# Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders playthrough and hints

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**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")\
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MARS is for **M** ARS **A** rea **R** ailway **S** ystem. That’s the recursive acronym 😉  
Same thing with e.g. PHP, which (today) stands for **P** HP: **H** ypertext **P** reprocessor.

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