Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders/Trivia

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Creator Backlash: Game director David Fox wasn't too fond of the MS-DOS port, feeling that the EGA graphics standard didn't do justice to the updated artwork, and that the game's theme song was absolutely butchered due to the port only supporting the PC speaker.
  • Unintentional Period Piece: For one, Congo is referred to as Zaire. Airports with hippies outside of them, and microwaves on airplanes. The term "coeds" is also considered sexist and dated nowadays.
  • What Could Have Been: As originally envisioned by David Fox, the game was more serious about its New Age elements, to the point of bringing in David Spangler as a consultant and giving him an additional developer credit. The plan changed after Fox held a brainstorming session with Ron Gilbert, who convinced him to add more wacky humour to the game.
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