| Bosconian '87 |
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| Aliases | Bosconian Eighty Seven |
| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | Mastertronic Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Supports | Fuller Box |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Features | AY Sound |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Tie-in Licences | Bosconian (Arcade coin-op) from Bally Midway (USA), Namco Ltd (Japan) |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 60.00% (2 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 80.8% (38 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Danny S. Whelan (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - Code | |
| Jeremy Nelson (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - In-game Graphics | |
| Lee Cawley (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - In-game Graphics | |
| Lyndon Brooke (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - Load Screen | |
| Jas C. Brooke (UK) | at Binary Design Ltd | - Music |
Compilations
| Full version in | Mastertronic Compilation 5 | by Mastertronic Ltd (UK) | |||
| Full version in | Plus 3 Arcade | (1987) | by Mastertronic Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Bosconian87.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English | |
| Bosconian87.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Bosconian87.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Bosconian87.gif | 2,985 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Bosconian87.jpg | 454,310 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Bosconian87_Back.jpg | 242,808 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| Bosconian87.ay.zip | 2,865 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| Bosconian87.mp3.zip | 4,720,940 | Original | Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format | |||
| bosconia.txt | 1,960 | Original | Instructions | |||
| Bosconian87.txt | 1,922 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Bosconian87.png | 147,673 | Original | Game map | |||
| bosconian87.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Malcolm - Infinite lives poke used | ||
| Bosconian '87 (1987)(Mastertronic).pok | 65 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| MicroHobby | issue #170-1988/May | page 31 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #68-1987/Nov | page 29 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #25-1988/Jan | page 47 | - Review: 5/10 |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #73-1987/Nov | page 52 | - CompoEntry | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #77-1988/Mar | page 8 | - CompoEntry | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #77-1988/Mar | page 66 | - Poster | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #77-1988/Mar | page 78 | - CompoResult | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #93-1989/Aug special "93b" | page 27 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #50-1988/Mar | page 38 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #38-1987/Sep/25 special "week#4" | page 60 | - News/Note | |
| SSD-II | issue 1999/Sep | page 0 | - Information | |
| Sinclair User | issue #67-1987/Oct | page 107 | - Preview | |
| Sinclair User | issue #72-1988/Mar | page 15 | - Hack/Poke | |
| YS Smash Tips | issue 1988/Aug | page 7 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #27-1988/Mar | page 46 | - Hack/Poke |
Related Magazine References
| MicroHobby | issue #165-1988/Mar | page 22 | - Preview - Premiere (Plus 3 Arcade) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #70-1988/Jan | page 115 | - Preview - ref. "Plus 3 Hits 1" (Plus 3 Arcade) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #71-1988/Feb | page 26 | - CompoEntry (Plus 3 Arcade) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #74-1988/May | page 63 | - CompoResult (Plus 3 Arcade) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #24-1987/Dec | page 7 | - News/Note (Plus 3 Arcade) |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| Lost in Translation | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
