Bosconian - Star Destroyer (Midway, old version)

Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

Star Destroyer Bosconian (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; "Star Destroyer Bosconian [Upright model]".

- TECHNICAL -

Upright model
No. 550

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

- TRIVIA -

Bosconian was released by Midway Manufacturing, under license by Namco, in February 1982 in the USA, even if the copyright year is 1981.

When Bosconian first arrived in North America (it was already about three months old in Japan by this point), Midway gave out strategy booklets to the game from a display attached to the machine.

- PORTS -

NOTE: Only ports released in North America are listed here. For ports released in other regions, please see the original Japanese release entry.

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

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

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

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