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Controls

• Joystick: Use the 8-way joystick to direct the Star Fighter around the screen. It is always moving forward, but you can direct it anywhere - even when at its larger size.
• Firing Button: Use this button to make the Star Fighter fire circular shots at the enemies. Holding it down will make the Star Fighter fire more powerful spherical shots.
• Select Button: Use this button to cycle through the Star Fighter's four different varieties of firing patterns in the following preset order: red, blue, yellow and finally green.
• 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.

Characters

Star Fighter (スターファイター)

File:BO Star Fighter A1&2.gif

File:BO Star Fighter A3.gif

As in the original Bosconian arcade game, you take control of the Star Fighter that the Federal Council had originally developed back in 1981 for a second time. It is now equipped with four different varieties of firing patterns, the colours and directions of which have been explained to you on the main page. It still has the ability to move in eight different directions, but is now always facing the top of the screen and moving upward while the background scrolls downwards behind it. It must still avoid contact with every enemy (except for the Jiara and Furemu Launchers in the background of World 3-3) and every shot fired at it, or it will lose a life and be sent back to the area's quarter-way, half-way or three-quarter-way checkpoint. It will also receive an extra life at every 80,000 points by default, but this setting can be modified.
To the left is how the Star Fighter appears at normal size in the 1st and 2nd areas of each world. To the right is how it appears at larger size in the 3rd area of each world.

Enemies who appear in the worlds' first areas

• File:BO Kurage.gif Kurage (クラゲ) - 100 points
• File:BO Ika.gif Ika (イカ) - 100 points
• File:BO Tiara.gif Tiara (ティアラ) - 100 points
• File:BO Choucho.gif Choucho (ちょうちょ) - 100 points
• File:BO Jeto.gif Jeto (ジェット) - 100 points
• File:BO Kagerou.gif Kagerou (かげろう) - 100 points
• File:BO Teraji.gifTeraji (テラジ) - 100 points
• File:BO Perikan.gif Perikan (ペリカン) - 100 points
• File:BO Tonbo.gif Tonbo (トンボ) - 100 points
• File:BO Airisu.gif Airisu (アイリス) - 100 points
• File:BO Kamo.gif Kamo (カモ) - 100 points
• File:BO Meteor 1.gif Type 1 Meteor (タイプ1メテオ) - 50 + 150 points
• File:BO Meteor 2.gif Type 2 Meteor (タイプ2メテオ) - 50 + 150 points
• File:BO Meteor 3.gif Type 3 Meteor (タイプ3タイプ) - 50 + 150 points
• File:BO Big Bae.gif Big Bae (大バエ) - 500 points
• File:BO Kapuseru.gif Kapuseru (カプセル) - 500 points
• File:BO Big Egret.gif Big Egret (大鷲) - 500 points
• File:BO Kira.gif Kira (キラー) - 500 points
• File:BO Baria.gif Baria (バリア) - 2000 points
• File:BO Spy Ship.gif Spy Ship (偵察機) - 1000 points
• File:BO Enemy Base.gif Enemy Base (エネミー基地) - 1500 points
• File:BO Cosmo-Mine.gif Cosmo-Mine (宇宙機雷) - 100 + 400 points

Enemies who appear in the worlds' second areas

• File:BO E-Type Missile.gif E-Type Missile (E-タイプミサイル) - 100 points
• File:BO E-Type Missile Green.gif Green E-Type Missile (E-タイプミサイル・緑) - 100 points
• File:BO Beam Launcher.gif Beam Launcher (ビームを発射口) - 300 points
• File:BO Mouth Launcher.gif Mouth Launcher (の発射口) - 1000 points
• File:BO Missile Launcher Blue.gif Blue Missile Launcher (ミサイルを発射口・青) - 1000 points
• File:BO Missile Launcher Red.gif Red Missile Launcher (ミサイルを発射口・赤) - 1000 points

Enemies who appear in the worlds' third areas

• File:BO Tank White.gif White Tank (タンク・白) - 500 points
• File:BO Tank Green.gif Green Tank (タンク・緑) - 500 points
• File:BO Beam Cannon Red.gif Red Beam Cannon (ビーム砲・赤) - 200 points
• File:BO Beam Cannon Light Blue.gif Light Blue Beam Cannon (ビーム砲・水色) - 200 points
• File:BO Beam Cannon Blue.gif Blue Beam Cannon (ビーム砲・青) - 200 points
• File:BO Jiara.gif Jiara (ジアラ) - 100 points
• File:BO Furemu.gif Furemu (フレーム) - 100 points
• File:BO Beam Cannon White.gif White Beam Cannon (ビーム砲・白) - 300 points
• File:BO Missile Launcher White.gif White Missile Launcher (ミサイルを発射口・白) - 300 points
• File:BO Robot Cannon.gif Robot Cannon (ロボット砲) - 300 points
• File:BO Bosco Cannon Orange.gif Orange Bosco Cannon (ボスコ大砲・鈍足) - 1000 points
• File:BO Bosco Cannon Light Blue.gif Light Blue Bosco Cannon (ボスコ大砲・水色) - 1000 points
• File:BO Bosco Cannon Green.gif Green Bosco Cannon (ボスコ大砲・黄緑) - 1000 points
• File:BO Boss Cannon.gif Boss Cannon (ボス大砲) - 500 points

Bosses

• File:BO Boss W1.gif World 1 Boss (ワールド1ボス) - Vertical movement, 4 cannons, 3000 + 5000 points
• File:BO Boss W2.gif World 2 Boss(ワールド2ボス) - Horizontal movement, 2 cannons, 3000 + 5000 points
• File:BO Boss W3.gif World 3 Boss (ワールド3ボス) - Horizontal movement, 2 cannons, 3000 + 5000 points
• File:BO Boss W4.gif World 4 Boss (ワールド4ボス) - Horizontal movement, 2 cannons, 3000 + 5000 points
• File:BO Boss W5.gif World 5 Boss (ワールド5ボス) - Horizontal movement, 2 cannons, 3000 + 5000 points
• File:BO Boss W6.gif World 6 Boss (ワールド6ボス) - Horizontal movement, 2 cannons, 3000 + 5000 points