Movie connections for
Zak McKracken Between Time and Space (2008) (VG)

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Follows

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1987) (VG)

References

"Pippi Långstrump" (1969)
 -  Mentioned by Name. There is also a girl that looks almost just like Pippi Longstockings.
THX 1138 (1971)
 -  As in many LucasArts media, 1138 gets used refering to the movie.
Soylent Green (1973)
 -  A green box in the Artifical Hair Bros. Store is named "Soilent Green Hairgel"
"The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" (1979)
 -  Zak's teddybear is called Sheriff Lobo.
"Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl" (1982)
 -  The orange-red wig given by Stanislav has the shape of Pumuckl's hairdo.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
 -  When Zak opens up the hidden entrance to an Mayan temple, he refers to that as "opening the temple of doom"
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
 -  Zak finds Freddy Kruger's special glove in a french restaurant. When he thinks of picking it up, he says this game's name isn't "Zachary Krugers Nightmare in Paris".
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
 -  Human- and flesh-eating venus fly trap is called Audrey 3. Also the aliens want to use them to take over the world. In the future sequence, the plants took over the world. Eating both human and aliens and destroying cities.
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987) (VG)
 -  Al Lowe calls Zak and asks him if he heard of Larry Lafer lately, because he doesn't call Al anymore.
Maniac Mansion (1987) (VG)
 -  Poster hanging in Zak's appartment.
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) (VG)
 -  Referenced several times.
"Home Improvement" (1991)
 -  Zak mentions he saw Tool Time, the TV-Show inside the TV-Show "Home Improvement"
Day of the Tentacle (1993) (VG)
 -  Tentacle hyroglyphe shown in Mexico.
Sam and Max Hit the Road (1993) (VG)
 -  Author name "smnmx" in the newspaper. Also a poster of Max can be seen.
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (1996) (VG)
 -  Zak says he is not George Stobbart.
The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) (VG)
 -  In Zak's new adventure he pays homage to an puzzle in Monkey Island 3 with the exact same result.
"Lost" (2004)
 -  A scientist named Dr. Marvin Candle is mentioned in the newspaper.

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