The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension!

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension!

A tie-in to the 1984 film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, you play the ineffably cool Dr. Banzai: radical neurosurgeon, cutting-edge physicist, nemesis of nefarious criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and lead guitarist of...

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Name The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension!
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Platform Apple II
Release Date 1985
Game Type Released
ESRB Not Rated
Developers Adventure International
Publishers Adventure International
Genres Adventure
Max Players 1
Cooperative No
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Community Rating: 5
Total Votes: 14
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Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL9N5POUI80
Overview
A tie-in to the 1984 film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, you play the ineffably cool Dr. Banzai: radical neurosurgeon, cutting-edge physicist, nemesis of nefarious criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and lead guitarist of new-wave sensation the Hong Kong Cavaliers. (Unfortunately, you'll have to take our word for it, as the game doesn't make much use of these qualities). As in the wacky movie, your goal here is ultimately to overcome a potentially planet-destroying bomb set by the Black Lectroids, inhabitants of Planet 10. Unlike the movie, you don't accomplish this by overcoming the Red Lectroids from the 8th Dimension with the assistance of Team Banzai and the Blue Blaze Irregulars -- instead you wander an eerily depopulated town to procure the necessary components (gasoline, sand, bauxite and "a special catalyst") to power up your oscillation overthruster-sporting jet-car and transmit cancellation codes to the bomb. The game uses a simple VERB NOUN text parser and, on some platforms, illustrates the scene with static images
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