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Bosconian

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Bosconian

Summary

Bosconian is a video game[1]. Bosconian ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bosconian's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Bosconian was published by Namco[4].
  • Bosconian's genre is shoot 'em up[5].
  • Bosconian's genre is multidirectional shooter[6].
  • Bosconian's developer is recorded as Namco[7].
  • Bosconian is part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade[8].
  • Bosconian's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[9].
  • Bosconian's platform is recorded as Amstrad CPC[10].
  • Bosconian's platform is recorded as MSX[11].
  • Bosconian's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[12].
  • Bosconian's platform is recorded as arcade video game machine[13].
  • Bosconian's platform is recorded as Q19610114[14].
  • Bosconian's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[15].
  • Bosconian's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[16].
  • Bosconian's input device is recorded as joystick[17].
  • Bosconian's country of origin is recorded as Japan[18].
  • Bosconian was released on July 14, 1984[19].
  • Bosconian was released on November 1981[20].
  • Bosconian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ボスコニアン'}[21].
  • Bosconian's set in environment is recorded as outer space[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e0c9e66f-c36b-422b-a0e5-af312cd88237[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Bosconian was published by Namco[4].

Publication

Publication dates include July 14, 1984[19] and November 1981[20]. Genres include shoot 'em up[5] and multidirectional shooter[6]. Bosconian is part of Namco Museum Virtual Arcade[8].

Why It Matters

Bosconian ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).[2] Bosconian has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

Related Entities

Japan joystick Namco

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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