Lost In Translation/Zektor

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Zektor
Zektor marquee.
No screen shot.
Manufacturer Sega
Released 1982
Control
Method
Dial
2 Button(s)
Main CPU Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz)
I8035 (@ 208.000 kHz)
Sound CPU Mono
Samples (@ 2.000 MHz)
AY-3-8910A (@ 3.120 MHz)
SP0250
Video
Details
Vector (Horizontal)
0 x 0 pixels
40.00 Hz
256 Palette colours
Screens 1
ROM Info 29 ROMs
60,480 bytes (59.06 KiB)
MAME ID zektor

About The Game

Zektor is a 2-player, arcade video game shoot-em-up that tasks the player with the liberation of eight cities that have been seized by the evil cadre of alien robots. In order to liberate a city, you must defeat 3 attack waves of fighters and robo-probes. Fighters and robo-probes are often shielded (in red), and each consecutive hit reduces the enemies shield strength, until, when the shield drops, a hit will destroy it. In addition, you will encounter three types of Moboids :

  • Green Moboids spin the players ship on contact, and bounce enemy ships.
  • Blue Moboids bounce all ships.
  • Red Moboids destroy all un-shielded ships (including the players ship).

After defeating three attack waves, the Alien Robot holding that city will reappear within rotating protective rings, through which a 'slot shot' neutralizes that Robot, awarding the player a bonus ship and advancement to the next round.

Trivia

The last alien is the alien from 1981's "Space Fury".

Scoring

Each round consists of the three attack waves (sub-rounds), which are scored as follows for each enemy ship destroyed :

Rounds 1 & 2
Round Points
Sub-round 1 200
Sub-round 2 400
Sub-round 3 800


Rounds 3 & 4
Round Points
Sub-round 1 400
Sub-round 2 800
Sub-round 3 1,600


Rounds 5 & 6
Round Points
Sub-round 1 600
Sub-round 2 1,200
Sub-round 3 2,400


Rounds 7 & 8
Round Points
Sub-round 1 800
Sub-round 2 1,600
Sub-round 3 3,200

Tips and tricks

When fighting in 'the city', try to stay in the upper left-hand corner. The city boss will not shoot you there.

Cabinet and Artwork

Ports

Consoles
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Sega Genesis Collection")


The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.