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                           Zak McKracken
                           -------------
                        By Lucasfilm Games

                     Solution by Eric Tremblay
                     CompuServe I.D. 73117,460

     Zachary McKracken lives at 5858 13th Ave,  his mission is to
save  the  world  from a worldwide stupidity  epidemic  which  is
linked to space aliens who have infitrated the phone company.  By
emitting a 60 cycle hum on all the telephones of this planet, the
aliens  can reach out and touch everybody everywhere and  leaving
them with the I.Q.  of a turnip!  It is said that the only way to
stop the aliens is to discover and activate The Skolarian Device,
"It's the only thing that could stop us!" says the alien.  Do you
feel that you are up to the challange?  You will need friends  to
help you on your mission and maybe you will find love along  your
path.

     This solution is an almost step by step walk-through of  Zak
McKracken.  Hope  that  you enjoy the game  and  this  text.  Any
comments or questions are welcomed at my user I.D. above.

     First of all pick up everything that you can put your  hands
on,  in  your room at the very start of the game,  get the  phone
bill  in the dresser and get the CashCard using the  Phone  Bill,
get the Sushi in fishbowl,  and open the desk drawer and pick  up
the Kazoo.  Next turn on the answering machine. Also pull off the
wallpaper  near  the door it will be useful for  drawing  a  map.
(Notice  the  green light,  also notice that the CashCard  has  a
balance of $12250.)

     In the living room pick up the seat cushion near the TV then
pick  up the other seat cushion,  notice that there is  a  Remote
Control hidden under.  Walk up to the power outlet and use  power
outlet  with power cord.  Now watch the news by using the  remote
control.

     In  the kitchen pick up the butter knife on the counter  and
open  the cabinet in order to have access to the box of  crayons.
Pick up the crayons and then open the refrigerator,  pick up  the
egg and close the refrigerator.  Before leaving the room get  the
small key near the door.

     On  14th Ave you will see a place named Lou's Loans,  go  in
and buy: the tool kit, wet suit, golf club, guitar, hat, and nose
glasses.  After leaving the place go a little more down the  road
and  remove  the bobby pin sign using the wire cutters  found  by
opening your new tool kit.







     Now go back near your house to the address 5850 13th Ave  to
a  place called Le Bakery,  ring the doorbell  three  times.  The
baker will get very angry and throw you a stale bread. After this
go  back to your apartment and check the answering  machine  then
head for the cabinet useing the monkey wrench in the tool box  to
remove the pipe.  Now put the stale bread in the sink and turn on
the  switch.  (Read  Blend-O-Rama  ad  page  6  of  The  National
Inquisitor.)

     Now head towards The Phone Company at the address 5866  13th
Ave  before entering the door put on your hat and  nose  glasses.
The man in there will think that your an employee,  go in back of
the counter and use the computer,  then go see what's behind that
door. Surprise! Pick up an application before you leave.

     Next,  go  to  your house and unlock the mailbox  using  the
small key,  fill out the application and put it in the mail  box.
Remember to come back later and pick up your mail.  You will find
a card, it will be The Kings Fan Club Card.

     For  you to get to the airport you need to take  bus  number
SFO 42, wake up the driver by using your Kazoo. Pay for your fare
using  your  cashcard and the bus driver will drive  you  to  the
airport.

     At  the  airport head for the gate,  (You already  have  the
ticket  that your boss gave you remember?) but before  you  leave
buy the book by giving the CashCard to the devotee.  On the plane
you have to get a little nasty.  Once seated head for the  toilet
in the rear of the airplane.  Take the toilet paper and put it in
the sink,  now turn on the sink and let it overflow.  As soon  as
there is water on the floor.  Use the button on the wall and this
will  call  up the stewardess and she will have to clean  up  the
mess. During which time you will go back to your seat, once there
pick  up the cushion on the seat in front of you.  You  will  now
notice that a lighter has fallen on the floor pick it up.

     Arrived  at  the destination,  give the peanuts to  the  two
headed squirrel, now go to the tree and pull on the branch. Using
the  branch  on  the loose dirt you will dig a  hole  which  will
uncover an entrance to a cave.  It is dark inside the cave and in
order  to  find  something in the dark click  on  the  "what  is"
command on the panel.  Search for a bird nest,  get the bird nest
by  reaching  for it with the tree branch.  Leave  the  squirrels
alone.  Now locate the fire pit,  put the birds nest in the  fire
pit  along with the tree branch.  Light up the fire pit with  the
lighter.  With  light  now  in the cavern  go  near  the  strange
markings  on  the wall,  and connect the yellow  dots  using  the
yellow  crayon.  BANG!  A magic wall.  Go in and use  the  remote
control to have access to the blue crystal.






     Reaching  back to the airport take a flight to Miami  during
the  flight do the toilet trick that I described above and  while
she  is  busy  cleaning it up the mess go in  the  front  of  the
airplane,  open the microwave,  put the egg in the microwave  and
close it.  Turn on the microwave and OH!  What a mess to clean up
again.  During the time that she is busy cleaning up the mess you
made in the microwave,  go trough every storage bin on the  plane
and you will eventually find an oxygen tank. Arrived at the Miami
airport  give the book to the bum and in return he will give  you
some whiskey.

     You are now still in the Miami airport,  use the reservation
terminal to buy a ticket for San Francisco and take the plane.

     You have now arrived on your street,  once off the  bus,  go
home  and  listen  to your telephone messages  on  the  answering
machine.  It's  now  time to head for 14th Ave to drop  the  blue
Crystal in the artifact slot.

     You will now meet Annie,  Notice a new option SWITCH on  the
control panel.

     Switch  to Annie and lift the Blotter on the desk,  pick  up
the CashCard.

     Switch back to Zak and go to the airport and take a trip  to
London,  England and then take the direction of Katmandu,  Nepal.
At Katmandu give the book to the Guard, and he will let you in so
you can meet the Guru.  After you have meet the Guru,  leave  the
building and go to the right,  notice a hay stack, set the hay on
fire by using your lighter.  Fire!  Fire! The policeman will come
to the rescue, during this time you will go in the police station
(jail) and get the jail keys that are hanging on the wall  during
you  exit  don't  forget the flagpole on  the  wall  outside  the
station.  To  go  back to the airport use your  CashCard  in  the
license plate of the Yak.

     At the airport buy a ticket for Kinshasa,  Zaire.  There you
will meet a doctor named Shaman in a hut,  enter the hut and give
him the golf club. He will be very pleased and he will show you a
secret  dance.  Observe the dance attentivaly and write  down  on
Diagram 1 the order from 1 to 6 of the movement of the heads.

     On The Planet Mars
     ------------------

     Switch  for  a  moment to Leslie and  Melissa  on  Mars  and
execute the following instructions.

     Use Melissa to open the door and enter the VW spaceship. Get
the CashCard in the glove compartment along with the  fuse.  Also
get  the  DAT tape in the radio.  Give the fuse and  CashCard  to
Leslie once outside.


     Getting  out  of the VW spaceship close the  VW's  door  and
switch to Leslie.  Go to the left passed The Friendly Hostel to a
Monolith  and put the CashCard in the slot,  you will  receive  a
token.  Buy  at least two tokens for each person.  Now go to  The
Friendly  Hostel  and use the token to unscrew  the  metal  plate
inside. Then remove the old fuse and place a new one in it.

     Closing the Mars door and opening the hostel door go in  and
pull the covers from the bunk. (Only Leslie can do that.) Get the
alien broom. Don't forget the ladder. Going back to the Mars door
(Main  door)  open it (Both doors should now be  open.)  and  the
hostel will depressurize,  go back to the other room and open the
locker, remove the vinyl tape and open the other locker door, get
the  flashlight.  Exiting  the hostel building use the  broom  to
sweep the sand and you will discover a solar panel.

     Going  right  you  will arrive at a door  with  three  large
buttons  on  it.  (The  two girls  should be  there.)  Press  the
buttons six times in the order that you have writen on Diagram 1.
Once inside,  go to door number 1 (Diagram 2),  in order to  open
the door.  You must take the ladder and lift the crystal  sphere,
but  before  you do that give the vinyl tape to Melissa  and  she
will put that on the DAT tape so she can record. Next turn on the
boom  box  on  record mode and then Leslie will  lift  the  ball.
Inside  make  your way around!  (Good Luck) and then  you  should
eventualy  encounter two things first an old earth map  and  some
strange  markings which you will draw in the box named Diagram  3
and later you will find a very strange machine that has gauges on
it  and is used to control air pressure  and  temperature.  After
that this machine is set you can remove your helmet.  (Remove the
helmets of Melissa and Leslie, if you like.)

     To open door 2,  bring Leslie and Melissa near the door  and
then  turn  on the boom box on play mode.  The  door  will  open.
Inside you should find an Ankh.

     While  in  the  direction of door  number  3  (Indicated  on
Diagram  2).  Stop  and look at the strange  markings  on  statue
number 2.  (Statue position shown on Diagram 2.) Using a pen draw
the strange marking in the section named Diagram 4.

     To open door 3, lift up the ball like you did on door number
1 and in there you will find a room with a panel, insert the Ankh
in the panel and the force field will disappear.  Get the  Golden
Key,  but don't touch the large key.  (or it will  disintegrate.)
Notice  that there is a button on the machine,  press the  button
and  a message from the Skolarians will appear on the glass  tube
telling  you  that  you must build a  device  to  neutralize  the
Caponian menace.  The only thing left to do is to wait for Zak to
arrive on Mars.






     Mexico City, Mexico  (MEX)
     --------------------------

     Switching back to Zak and leaving Kinshasa,  Zaire go to the
airport and take a plane for Cairo, Egypt and transfer on a plane
to Miami,  FL and then to Mexico City,  Mexico.  Maybe London and
then Mexico City?

     Finding  your  way through the jungle  you  will  eventually
arrive  near  a temple.  Enter the temple and light  up  all  the
torches that you will find along the way. During your exploration
you will encounter a red room with a statue in it,  a platform is
also  located  in  the corner of the room.  On the  statue  is  a
crystal   shard,  but in order to get it you must draw Diagram  4
using your crayon on the strange markings.  Trying to get out  of
the  temple and in the direction of the airport,  at the  airport
take a flight to Miami, Fl then transfer to Cairo, Egypt and from
there transfer again to your disination of Kinshasa,  Zaire. Wait
for Annie to meet you there.

     London, England  (LHR)
     ----------------------

     Annie should have in her inventory:  CashCard, whiskey, Flag
pole,  wire cutters, scroll and the two crystal shard. Make Annie
walk up to the Sentry and offer him a drink of whiskey.  Then,  a
half bottle later Annie will turn off the switch in the  sentry's
house  and cut a hole in the fence using the  wire  cutters.

     Now walk towards the stonehenge and you will arrive in front
of an Altar Stone.  There use the flag pole on the Altar and also
place  the two crystal shard on the Altar,  next read the  scroll
and  get ready for a blot of lighting.  Annie will now  have  the
yellow crystal,  it is now time to travel to Kinshasa,  Zaire the
route to follow is to go to Katmandu,  Nepal and then transfer to
Kinshasa,  Zaire.  Zak should meet Annie in Kinshasa, there Annie
will  give the yellow crystal to Zak and Zak will go in  the  hut
and  meet  the Shamam who will teach Zak how to  use  the  yellow
crystal for teleportation.

     Cairo, Egypt (CAI)
     ------------------

     Go  near the leg of the Sphinx,  there you will notice  some
strange markings.  Using your crayon,  copy the drawing that  you
made  labeled  Diagram  3.  If  you  have  followed  instructions
carefully there should be a door that will appear in the Sphinx's
leg.  Enter  the door and search for a room.  In this room  there
will be three buttons,  press the buttons and you will discover a
map  of the Martian face.  A little above the map there  is  some
strange markings, again copy this drawing on to the space labeled
Diagram  5.  Now try and find the exit in order to head  for  the
airport.


     Lima, Peru (LIM)
     -----------------

     Finding  your  way though the forest you will arrive  at  an
ancient  bird feeder.  Place the bread crumes on the bird  feeder
and wait for the bird to arrive.  When the bird is finally  there
use  the  blue crystal on the bird,  you are now  controling  the
bird,  fly  to the huge face on the other side of the  river  and
enter  the  left eye in there get the scroll and don't  waste  an
instant to bring it back to Zak. As soon as Zak has the scroll in
his  possestion run away to the airport before the alien  catches
you.

     Bermuda Triangle
     ----------------

     Riding  on  the bi-plane of the Divine Wind Tours  you  will
arrive  on the King's Spaceship.  Watch carefully and write  down
the  order of the code on Diagram 6.  Once there put on your  hat
and nose glasses and press the button to open the door.  You will
be  greeted by a Caponian,  he will bring you to the  King.  Apon
arriving in front of the King, he (the King) will examine you and
discover that you are not part of his race,  at this moment  show
him the King's Fan Club Card. (In the mail box remember?) You can
also  give him the guitar instead and see what it  will  do?  You
will be escorted out by the alien. Once this is done head for the
right  of  your screen and go take a look  at  the  Lott-O-Dictor
machine write down tomorrow's winning numbers in the space called
Diagram 7.

     It's now or never,   jump out of the alien spaceship.  Press
the button in the order you have written on Diagram 6,  and  then
go to the place where the airplane was before it left.  Zap!  You
are  falling  very  rapidly  and it would be  wise  to  use  your
parachute. You are now floating in the water. (With a little help
of the cushion.) Play a little Kazoo and a dolphin will come  and
meet  you,  use your blue crystal on the dolphin and direct  your
dolphine  underwater  and  search for a seaweed  with  a  glowing
object hidden underneath, take the object and give it to Zak. Now
press  on  the command "to Zak" and use your  yellow  crystal  to
teleport  yourself to the Martian face before the  alien  catches
you.


     Back on Mars
     ------------

     Zak has teleported himself to the Martian Face and using the
crayon  has  drawn Diagram 5 on  the  strange  markings.  Another
surprise the doors magicaly opens. Enter the center door and find
your  way to the main hall of the Martian face.  Arrived  in  the
main  hall,  switch back to Lislie and Melissa and guide them  in
order for them to meet Zak.




     The reunion is finally over,  guide the three characters  to
the monolith near the tram.  Don't forget to put on the fish bowl
with  the tape and the oxygen mask,  so that Zak can  breath.  It
would  be  wise  on  the way to the monlith to  stop  at  the  VW
spaceship  and  refill the oxygen level of  all  the  characters.
Arriving at the monolith make sure that everybody has two  tokens
each, just in case someone has to come back for something.

     Using  the tram with the token and boarding all your  people
on  the  tram at the same time,  you will arrive at  the  Martian
pyramid  complex.  With all your characters standing in front  of
the door of the pyramid.  Switch to Leslie and sweep the sandpile
using  the  alien broom.  After the brooms little show  is  done,
switch back to Zak and use the Bobby pin to unlock the door.

     Switching to Melissa,  guide her to doorway and then to  the
Sarcophagus  and have her push on the Sarcophagus  feet.  (Forget
the torch,  it won't light up.) Switching back to Leslie have her
meet Melissa,  notice that there is some stairs to the back  left
hand side of the room.  Go up the stairs,  do the same thing with
Zak.  (Notice that the stairs will only appear if the Sarcophagus
feet are push and remain pushed.)

     The current situation is that Melissa is pushing the feet of
the Sarcophagus,  Zak and Leslie are upstairs.  The next thing to
do is to have Melissa release the feet of the Sarcophagus so that
Zak and Leslie can have access to the room upstairs. Using Leslie
guide her to the box in the corner and unlock it with the  golden
key.  Now guide Zak near the white crystal.  Which is held in the
containment  device by a Crystalinetic force.  Leslie should  now
press on the button in the box, and you will have to switch again
to Zak and get the white crystal while the crystalinetic force is
not in effect.  Hurry up...  it does not stay inactive very long.
If you miss your chance try again by pressing the button  another
time.

     With the white crystal in Zak's hand,  the light in the room
will  disappear  and nothing can stop  you  anylonger.  Use  your
yellow crystal to teleport yourself to the Egyptian Pyramid. Once
there guide Annie to meet you there by using the entrance of  the
pyramid.  Then  remove Zak's spacesuit.  (Wet  suit,  fish  bowl,
oxygen mask.)

     Install   the  blue,   white  and  yellow  crystal  on   the
Crystalabra.  Using both Zak and Annie,  turn on the switches  on
the wall and this will activate the Skolarian device.


                      *** Congratulations! ***
           *** You have saved the world from stupidity! ***
                          *** The END ***

                      Solution by Eric Tremblay
                      CompuServe I.D. 73117,460