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Bosconian

Description

Player spaceship stays at screen center, firing both to front and rear, surviving enemy fighters to destroy all green hexagonal enemy space stations by shooting their core or all six corners.

Bosconian was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1981.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Bosconian was produced include: Extra Bases, Space Encounters, Space Invaders II, Rally-X, Bulls Eye Darts, Gorf, Kick, Kick-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Ms. Pac-Man Plus

Specs

Name	Bosconian
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7196
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color 19-inch Wells-Gardner 19K4626
Conversion Class	Namco Galaga
Game Specific	Bosconian Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Bosconian Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail Cabaret/Mini

Game Play

This game is similar to Time Pilot and Sinistar in that your ship stays in the center of the screen. During flight, you must avoid stationary asteroids and mines. As you progress in levels, the green hexagonal enemy space stations begin to shoot missiles from their cores. When under enemy bases, enemy fighters can change direction at will.

The game features synthesized voice messages: "Blast Off!" start of round, "Alert! Alert!" enemy ships approaching, "Battle stations!" enemy formation attack, "Spy ship sighted" green triangular bonus enemy, and "Condition Red!" time-per level exceeded, enemy frenzy.

Bosconian KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.61 (7 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.57

Overall Like	3.71
Fun (Social)	3.29
Fun (Solo)	3.57
Collector Desire	3.57

Technical Rating: 3.64

Gameplay	3.86
Graphics	3.71
Originality	3.43
Sound/Music	3.57

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Namco

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bosconian Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 125 known instances of this machine owned by Bosconian collectors who are active members. Of these, 87 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 37 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 7 active VAPS members with a Bosconian machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Bosconian circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 17 active VAPS members currently looking for Bosconian.

This game ranks a 34 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 23 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

When They Come to Shop, They'll Stay to Play

1982

More! Screens of Fame and Fortune!

1981

Technical

The game uses three Z80 microprocessors and a Namco 3-channel PSG for sounds. A DAC is used for the speech.

Legacy

Bosconian
Blast Off

Manuals

Schematics - Bosconian Manual — **Schematics**
(29 pages, 1.9 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 139; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 139; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (3518b1bbaedfcaae71d096a6914e7333)

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