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Aiagas · 2010-06-09, 21:09

Bosconian was originally an Arcade Game released in 1981. Bosconian's legacy led to several conversions on Home Computers. Due to it's sucess, a sequel entitled Bosconian '87 was released only on Home Computers. Bosconian's legacy led further in Namco Museum Vol. 1 for the Playstation, then again on Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary, Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360, and the Virtual Console.

The object of Bosconian is to score as many points as possible by destroying enemy bases and ships. The player controls a small fighter ship that can move in eight directions and can fire both forward and backward. Each level consists of a number of green space stations that must all be destroyed to advance to the next level (a semi-transparent mini-map helps identify their location). Each station consists of six cannons arranged in a hexagon, surrounding a central core. The player must either destroy all six cannons or shoot the core to destroy a station, and in later levels the core is capable of defending itself. Additionally, the player must avoid or destroy asteroids, mines, and a variety of enemy missiles and ships that attempt to collide with the player's ship. Enemies occasionally launch formation attacks — destroying the leader causes all remaining enemies to disperse, but destroying all enemies in a formation scores extra bonus points. A spy ship (worth a random bonus value) also appears occasionally, which must be destroyed or the enemies will go berserk.

Bosconian got converted, most converted into Galaga, making Bosconian quite rare. Bosconian got a continue screen, along with the timer. But there's a debate that neither Bosconian or Temepest is the 1st Video Game to include continues. Bosconian is also the 1st Video Game to include voice acting.

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Aiagas "Excellent cornering!" Join Date: Jun 2010	Bosconian Bosconian was originally an Arcade Game released in 1981. Bosconian's legacy led to several conversions on Home Computers. Due to it's sucess, a sequel entitled Bosconian '87 was released only on Home Computers. Bosconian's legacy led further in Namco Museum Vol. 1 for the Playstation, then again on Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary, Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360, and the Virtual Console. The object of Bosconian is to score as many points as possible by destroying enemy bases and ships. The player controls a small fighter ship that can move in eight directions and can fire both forward and backward. Each level consists of a number of green space stations that must all be destroyed to advance to the next level (a semi-transparent mini-map helps identify their location). Each station consists of six cannons arranged in a hexagon, surrounding a central core. The player must either destroy all six cannons or shoot the core to destroy a station, and in later levels the core is capable of defending itself. Additionally, the player must avoid or destroy asteroids, mines, and a variety of enemy missiles and ships that attempt to collide with the player's ship. Enemies occasionally launch formation attacks — destroying the leader causes all remaining enemies to disperse, but destroying all enemies in a formation scores extra bonus points. A spy ship (worth a random bonus value) also appears occasionally, which must be destroyed or the enemies will go berserk. Bosconian got converted, most converted into Galaga, making Bosconian quite rare. Bosconian got a continue screen, along with the timer. But there's a debate that neither Bosconian or Temepest is the 1st Video Game to include continues. Bosconian is also the 1st Video Game to include voice acting.