Bosconian (ボスコニアン)

Released in 1982

Member Rating

(2 total votes)

Manufacturer: Namco

Developer: Namco

Distributor: Namco

Mame ROM Info

bosco, Bosconian

Display Raster	Orientation Horizontal
Resolution 288 x 224	Colors 96, Color
Genre Shooting	Attributes Multi-way Scrolling
Controls 1 Joystick / Button(s)

game marquee

Game Summary

Space - destroy space stations

Hardware Info

Z80 cpu @ 3.125 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 3.125 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 3.125 Mhz
Namco audio
Custom audio
* Samples audio

* Information was extracted from Mame, so "Samples audio" may indicate the game has analog sound hardware.

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

A bit like Time Pilot

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by boscofan. Comment: "Obviously, this is my favorite arcade game. Endless replay value, definately the the most underappreciated arcade game of all time." (2002-05-06 14:06:30Z)

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cabinet photo

title screen

gameplay screen

control panel

promotional flyer

"Maybe" Images

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Knowledge Base

LIST: NAMCO Video Games in Japan
Year Title ------------------------------- 1978 Gee Bee 1979 Bomb Bee Galaxian Cutie-Q 1980 Nabaron Kaitei Takarasagashi SOS Puck-Man King & Balloon Tank Battalion Rally-X 1981 New Rally-X Warp & Warp Galaga Bosconian 1982 Dig Dug Pole Position Super Pac Man Xevious 1983 Mappy Pac & Pal Phozon
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-namcojapan.html - 3 K - Updated 1999.07.27

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bosconia.txt
BOSCONIAN PARTS SIDE SOLDER SIDE GND A 1 GND SPKR B 2 SPKR C 3 CTR D 4 +12V E 5 +12V +5V F 6 +5V GND H 7 GND CREDIT SW J 8 TEST SW
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bosconia.txt - 4 K - Updated 1995.07.01

Galaga Memory Map
partial, probably wrong in places, but it is a start. Galaga memory map ----------------- V1.0 Nov1/96 'board squirrel' Galaga is a multi processor architecture machine. The processor board is a subset of the Bosconian processor board. In fact a bosconian CPU will run the Galaga code. A galaga video board is required though. Processor 1 ----------- Z80A , clocked at 1H. Board position 4M. Uses 4, 2732 eproms these are mapped at 0000-3FFF sequentially 3N(gg-a),3M(gg-b), 3L(gg-c),3K(gg-
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/galagamap.html - 4 K - Updated 2000.01.23

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bosconian.txt
--------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- | BOSCONIAN | | Option Switch Settings | |--------------------------------------------------------------- --------------| | DIP Switch 6K | |--------------------------------------------------------------- --------------| | Coins per credit:
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/bosconian.txt - 14 K - Updated 1996.01.23

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bosconian.txt
BOSCONIAN --------- PARTS SIDE SOLDER SIDE ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- LOGIC GND A 1 LOGIC GND (-) SPKR B 2 SPKR (+) C 3 COIN METER D 4 +12V E 5 +12V +5v F 6 +5v LOGIC GND H 7 LOGIC GND
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bosconian.txt - 15 K - Updated 2003.01.06

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quick-ref.txt
From dholcomb@microsoft.com Tue Dec 13 22:30:30 1994 Received: from netmail2.microsoft.com by halcyon.com with SMTP id AA25989 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <holcomb@halcyon.com>); Tue, 13 Dec 1994 22:30:28 -0800 Received: by netmail2.microsoft.com (5.65/25-eef) id AA18899; Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 -0800 Message-Id: <9412140630.AA18899@netmail2.microsoft.com> Received: by netmail2 using fxenixd 1.0 Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 PST X-Msmail-Fixed-Font: 0001 X-Msmail-Message-Id: DDAB6336 X-Msmail-Conversation
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quick-ref.txt - 8 K - Updated 2003.01.06

Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 48 K - Updated 2002.06.10

Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/repair/iding pcbs.html - 14 K - Updated 2000.01.02

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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls - 434 K - Updated 2002.09.24

Arcade PCB Pinouts
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/pinout.html - 118 K - Updated 2003.05.30

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This game page was created 08/03/1998 04:00:00 and last updated 01/27/2000 05:31:19