Bosconian (Arcade)

Bosconian
Also known as: Star Destroyer Bosconian (Title Screen) Developer: Namco Publishers: Namco (JP), Midway Manufacturing (US) Platform: Arcade (Namco Galaga) Released in JP: November 20, 1981 Released in US: February 1982 This game has hidden developer credits.

Take Asteroids and replace the asteroids with alien ships and bases. Lots of bases.

This game was one of the first ever arcade games to feature a continue screen, allowing you to continue on the level where you lost your last life at the cost of one credit, and if time ran out on said screen, it was back to the start for you.

It was also an early example of an arcade game featuring digitized voice sampling.

BLAST OFF! ALERT ALERT! BATTLE STATIONS! SPY SHIP SIGHTED! CONDITION RED!

To do: Find differences between old version and new version.

Easter Egg

In Service Mode, keep Button 1 pressed and press Up (x5), Right (x6), Down, Left (x4). If done correctly, "© 1981 NAMCO LTD." will appear on-screen.

Oddities

While the player's ship normally uses a design very similar to the one seen in Galaga, the ship's explosion graphics feature what is seemingly a leftover from an older design. The old design bears a striking resemblence to the Starship Enterprise, which was presumably why it was changed.