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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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From: Walkthrough King (Ashley Bennett)
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Date Updated: 6/10/2002
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Original URL: https://www.walkthroughking.com/text/zakmckracken.aspx
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Game Details: Sci-Fi, 1988
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Links: Moby Games, Steam
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Walkthrough Updated: 6/10/2002
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Suggested Listening: Give Up Now (Ash 25)
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbinders is an early comedy game from LucasArts,
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using their SCUMM interface, made famous by a long series of games from the same
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company, beginning with Maniac Mansion. You play as Zak and several of his friends,
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who uncover a plot by aliens to dumb down humans through the telephone system.
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Table of Contents
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- San Francisco
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- Seattle
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- Miami
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- Cairo
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- Kinshasa
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- Katmandu
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- London
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- Lima
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- Mars
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- Mexico
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- Bermuda Triangle
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SAN FRANCISCO
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Zak
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Open the desk drawer and take the kazoo, then close the drawer again. Try to pick
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up the green card under the desk, but you will end up pushing it further away.
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Open the dresser drawer on the left and take the phone bill. Pick up Sushi in the
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fish bowl, and pick up the torn wallpaper next to the door. Use your phone bill to
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get the card from under the desk, then open the door and leave the room. Pick up
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the seat cushion next to the TV to tidy the room. Pick up the power cord and use
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it on the power outlet. Pick up the left seat cushion, then take the remote control
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and use it to watch the news on TV. Head right and take the small key from next to
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the door, then open the door and go outside.
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Walk left and push the doorbell of the bakery 3 times, then pick up the stale bread.
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Go back into your apartment. Take the bread knife from over the counter. Open the
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refrigerator and pick up the egg, then go to your bedroom. Pick up the corner of
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the rug and use the butter knife on the loose floor boards to bend it. Leave the
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apartment again.
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Go right to the next street then up to 14th Avenue. Enter Lou's Loans. Go over to
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the sell window and sell the bent butter knife for $1500. Now buy the golf club,
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tool kit, wet suit, hat, guitar and nose glasses. Leave the shop and go right to
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the Bob E Pinz store. Open your tool kit and use the wire cutters on the bobby pin
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sign to get it. Return left and go up to return to 13th Avenue.
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Enter your apartment again. Open the cabinet under the sink and take the box of
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crayons to get a yellow crayon. Use your monkey wrench on the pipe here, then put
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your stale bread in the sink and turn on the switch. Pick up the breadcrumbs, then
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turn off the switch again. Use your monkey wrench on the pipe to fix it, then use
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Sushi on the sink to get the empty fish bowl. Leave your apartment.
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Enter the door just to the right. Pick up the application from the left, then try
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to open the counter door, but the man won't let you through. Put on your nose glasses
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and hat, then open the counter door and use the computer. Leave the office and remove
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your nose glasses and hat. Use your yellow crayon with the application. Use your small
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key to open the mailbox outside your apartment, then put the application inside.
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Walk right and use the kazoo to wake up the bus driver. Walk into the bus and use
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your cashcard in the reader. Give your cashcard to the devotee to get a book. Now
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walk left to board the plane.
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PLANE
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Zak
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After the stewardess gives out the peanuts, stand up and go to the bathroom at the
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back of the plane. Pick up the toilet paper and put it in the sink, then turn on
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the sink and press the call button. Head right to the front of the plane. Open the
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microwave, put the egg inside, close the microwave and turn it on. Go back to your
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seat and wait for the stewardess to start cleaning up, then pick up the front seat
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cushion and pick up the lighter from the ground. Open all the overhead bins and
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take the oxygen tank from one of them. Now wait for the plane to land.
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SEATTLE
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Zak
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Head right to leave the airport, then walk over towards the squirrel in the cave.
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Give your peanuts to the squirrel. Now take the branch from the tree and use it on
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the loose dirt above the cave. Enter the cave. Use your tree branch to get the bird
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nest (locate it with the "what is" tool). Now use the bird nest and tree branch on
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the fire pit. Use your lighter on it and you will have light. Go right and use your
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yellow crayon on the strange markings, then go through the doorway. Use your remote
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control and take the crystal. Return to the airport and use the terminal to buy a
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ticket to San Francisco, then board the plane.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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Zak
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Leave the airport to return to your street, then go up to 14th Avenue. Read the
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note on the red door, then put the blue crystal in the slot in the door. After meeting
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Annie, you can now switch between characters. Leave Annie's apartment and return
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to 13th Avenue. Go to your apartment and use the small key on the mailbox, then get
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the fan club letter. Return right to stand next to the bus, then switch to Annie.
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Annie
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Lift up the blotter on the desk, then take the cashcard. Leave your apartment and
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head to the bus.
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Zak
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Use your kazoo to wake us the bus driver.
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Annie
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Board the bus and use your cashcard in the reader.
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Zak
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Board the bus and use your cashcard in the reader. At the airport, use the terminal
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to buy a ticket to Miami, then board the plane.
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MIAMI
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Zak
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Give your book to the bum to get a bottle of whiskey. Use the terminal to buy a
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ticket to Cairo, then board the plane.
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CAIRO
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Zak
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to Kinshasa, then board the plane.
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KINSHASA
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Zak
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Leave the airport and keep walking through the jungle maze until you reach a village.
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Enter the hut on the left and give your golf club to the shaman, then watch the dance
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and write down the order that the 3 men crouch at the end (a sequence of 6 crouches).
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Return east to the jungle and make your way back to the airport. Use the terminal
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to buy a ticket to Katmandu, then board the plane.
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KATMANDU
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Zak
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Leave the airport and give your book to the guard on the right, then head inside.
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Walk right and talk to the Shaman, then go back outside and continue right to a
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haystack. Use your lighter on the hay, then quickly head to the left and into the
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other building. Take the prison key from the wall, then go back outside. Take the
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flagpole from the wall here, then use your cashcard in the yak to return to the airport.
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to London, then board the plane.
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LONDON
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Zak
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to San Francisco, then board the plane.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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Zak
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to Lima, then board the plane.
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LIMA
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Zak
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Leave the airport and walk through the jungle maze until you reach a valley. Read
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the sign, then use your bread crumbs on the bird feeder. After the bird arrives,
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use the blue crystal on it. As the bird, fly right to the huge carving, and into
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the eye on the left. Pick up the scroll, then fly back and give it to Zak. Switch
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back to Zak and quickly return to the jungle before the aliens arrive. Make your way
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back to the airport, then switch to Melissa.
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MARS
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Melissa
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Open the door to the shuttlebug and head inside. Pick up the boom box, then open
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the glove compartment and take the fuse and the cashcards. Pick up the digital audio
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tape from the player in the middle. Turn on the oxygen valve to fill your supply,
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then go outside. Give Leslie her cashcard and the fuse, then walk left and enter
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the hostel.
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Leslie
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Enter the shuttlebug and turn on the oxygen valve to fill your supply, then go outside.
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Walk left to the monolith and use your cashcard on the slot to get a token. Go just
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to the right and enter the hostel, then use your token on the metal plate to the
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right of the door. Take the burnt fuse and use your new fuse with the fuse box. Push
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the button above the fuse box to close the Mars door. Push the button on the right
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and enter the room on the right. Take the vinyl tape from the right locker, then
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open it and take the flashlight. Pick up the covers from the lower bunk bed, then
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pick up the broom alien. Go further right and take the ladder, then return to the
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entrance room. Give your vinyl tape to Melissa. Push the right button, then the main
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button to open the Mars door. Take the fuse and return outside.
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Use your alien broom on the sand just here to reveal some solar panels. Go right to
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a huge face. Use your ladder on the door, then press the buttons in the same order
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you saw the men crouch in Kinshasa. Go through to the great chamber and go to the
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massive door.
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Melissa
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Exit the hostel and go right to the huge face. Pick up the ladder and go inside,
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then walk to the massive door. Use the ladder on the pedestal on the left. In your
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inventory combine the vinyl tape and digital audio tape. Use this in the boom box,
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then turn on the boom box and select Record. Push the crystal sphere at the top of
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the pedestal, then turn off the boom box. Climb down the ladder again.
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Leslie
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Pick up the ladder and head through the doorway. Turn on your flashlight, then go
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through the purple doorway. Go left and through a blue doorway, then right through
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another purple doorway. Turn on both the large switches, then wait for the gauges
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to enter the green. Take off your helmet. Go right, then far right, far right and
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far left to return to where Melissa is waiting. Turn off your flashlight.
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Melissa
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Take off your helmet, then switch to Zak.
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LIMA
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Zak
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to Mexico, then board the plane.
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MEXICO
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Zak
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Leave the airport and walk through the jungle maze until you reach a temple. Go
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through the lower left entrance to find a maze. Throughout the maze, use the "what is"
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tool to find the torches, then light them with your lighter. Go through the upper
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right doorway, then the far right, far right, far right and middle doorways to find
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the statue room. Switch to Leslie.
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MARS
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Leslie
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Return to the great chamber and walk right to the second statue. Read the strange
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markings on it and remember the symbol you see. Switch back to Zak.
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MEXICO
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Zak
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Use your yellow crayon on the strange markings, and draw the symbol Leslie just saw.
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Pick up the crystal shard, then return left to the maze. Go through the left, left,
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middle, far left and far right doors to leave the maze. Head left to the jungle and
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make your way back to the airport, then switch to Annie.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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Annie
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to London, then board the plane. After arriving,
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switch to Zak.
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MEXICO
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Zak
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to Mexico, then board the plane.
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LONDON
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Zak
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Give the whiskey, flagpole, scroll, wire cutters, and both crystal shards to Annie.
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to Miami, then board the plane.
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MIAMI
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Zak
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Use the terminal to buy a ticket to the Bermuda Triangle, then board the plane.
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BERMUDA TRIANGLE
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Zak
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Wait for a while and you will end up on a space ship. Write down the order the pilot
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presses the buttons. After he leaves, press the small button on the right and go
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through to meet the King. Give him your fan club card, then write down the order
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the alien presses the buttons. Walk right and read the Lotto-O-Dictor, and write
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down the winning numbers. Return left and push the buttons the pilot pushed, then
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quickly step over the line on the left. When you are falling, put on the wet suit,
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then use your parachute.
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In the water, use your kazoo to call the dolphin, then use the blue crystal on the
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dolphin. As the dolphin, swim down and pick up all the seaweed until you find a glowing
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object. Pick it up, then go up to the surface and give it to Zak. Switch back to Zak
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and wait to get captured. You will eventually end up back on the streets.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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Zak
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Wait until the commands return, then remove your wetsuit. Put on the hat and nose
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glasses, and enter the office. Open the counter door and go to the back room, then
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open the cabinet to get your items back. Go outside and remove the hat and nose glasses
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again. Walk right, then head up to 14th Avenue, and into Lou's Loans. Go to the buy
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window, and buy a lotto ticket (buy the sign above the window that says Lotto). Enter
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the 4 digits you wrote down from the Lott-O-Dictor. Leave the shop and switch to Annie.
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LONDON
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Annie
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Leave the airport and give the bottle of whiskey to the sentry. Pull the switch in
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his hut, then use your wire cutters on the fence and head through. Use the flagpole
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and two crystal shards on the altar stone, then read your scroll and pick up the yellow
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crystal.
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MARS
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Leslie
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Return through the doorway to the maze. Go to the far right, then right through the
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blue doorway and far right again to find a map room. Look at the markings beneath
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the sphinx and write them down, then leave the map room again. Go left through the
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purple doorway, left through the yellow doorway and far left to exit the maze.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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Zak
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Open the door and enter Lou's Loans - you will receive the lotto prize. Leave the |