Until now, Bosconian had not been ported to any of the popular video systems of the day. ‘Condition red!’ (enemy send entire attack fleet occurs when the player takes too long to clear a round, or misses the spy ship).‘Spy ship sighted!’ (Spy ship in vicinity).‘Battle stations!’ (enemy formation approaching).Condition red also occurs if the player takes too long to complete the round.ĭuring the game, a synthesized voice alerts the player: A spy ship will also appear, which must be destroyed, or the round will go to ‘Condition red!’. Destroying the leader causes all remaining enemies to disperse but destroying all enemies in a formation scores extra points. The enemy will also launch a squadron of ships (in formation attacks). In later rounds, the space station core defends itself, by firing missiles.Īdditionally, the player must avoid or destroy asteroids, mines, and a variety of enemy ships. The player must either destroy all six pods or destroy the core. Each space station has six pods, surrounded by a central core. In each round, the enemy space stations must be destroyed. In Bosconian the player controls a fighter ship that fires both forward and backward simultaneously. The arcade version uses three Z80 CPU’s, a Namco PSG for sound, and a custom DAC for voice. Bosconian is a 1981 arcade game developed by Namco and released in the United States by Midway.
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