Are these 1980s video games or Star Trek characters?

Zaxxon, Zetar, Gorf and Korax. Where on Earth (or in space) do these names come from?

 

The Sixties sure had some far-out aliens on TV – some from the far reaches of space, others much closer to home. The original Star Trek brought all kinds of wonderfully weird cosmic characters to living rooms across the country, and the names of these aliens were as unique as their appearances. 

A decade after Star Trek first aired, video games began sweeping the nation, both at home and at hallowed halls of buttons, neon lights and repetitive music (AKA arcades). Though the graphics were rudimentary, the premise of many games promised everything from medieval quests to space battles.

Do you remember the bizarre names of many Eighties arcade games? What about the distinctive names of Star Trek aliens? See if you can tell the difference in this quiz!

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  1. Balok
  2. Tron
  3. Yarnek
  4. Galaxian
  5. Zaxxon
  6. Zabo
  7. Gravitar
  8. Tamar
  9. Qix
  10. Jaris
  11. Marplon
  12. Xevious
  13. Krell
  14. Sinistar
  15. Anan 7
  16. Akuta
  17. Zork
  18. Korax
  19. Arkanoid
  20. Gorf

Are these 1980s video games or Star Trek characters?

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120 Comments

DoctorSavage 5 months ago
17/20 many were guesses. I grew up before video games..remember paying to play Pong when first came out...I was in high school. Our big things were 9 ball and pinball...I was king of the 5Card Stud pinball machine....completely mechanical, nothing digital, not even score...loved that machine. One day I put 1 quarter in and won so many free games I played until my first class at 10, handed it over to a buddy who was good, came back after lunch...he was still playing...he handed it back to me and I played until my next class, handed it over to another friend. Came back 90 minutes later, still playing but on last couple of games....they didn't make any money off us that day
BradBeall 7 months ago
17 out of 20. Is that good or bad? For someone who has never bothered with video games, I guess it's not too bad.
STTOS 27 months ago
You got 16 out of 20 -Kirk and Sulu would be unbeatable in the arcade! Did you get through all the levels of this quiz or was it game over? More difficult than I thought it would be but still pretty good. I'll take it.
DIGGER1 29 months ago
Are these 1980s video games or Star Trek characters?
You got 20 out of 20
Kirk and Sulu would be unbeatable in the arcade! Did you get through all the levels of this quiz or was it game over?
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I did better than the previous time that I played this quiz. YAY!
RobertM 31 months ago
"Krell"? Quite frankly, that sounds like a shampoo!
AndreaZ 31 months ago
20 out of 20

Too easy if you grew up in the 1980s. But there were some close ones like Krell, which is close to the game Krull.
MalachiCrunch 31 months ago
Perfect score!
TOS and '80s arcade, right up my alley!
Riff60 31 months ago
I got them all right but it says I got 16/20
Bobbo 32 months ago
20/20! I was holding my breath on this one!
Tresix 32 months ago
100%! I think "Sinistar" would make a good movie.
geatornez82 32 months ago
16/20. Just took it to see if I could do it. I'm not a "Star Trek" fan. Also born in 1982, and a bit too young for a lot of video games when they first came out. I wasn't a gamer as a kid, though.
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