# 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:** 29
**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 23, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/561 "2018-05-23T20:24:50Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > 💬 #1:_It would have taken us two days instead of two months
_ > Finish the sentence. Who says it? > > (This is for [Tasse-Tee’s Dialogue Challenge](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/526)) Man, this is though. Now if only you would have asked the line just before. I know the game _back to front_, not the other way around đŸ€Ș ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/562 "2018-05-23T20:27:26Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Man, this is though. Do you mean “tough”? You seem to be overusing your H’s 😉 ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/563 "2018-05-23T20:37:03Z")
:ransome: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* you! ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/564 "2018-05-23T21:00:11Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > 💬 #1: > Finish the sentence. Who says it? It’s quite simple when this sentence is said, and who says it. 😉 ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/565 "2018-05-23T21:02:08Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > It’s quite simple when this sentence is said, and who says it. 😉 I think you forgot this part: > [@tasse-tee](#): > > _the line that is spoken **directly after** _ 😁 I hope you realised from the beginning what my challenge was
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**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 23, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/566 "2018-05-23T21:03:00Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > I hope you realised from the beginning what my challenge was
 Oops, ok, sorry. I am going to PM you what I remember. ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/567 "2018-05-23T21:13:53Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > the line just before I remember that. It’s: We should have gone to Ft. Lauderal for spring break, like everyone else. ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/568 "2018-05-23T21:15:13Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > It’s quite simple when this sentence is said, and who says it. 😉 go ahead
 rub it in
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**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/569 "2018-05-23T21:18:29Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > I remember that. I only remembered the gist of it, but you typod Lauderdale. 😛 ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/570 "2018-05-23T21:19:20Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > rub it in
 I did it
 it’s all shining now
 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/e/e546c3c8ec22eda83001a483391048dba2c2c5d1.gif) ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/571 "2018-05-23T21:21:01Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > but you typod Ah, ok. I remembered that I didn’t know that location back then, and I used to read it as if it were in italian, I had probably dropped some letters. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/572 "2018-05-23T21:25:08Z")
So here is what happened. I read “rub it in”. Then I sloooooowly scroll down and see only the very top of the rotating trophy and go “WTF is going on here?” ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/573 "2018-05-23T21:28:14Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > I did it
 it’s all shining now
 Don’t get ahead of yourself, Wright-dono. As an inmate once told me, you should learn to slice the apple before you chop down the whole tree
 _wait, what am I saying?_ ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/574 "2018-05-23T21:31:49Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > Don’t get ahead of yourself I’m really sorry, tasse-tee-San! My karma has become conceited. It will not happen again. ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/575 "2018-05-23T21:32:42Z")
“you shouldn’t sell the bear’s skin before having shot it” ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/576 "2018-05-23T21:56:31Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > “you shouldn’t sell the bear’s skin before having shot it” yeah, same as in italian. But our Giovanni Trapattoni says the same thing with: “_don’t say CAT if you don’t have it in the BAG_” 😅 ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/577 "2018-05-23T22:43:13Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > > [@Frenzie](#): > > > > Mine was clean as a whistle. What happens if it’s not? > > Just stand there for a while. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vw5BrJgI7vI/maxresdefault.jpg "Diablo - Deckard Cain: Stay Awhile and Listen (Restez un instant et Ă©coutez-moi)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw5BrJgI7vI&t=8) * * * > [@nihilquest](#): > > Here’s the biggest problem with Zak. Saving won’t help you, if you switch characters and do your stuff with one, while the other is getting closer to death and you don’t know it. This is not a huge game. If you know what you are doing you can finish the game in about an hour. With those older games there is nothing wrong with restarting it and even finding a more optimal path. (It’s not like you have to watch hours of cutscenes and dialogues.) ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/578 "2018-05-23T22:46:05Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > [@Frenzie](#): > > > > > [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > > > > > Whatever it is, you can put it in your
 uhm
 pocket. > > > > Is that a stepladder in your pocket or are you happy to see me? > > This is why people need to play Space Quest. You mean Simon the Sorcerer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C2M4hndQ9pY/hqdefault.jpg "PC Longplay [490] Simon the Sorcerer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2M4hndQ9pY&t=578) ---
**Author:** ![nihilquest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nihilquest/32/645_2.png) [@nihilquest](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/nihilquest)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/579 "2018-05-23T22:49:05Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > This is not a huge game. If you know what you are doing you can finish the game in about an hour. With those older games there is nothing wrong with restarting it and even finding a more optimal path. (It’s not like you have to watch hours of cutscenes and dialogues.) There are mazes in Zak. Even with a walkthrough it can be tough and I’m the kind of guy who gets confused in a small underground passage if there is more than one exit. This is not something I want to replay immediately. ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704/580 "2018-05-23T22:51:16Z")
> [@nihilquest](#): > > There are mazes in Zak. When you restart Zak you don’t have to throw all your notes away! > [@nihilquest](#): > > Even with a walkthrough it can be tough When you either use your self-made maps or maps from walkthroughs there shouldn’t be any problem with those mazes. [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704.md?page=28) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-playthrough-and-hints/2704.md?page=30)