You must ensure the arcade operator has the game at the MGL game settings for the submission to be valid. No stitching of INP files with save states. No continues are allowed when submitting a score and must be played from the beginning of the game. Please make sure your settings are as above. This game finishes Sunday 13 January 2019, 7pm Sydney time. Please make a new post for each score you post, with your score as the first line of your post, along with a screen shot showing your score and initials. 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. When under enemy bases, enemy fighters can change direction at will. As you progress in levels, the green hexagonal enemy space stations begin to shoot missiles from their cores. Thanks to StrategyWiki for the images and score table.During flight, you must avoid stationary asteroids and mines. After level 1, the core is covered with a shield that periodically opens and closes.Ĭomplete Enemy Formation 500 (I), 1000 (P), or 1500(E) They are destroyed when you shoot the core or when you shoot all six of the orbs. The space stations consist of six orbs and a bright red core. Destroy a whole formation for big points! Destroy the purple leader and his subordinates will flee. Sometimes the fighters will attack in formations of five. During Red Alert, tons of enemies will chase you. Spy ship - If this shows up and you let it escape, the enemy will be alerted to your presence. P-type - Tries to swing around from the sideĮ-type - Fired straight from a station's core. I-Type fighter - tries to smash into you. The 'Abnormal behavior' shouldn't prevent you from playing. If you manage to beat level 255, the game rolls over to 0. When all the stations are destroyed, you'll advance to the next level. The object of is to score points (of course) by destroying rocks, space mines, three types of enemy fighters, and enemy space stations. You could max out your score on level 1.if you wanted.īosconian has a fairly complex set of rules for a shooter. Levels wrap like in Defender or the 'secret passage' in Pac-Man. Asteroids have smaller hitboxes than mines. You don't want to be between several bases.

When you begin a level, try and get to the outside. Mine explosions persist for half a second, and they're pretty large. You still get points of an enemy collides with mines or asteroids. There was also a sequel on CPC, C64, and ZX Spectrum. There's no pause button and it goes right back to the menu screen when you die, making it difficult to photograph the score. There are no voice effects, the levels are entirely different, and it's much too easy. It comes with a built-in stick but it's a pretty bad reproduction. I played Bosconian years ago on a Pac-Man plug-and-play system. The arcade machine is hard to find - consider yourself lucky if there's one in your area. Every fan of old-school shooters should give it a try. Valkyrie-Favor - 144,640 - NM50 (PC)īosconian is ahead of its time with voice effects, a mini map, and an awesome weapon that fires behind you and in front of you at the same time. Please post your scores, which round you died on, and which version you played. It came out in 1981 and it is pretty awesome. Bosconian is a multi-directional free-roaming shooter by Namco.

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