Whenever I talk to my friends about Bosconian, a majority of them have never heard of it (Appropriately so), and so I describe it to them 'The Star Way'- it’s like Galaga, but a million times cooler.

I’ve spent such a long time digging around to try and find an exact date as to when in December the worldwide release happened (How cool would it be if it was on my birthday?), though I did find the date of December 5th, though don’t take this as the definite date. Let’s talk about Bosconian: Star Destroyer!īosconian was released by Namco in… well, 1981! The game began to show up in arcades in Japan on November 7th of that year, whereas its was released worldwide (By Midway Games) the next month. So, for my birthday and just in time for Bosconian’s 40th anniversary. Unfortunately, Bosconian isn’t all that well-known of a title, especially when pitted against some of Namco’s other smash hits, such as Pac-Man and Dig Dug. I’ve mentioned this briefly once before in the answer to an ask that had been sent in, but there’s a very good reason that my blog name is ‘StarDestroyer81'- it’s a combination of the subtitle and release year to one of my all-time favorite arcade games, Bosconian! Instead of settling for a three word post (I still can’t get over how short that post is.), a few months ago I had an idea of what I could talk about when 12/12 rolled around. This year, however, I wanted to try a little something different. It wasn’t anything special, and the only reason I had uploaded it at all was because I was proud to share that the twelfth of December is a date I look forward to all year.

One year ago today, I made what may just be my absolute shortest post announcing to the few followers that I had at the time that it was my birthday. Hello everyone! It’s December 12th, and today just so happens to be a very special day… it’s my birthday! 🎂

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