Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space

Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space is an unofficial sequel to the adventure game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988).

The story again revolves around Zak trying to prevent the Caponians to enslave mankind. It starts with Zak waking up in his apartment without any recollection of what has happened before. A race against time begins to regain his lost memories...

The game features over fifty hand-drawn locations, as well as a musical score. The dialogues are fully dubbed; cutscenes are utilized to advance the story. The gameplay is "old-school", employing a verb-based interface similar to the one used in the predecessor. Bundled with the download is a PDF-Manual.

Preceded by Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Remade By Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space - Director's Cut
Series Zak McKracken
Added March 8, 2020
Published By Artificial Hair Brothers
Developed By Artificial Hair Brothers
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
The loading screen, looking familiar ? ;) (Windows) from mobygames.com
The development team (Windows) from mobygames.com
The main menu (Windows) from mobygames.com
These are the heads behind this little gem (Windows) from mobygames.com
The, very stilish, intro (Windows) from mobygames.com
The title (Windows) from mobygames.com
Somethinh fishy is going on at this airport (intro) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak is back (intro) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Having an ecounter of the third kind (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak Mckracken, at your service (Windows) from mobygames.com
Damn, they got me (Windows) from mobygames.com
later ... (Windows) from mobygames.com
What a cute pyjama (Windows) from mobygames.com
Difficulty selection (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game is full of details and allusions ( notice Chuck, the plant and the Maniac Mansion poster ) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak has now a diary, to keep him informed and focused (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zaks living room (Windows) from mobygames.com
Just the usual crap on the telly (Windows) from mobygames.com
His kitchen, the oven desperatly needs some cleaning (Windows) from mobygames.com
An intermezzo on the alien ship (Windows) from mobygames.com
Looks familiar, doesn't it? (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak recieved a postcard from Annie, guess she is not around (Windows) from mobygames.com
The development team even has a store inside the game (Windows) from mobygames.com
Different dialog options are available (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inside the "Artificial hair bros" shop. This charming fellow is called STANislav and has descended from a family of merchants, that started its business by selling used ships in the Caribbean (Windows) from mobygames.com
Murray, the skull has an cameo appearance (Windows) from mobygames.com
The save screen becomes available by pressing F5. Nice! (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak actually wanted to go to Waikiki and ask Annie some uncomfortable questions. But this newspaper... (Windows) from mobygames.com
...makes him take a "detour" to Mexico first. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The scout camp in the jungle... (Windows) from mobygames.com
On the top of the Mexican pyramid. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The temple to Tezcatlipoca. Ugh, I don't know: was there really such a deity or is it exclusively a nod to "Broken Sword 2"? (Windows) from mobygames.com
The airport in Waikiki. Generally, the airports look a little better than in "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders", but still mostly boring. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Most cutscenes are unfortunately in 3D. This one looks rather pleasant anyway, I like views of shimmering water. (Windows) from mobygames.com
A beautiful view of Paris. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak's diary entry (by the way, his diary looks very cute and girly ;)) with some Easter eggs. (Windows) from mobygames.com
That's the advantage of fan games: Sierra or Lucas Arts rather limited themselves to hinting to their own games, fan games allude to everything! (Windows) from mobygames.com
Looking for the scientist in Scotland. After his work was disrupted, he's just sitting here and fishing... (Windows) from mobygames.com
Zak sees his creators on the TV... (Windows) from mobygames.com
The Caponians have taken over this house and some greenhouses in Switzerland and are using them to breed monster plants! (Windows) from mobygames.com
The evil Caponians' laboratory... (Windows) from mobygames.com
...and the upper floor of the house, where their Evil Conspiracy Plans are kept. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The King's bedroom. Zak uses very childish means to make him fall into a deeper sleep, including a pacifier. ;) (Windows) from mobygames.com
The Caponians' ray cannon - and another very fun Easter egg. Nope, you can't wake Roger up or talk to him - what a pity... (Windows) from mobygames.com
The purple crystal (and some Loca Cola; I have indeed heard a cola drink being jokingly referred to as "rust remover" ;)) allows repairing the time travel machine. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Travelling to the future - on the right is Zak himself being eaten by a monster plant! Does it count as "meeting yourself during time travel"? (Windows) from mobygames.com
Travelling to the past - a picturesque rural area, before the Caponians came there... (Windows) from mobygames.com
As in "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders", Zak uses the blue crystal to temporarily switch consciousness with a bird. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Preparing a poison for the monster plant in the laboratory... (Windows) from mobygames.com
...the others are destroyed in this big KABOOM! Actually, bigger than Zak had expected, he almost killed himself in the process... (Windows) from mobygames.com
Revision 2. This game was last revised on July 19, 2021 at 04:45pm UTC. History

Year of Release:
2008

Platform(s):
Windows

Genre(s):
Traditional

Graphic Style:
3D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery Sci-Fi

Other Tags:
Speech

Free to Play:
Yes

More Info:
MobyGames IGDB Wikipedia

Available From:
Official Site

Game information provided by The Adventure Game Database