system.
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