# Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders playthrough and hints **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [May 18, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704 "2018-05-18T14:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/401 "2018-05-22T14:30:42Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > …and because the Talk To verb was introduced only later The lack of a Talk To verb in the game is annoying me 😕 And sometimes I forget to select the last word / object a second time, to say “yes, I do want you to do this thing that I asked you to do!” ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/402 "2018-05-22T14:35:41Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > The lack of a Talk To verb in the game is annoying me 😕 again… DLC (see edit above) > [@tasse-tee](#): > > And sometimes I forget to select the last word / object a second time, to say “yes, I do want you to do this thing that I asked you to do!” actually that double click on the last word is a shortcut feature. The original idea is that you form a sentence and then click on the sentence line to execute it random generic hint: although technically grammatically incorrect, you can do things like : use object B with object A, while you mean use object A on object B. ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/403 "2018-05-22T14:36:48Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > because of the font That’s the game’s font. ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/404 "2018-05-22T14:41:01Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > And sometimes I forget to select the last word / object a second time, to say “yes, I do want you to do this thing that I asked you to do!” Except with those verbs requiring two objects/actors you can also just press the verb hotkey a second time to execute the action. You are using keyboard shortcuts, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/405 "2018-05-22T14:41:30Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > not in _MY_ version 😉 > that’s a genuine C64 version. With the talk to DLC Why do you toy with our emotions, so? 😿 I would love a voiceover/Talk to DLC for Zak. Then you could at least say Hi to Annie once in a while instead of just leaving her stranded at the airport all the time. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/406 "2018-05-22T14:45:18Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > > [@Sushi](#): > > > > because of the font > > That’s the game’s font. Oh yeah, sorry… I mixed up with this one (you lazy \*beep\*): ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/1/161b90d04f1090740c77a0fc4a7f4e0bd26a5539.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/407 "2018-05-22T14:45:56Z")
> [@yrface](#): > > > [@Sushi](#): > > > > not in _MY_ version 😉 > > that’s a genuine C64 version. With the talk to DLC > > Why do you toy with our emotions, so? > 😿 > > I would love a voiceover/Talk to DLC for Zak. Then you could at least say Hi to Annie once in a while instead of just leaving her stranded at the airport all the time. 😄 TWP forum- Zak fans voiceover project ! ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/408 "2018-05-22T14:46:20Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > You are using keyboard shortcuts, aren’t you? Nope… I might try that… ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/409 "2018-05-22T14:56:12Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > TWP forum- Zak fans voiceover project ! I would like to, but I have another dubbing project to complete, first! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/410 "2018-05-22T14:58:56Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > I have another dubbing project to complete, first! 😃 By the way, how is it going? We haven’t had an update in a while, I think… ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/411 "2018-05-22T15:00:14Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > By the way, how is it going? We haven’t had an update in a while, I think… We are at the point of splitting the audio file into smaller pieces, number them with the text ID, test them. It’s taking more time than we thought, though. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/412 "2018-05-22T15:02:29Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > The original idea is that you form a sentence and then click on the sentence line to execute it 💡 This makes much more sense to me now. > [@tasse-tee](#): > > Nope… I might try that… It makes it much easier. Except most of them don’t logically tally up, so it takes a bit of memorising (or writing them down). Yes I know I can probably change them, before someone says that 😛) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/413 "2018-05-22T15:03:54Z")
You can: - click the verb, then the object, then again the object or the sentence line - click the object, then the verb, then the sentence line - to speedup things, you can type the key corresponding to the verb position (Q=first verb on first row, W=second verb on first row… Z=first verb on third row, and so on) ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/414 "2018-05-22T15:16:36Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > to speedup things, you can type the key corresponding to the verb position (Q=first verb on first row, W=second verb on first row… Z=first verb on third row, and so on) Oh _that’s_ how they match up! It seemed so arbitrary. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/415 "2018-05-22T15:19:14Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > Oh _that’s_ how they match up! It seemed so arbitrary. especially when you’re using an azerty layout Yes I know I can change that, before someone says that 😛 and… didn’t you read the maual then? 🤔 look who’s talking… I played through the first 5 KQ games, cursing it for being illogical, while the manuals might be full of background info. Then again, who reads a PDF? ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/416 "2018-05-22T15:29:53Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > and… didn’t you read the maual then? 🤔 No, didn’t think to do that, probably because I don’t have a hard copy to prompt me. It ain’t like buying a new hoover 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/417 "2018-05-22T15:37:43Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > No, didn’t think to do that, probably because I don’t have a hard copy to prompt me. It ain’t like buying a new hoover 😉 No need to do that: dial 4468 - TWP Or, take a look at this site: [http://www.zak-site.com/details.htm](http://www.zak-site.com/details.htm) …and the [original scans](http://www.c64sets.com/set.html?id=11&title=Zak%20McKracken%20and%20the%20Alien%20Mindbenders) !! ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/418 "2018-05-22T15:40:04Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > No, didn’t think to do that, probably because I don’t have a hard copy to prompt me. It ain’t like buying a new hoover 😉 I have a real hard copy (original). But you could always print out the one they pack with the GOG version. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/419 "2018-05-22T15:42:57Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > …and the [original scans](http://www.c64sets.com/set.html?id=11&title=Zak%20McKracken%20and%20the%20Alien%20Mindbenders) !! Oh! Look at those beautiful Visa exit codes!! Who else remembered those? ✋ (ok, this is the moment where we separate the legit buyers from the pirates who played a hack) ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/420 "2018-05-22T15:44:25Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > > > to speedup things, you can type the key corresponding to the verb position (Q=first verb on first row, W=second verb on first row… Z=first verb on third row, and so on) > > Oh _that’s_ how they match up! It seemed so arbitrary. Didn’t you read the manual… of **Thimbleweed Park**?? [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704.md?page=20) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704.md?page=22)