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Bosconian (Midway, new version)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Bosconian (Midway, new version)
Name boscomd
Manufacturer Namco (Midway license)
Year 1981
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035b05
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent bosco : Bosconian (new version) (1981)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 288 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 288 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 0066-005xx-xxqx.5a 1 pal_vidbd 0 nodump no
arcade 2900.3e 4096 d45a4911 bos1_7.3e 547236adca9174f5cc0ec05b9649618bb92ba630 sub2 0 good no
arcade 3h 4096 04e9fcef 2115a9718d511854848704e2693f9efa1c80a307 sub 1000 good no
arcade 3j 4096 4374e39a 7571fd5961f49a0e9ba4301ddd0aca52e94e2f8b sub 0 good no
arcade 3k 4096 d83bacc5 cf2fbfa81dabb9b6bcf436d61992e705723776fb maincpu 3000 good no
arcade 3l 4096 6ca9a0cf 8f70e29beae921e63cd65689a618ca678dd14614 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade 3m 4096 a3c5c7ef 70a095a8dbca857245a70404f803916f519e0cbc maincpu 1000 good no
arcade 3n 4096 441b501a 7b4921ff40b3c56950fd32aa0ec5563b02a00929 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 4900.5n 4096 09acc978 bos1_9.5n 2b264aaeb6eba70ad91593413dca733990e5467b 52xx 0 good no
arcade 5000.5m 4096 e571e959 bos1_10.5m 9c81d7bec73bc605f7dd9a089171b0f34c4bb09a 52xx 1000 good no
arcade 5100.5l 4096 17ac9511 bos1_11.5k 266f3fae90d2fe38d109096d352863a52b379899 52xx 2000 good no
arcade 5200.5e 4096 e869219c bos1_13.5e 425614cd0642743a82ef9c1aada29774a92203ea gfx2 0 good no
arcade 5300.5d 4096 a956d3c5 bos1_14.5d c5a9d7b1f9b4acda8fb9762414e085cb5fb80c9e gfx1 0 good no
arcade bosco.4m 256 4e15d59c bos1-5.4m 3542ead6421d169c3569e121ec2be304e108787c proms 20 good no
arcade bosco.6b 32 d2b96fb0 bos1-6.6b 54c100ec9d173d7dd48a453ebed5f625053cb6e0 proms 0 good no
arcade prom.1d 256 de2316c6 bos1-1.1d 0e55c56046331888d1d3f0d9823d2ceb203e7d3f namco 0 good no
arcade prom.2d 256 9b69b543 bos1-4.2r 47af3f67e50794e839b74fe61197af2228084efd gfx3 0 good no
arcade prom.2r 32 b88d5ba9 bos1-3.2d 7b97a38a540b7ca4b7d9ae338ec38b9b1a337846 proms 120 good no
arcade prom.5c 256 77245b66 bos1-2.5c 0c4d0bee858b97632411c440bea6948a74759746 namco 100 good no
arcade prom.7h 32 87d61353 bos1-7.7h c7493e52662c921625676a4a4e8cf4371bd938b7 proms 140 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
MB8842 50xx_2:mcu cpu 1536000
MB8843 52xx:mcu cpu 1536000
MB8844 54xx:mcu cpu 1536000
Namco namco audio 96000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 sub2 cpu 3072000

Serie

Serie : Bosconian
  1. Bosconian (new version) (1981)
  2. Star Destroyer Bosconian (1981)
  3. Bosconian (Midway, new version) (1981)
  4. Bosconian (Midway, old version) (1981)
  5. Bosconian (old version) (1981)
  6. Bosconian (older version) (1981)
  7. Star Destroyer Bosconian (Jpn) (1984)
  8. Bosconian 87 (UK) (1987)
  9. Bosconian (1987)
  10. Bosconian (1988)
  11. Blast Off (Japan) (1989)
  12. Blast Off (19??)
  13. Star Destroyer Bosconian (Jpn) (19??)
  14. Bosconian (19??)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Bosconian - Star Destroyer (c) 1981 Midway Mfg. Co.

Export version by Midway for North America. Game developed in Japan by Namco. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Bosconian - Star Destroyer [Upright model]".

- TECHNICAL -

[Upright model]
[No. 550]

Dimensions : 68inch (173cm) High x 25inch (64cm) Wide x 28inch (71cm) Deep.

- TRIVIA -

Even if the title screen says 1981, Bosconian was released in February 1982 in North America by Midway, under license from Namco.

When Bosconian first arrived in North America, Midway gave out strategy booklets to the game from a display attached to the machine.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[US] Sony PlayStation (jul.31, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.1 [Model SLUS-00215]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (aug.30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model NMO-2201A-NM]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (aug.30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model DOL-G5NE-USA]"
[US] Sony PS2 (aug.30, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model SLUS-21164]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (nov.4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
[US] Nintendo Wii (nov.16, 2010) "Namco Museum Megamix"

* HANDHELDS:
[US] Sony PSP (aug.23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"

* COMPUTERS:
[US] Commodore C64 (1987) "Bosconian '87"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (oct.25, 2005) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary"

* OTHERS:
Namco Classics TV Game [US] (2003) by Jakks Pacific
Ms. Pac-Man TV Game Wireless Version [US] (2005) by Jakks Pacific
Arcade Gold featuring Pac-Man [US] (2007) by Jakks Pacific
Retro Arcade featuring Pac-Man [US] (2008) by Jakks Pacific
Arcade [US] (2010) "Pac-Man's Arcade Party"
Pac-Man Connect and Play [US] (2012) by Bandai

- CONTRIBUTE -

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