Bosconian

Bosconian is a video arcade game made by Namco in 1981. The player moves a spaceship and tries to destroy "space stations". There are also other things in space that the player has to destroy to get to the space stations. The game was later used on many of the early personal computers.

Bosconian
Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	JP: Namco NA: Midway Games
Composer(s)	Nobuyuki Ohnagi (Arcade ver.) Yuzo Koshiro (X68000 ver.)
Platform(s)	Arcade (original) MSX, X68000, Sharp X1
Release	November 1981 Arcade JP: November 1981 NA: 1981 MSX JP: July 14, 1984 Sharp X1 JP: 1987 Sharp X68000 JP: December 1988
Genre(s)	Multi-directional shooter
Mode(s)	1-2 players alternating
Cabinet	Upright, cabaret, and cocktail
Arcade system	Namco Galaga
CPU	3 × Z80 @ 3.072 MHz
Sound	1x Namco WSG @ 3.072 MHz, 1x Namco 54XX @ 1.536 MHz, Discrete
Display	Horizontal orientation, Raster, 288 x 224 resolution

Reception

Bosconian won the 1982 Arcade Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Coin-Op Game. The award was given out in January 1983. It beats both Atari's Gravitar and Sega's Zaxxon.