The japanese version of the game was released in 1990 under the title zak mckracken japanese. It used a 386dx cpu running at 16mhz with 1mb of ram upgradeable to 2mb. It is the second scumm adventure game, preceded by maniac mansion. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns game. Is this an official game or a mod of the fm towns japanese release. I could not include everything i would like in a 10 minute video, so there are. Since the build of zak mckracken here is the japanese fm towns version, is it possible to switch the graphics over to the redrawn japanese ones. In the early 1990s, lucasarts released several of its adventure games for that platform. Here is a screenshot of the pc version of the game. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns youtube. You can buy it as well as the ega version from gog at a ridiculosuly. After entering five incorrect entries in a row, zak is put into pirate jail and the game is automatically over.
Although the cd version is still fun for its voice overs, even if the story is reduced. Ported the 16bit voice game indiana jones 4 and the redbook audioimuse games. The enhanced version is the one that was released for a japanese system called the fm towns and looks and sounds better. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders screenshots on mobygames.
He also sold some other lucasarts adventures for fm towns on ebay today. Ah yes, i think i played all known versions, started back then with the amiga one with great sound and intro music pc version was pcspeaker, blergh, even the c64 version sounded better, but thanks to deteriorating disks they got away from me, will there be ever other emulators than dosbox to play this game. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders for fm towns 1991. Like zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders, it was also designed by david fox. You should pay attention to faces of zak and annie. In 1989, fujitsu introduced the fm towns, a stateoftheart 32bit computer, which took its name from nobel prize winner charles hard townes. The game first follows zak mckracken, a tabloid reporter who slowly discovers a plot by an alien race to take over the earth. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders full ost fm towns duration. It was a japanese computer, i dont much about it other than the games.
The moment they are approved we approve submissions twice a day, you will be able to nominate this title as retro game of the day. Scummvm is a collection of game engines for playing classic graphical rpgs and pointandclick adventure games on modern hardware. Fujitsu fm series personal computer the fm towns is a nice japanese computer made by fujitsu in 1989, which was compatible with ibm pcs and used cd medium for games. Go on adventures all across the globe and even into space. Zak, the japanese 256 color version the zak mckracken. These games are going to be true gems in your lucasfilm games collection. In 1989, fujitsu unveiled a new home computer named fm towns. Released as a followup to lucasfilms massively popular maniac mansion, zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders never quite garnered the same respect. Though it had great potential, it just couldnt compete with the popular pc98 and its legion of hentai games.
It started as a proprietary pc variant intended for multimedia applications and pc games. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders lucasarts wiki fandom. For playing the japanese version i suggest you use the fmtowns. I finally managed to find a copy of this ultrarare fm towns version of zak mckracken dont ask me how much i had to pay because i wont. Zak mckracken, all about zak mccracken, zak mccraken, zak mckraken, zak maccracken.
Xe is another emulator for windows and linux that can emulate the fm towns marty. Fm towns zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns back. The graphics were converted to 256 colors, the resolution was changed to 640x480, and cd audio tracks were added. Is this an official game or a mod of the fmtowns japanese.
I could not include everything i would like in a 10 minute video, so there are no scenes from mars and some other places. It started as a proprietary pc variant intended for. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns beautiful view in egypt. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders 1988 mobygames. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders lucasfilm wiki. Zak mckracken fm towns vs pc version english amiga board. Did you know that if you right click on the game in your library, you get the option to play game and play enhanced game. The manual for the game is only in japanese, so im not sure what other keyboard shortcuts the original verison offered. To switch between them, press alt8 and select among the.
Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders hardcore gaming 101. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders is an adventure game by lucasarts, released in 1988. The fm towns system is a japanese pc variant, built by fujitsu from february 1989 to the summer of 1997. Solve puzzles and interact with the crazy world using the old school verb command interface. Two versions for the price of one zak mckracken and. A vast selection of titles, drmfree, with free goodies, customer love, and one fair price for all regions. Neo kobe fujitsu fm towns 20160225 internet archive. Produced by douglas crockford, it came on cdrom with 256color graphics and a remastered sampled audio soundtrack. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders was the second game to use the scumm scripting language. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns. Zak mckracken op movie for fm towns with japanese messages. Post videos of games, emulation tips, magazine scans, whatever. Adventures in porting us pc game developers and the fm towns released in 1989, the fujitsu micro fm towns home computer was an amazingly powerful gaming computer for its time. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders received a major upgrade when it was ported.
The totally silly and absurd plot merges in an awesome way 20th century myths into a very coherent statement and yet its intangible dreamlike. Zac mckracken and the alien mindbenders 1988 fm towns version, full playthrough. In hindsight it has been quite the influence on my first novel im writing. This is the famous fm towns version named after the now defunct japanese console. Originally released for the commodore 64, it was ported to the ibm personal computer, amiga, atari st and fm towns.
If anyones interested, here is a little clip showing some scenes from the pc version and fm towns version of zak mckracken. Help center detailed answers to any questions you might have. Lucas arts entertainment august 1989 january 1994 senior. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders for dos 1988. The graphic adventure, another game david fox was involved with alongside ron gilbert. Is this an official game or a mod of the fmtowns japanese release. Too bad they didnt release a 256 color version for the pc as well, sucks how it was only released in japan. Adventures in porting us pc game developers and the fm towns. Both of japanese and english editions are included. Fm towns games, zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders, indiana jones and the last crusade. All versions of zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders, except for the fm towns release, require the player to enter copy protection codes when leaving the usa, but not when reentering it or when at an airport in another country.
If youd like to nominate zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders fm towns for retro game of the day, please submit a screenshot and description for it. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders is a classic pointandclick adventure with four controllable characters. And yeah, includes both english and japanese language modes. Produced by douglas crockford, it came on cdrom with 256color graphics and a. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders is a thirdperson puzzlesolving adventure similar in gameplay to maniac mansion. I believe thats exactly what this version is there is a scummvm folder in this install. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders is my favorite game from my youth. The new adventures of zak mckracken, released march 2002 by lucasfan games, containing graphics from the japanese fm towns 256 color version and countryspecific backgrounds from various neogeo games. The fm towns marty was fujitsus attempt to convert the fm towns computer platform into a video game console in 1993. A 256 colour version was released on the fm towns machine for the japanese market. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders is a pointandclick graphical adventure game released by lucasfilm games in 1988. So, when i say remastered, i dont mean just port the fm towns version, but update the ui, maybe.
While there has no been much in the way of console mods for the marty specifically, there has been some interest in its internals. Zac mckracken and the alien mindbenders 1988 fm towns. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders scummvm wiki. The f1 f8 shortcuts arent available in the fm towns version of the game, they dont exist in the scripts. Fact the final version of the game was for the japanese fm towns. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders 1991 screenshots. Unz is a win32 emulator for the fm towns and fm towns marty games. Images in a dream may show things from zak s future gog release, fm towns version running from small alien just to run into a bigger one gog release, fm towns version dream started nice but soon turned into a nightmare gog release, floppy version. A comparison between the pc and fm towns versions of zak mckracken. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders 1988 screenshots. So should be removed from the help section for fm towns version. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders 1988lucasfilmdedisk 1 of 3 side a note. The player chooses verb commands open, pick up, give, etc there are no look or talk commands to interact with the game world.
Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders disk 1 of 3 side. Main menu home screenshots forums downloads games scummvm blogs. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. As well as better graphics, the game also had all the characters with anime style eyes. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders has the best version on fm towns, the only available on cd. This article is within the scope of wikiproject video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on wikipedia. Zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders is a graphical adventure game, originally released in october 1988 is a graphical adventure game, originally released in october 1988.