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FM Towns, Fujitsu, gog.com, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Games, Steam

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, FM Towns

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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is the second SCUMM game from Lucasfilm Games (aka LucasArts), after Maniac Mansion, with game development led by David Fox, and with Matthew Alan Kane as co-designer and co-programmer. It was originally released for the Commodore 64 in 1988, and this enhanced FM Towns port was published in Japan in 1990 by Fujitsu. The game is playable in both English and Japanese.

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Commodore 64, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Games

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Commodore 64

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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is the 1988 successor to Maniac Mansion. Successor in the sense that it uses the same game engine and gameplay style, but does not exist in the same universe.

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