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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)

Adventure International

Apple II · Atari 8-bit · Commodore 16 · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Commodore Plus/4 · DOS · ZX Spectrum

1.50 from 2 ratings

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Based on the movie of the same title, in this graphical text adventure you are Buckaroo Banzai, a jack of all trades. You try to thwart the plans of your arch enemy and criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and those of the Black Lectroids from Planet 10 who want to destroy Earth via a planet-consuming bomb.
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Developers
Adventure International
Publishers
Adventure International
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Science fiction
Series
Scott Adams Classic Adventures

Release dates

  • 1984 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4
  • 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS
  • 1986 (Full Release) (Europe) ZX Spectrum

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Status scoopings Nov 21, 2022

Wow the Apple and Atari versions are beautiful, and I love that it's deterministic/minimal RNG-based tackiness. But it still felt tedious and eventually not worth finishing. Surprisingly well-done though, typically I'm not a big post-1979 Scott Adams guy.
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