Bosconian
Bosconian is a video arcade game made by Namco in 1981. The player moves a spaceship and tries to destroy "space stations". There are also other things in space that the player has to destroy to get to the space stations. The game was later used on many of the early personal computers.
| Bosconian | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | JP NamcoNA Midway Games |
| Composer(s) | Nobuyuki Ohnagi (Arcade ver.) Yuzo Koshiro (X68000 ver.) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade (original) MSX, X68000, Sharp X1 |
| Release | November 1981
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| Genre(s) | Multi-directional shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating |
| Cabinet | Upright, cabaret, and cocktail |
| Arcade system | Namco Galaga |
| CPU | Template:Z80 |
| Sound | 1x Namco WSG @ 3.072 MHz, 1x Namco 54XX @ 1.536 MHz, Discrete |
| Display | Horizontal orientation, Raster, 288 x 224 resolution |
Reception
Bosconian won the 1982 Arcade Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Coin-Op Game. The award was given out in January 1983. It beats both Atari's Gravitar and Sega's Zaxxon.[1]
References
- ↑ "Electronic Games Magazine". Internet Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
