The Best Videogame Bosses

[Gandalf]

The Butcher from Diablo 1, the first real boss in the game and a fairly hard kill, also scared the shit of me as a kid.

http://www.planetdiablo.com/incandescence/images/butcher.gif

Goro, another sweaty palm moment.

http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/content/mkd/media/renders/goro_render_final.jpg

This needs no explanation really.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4586/sephiroth8jy.jpg

[Internets]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1186/mbisonwa8.jpg

[Andy]

http://www.doubleviking.com/gw/bossfights/fight2.jpg

The Great Mighty Poo.

[Andy]

http://ui04.gamespot.com/163/liquid1200_2.jpg

[Gareth]

http://www.vgnz.com/forums/attachments/reviews/404-logo.jpg

Damn him and his regeneration each game!!!

mind you... super shiva was probably harder

[greyham]

It always took me forever to kill Vega in one of the early street fighters on the SNES.
So much so i had to buy a rapid fire controller.

Krauser in Resi 4
He almost made me no longer play that game

[Gareth]

oh and...

http://www.ffcompendium.com/EspMon/ruby7-o.jpg

[J2TheH]

The first boss in Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. The spider queen in the tree. Probably the most stunned I've ever been by graphics.

Bowser in Super Mario Bros 3. It took so long to get there, and without saves. That was a proper evening.

The killer turtle in Super Probotector on the SNES.

The End- MGS3. Hardest boss battle ever.

In fact, MGS3 has the best bosses for any game. Ever. Apart from maybe Megaman.

[TMISv2.0]

http://www.doubleviking.com/gw/bossfights/fight2.jpg

The Great Mighty Poo.

I just ordered Conker :) I wondered which game that was from.

[Andy]

Conker's Bad Fur Day is probably the funniest game ever. It's absolutely brilliant.

[TMISv2.0]

Conker's Bad Fur Day is probably the funniest game ever. It's absolutely brilliant.

I didn't realise that the 360 was backwards compatible until today lol

It really didn't factor into my decision to buy one.

[Hex]

http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-05/art/t5dr-jinpachi-mishima.jpg


How long did it take me to beat this guy? HOW LONG!?



Too long.


Awesome beard, one of my favourite Tekken characters.

[totalvictory]

http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/images/palre3tyrant2.jpg

[bik]

http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/images/bblev100.gif

[Andy]

I didn't realise that the 360 was backwards compatible until today lol

It really didn't factor into my decision to buy one.

Only certain games are backwards compatible though. All the ones on this list:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

[TMISv2.0]

Only certain games are backwards compatible though. All the ones on this list:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

Conker is on there so that's all I'm bothered about for now. good to know though.

[Markoos]

My recent favourite is the Giant Hand thing from Kirby that appears as a boss in Super Smash Brothers Brawl. It's awesome.

Also the fight with Bob the Goldfish at the end of the first level of Earthworm Jim 2 was an epic battle if ever I saw one... ;)

[Ziv]

The first boss in Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. The spider queen in the tree. Probably the most stunned I've ever been by graphics.

.
QUEEN GHOMA!
http://www.ganonstower.com/ghoma.jpg

Conker's Bad Fur Day is probably the funniest game ever. It's absolutely brilliant.

omg, QFT.

The swearing cog is my fave.

these dudes shit me up, even if they aren't bosses.
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/b/b4/Redead.jpg/200px-Redead.jpg

[godonlyknows]

GLaDOS by a country mile.

Then Pyramid Head.

[jesus_nightside_eclipse]

As ace as he looked, True Ogre was a piece of piss on Tekken 3.

[eon_blue_apocalypse]

http://www.fitforfinalfantasy.de/lexikon/g_griever.jpg

short, but sweet

[Punkage]

http://discriminatinggamer.com/images/raam.jpg

[Tim]

Avary Marx from Shadowman.

[J2TheH]

And as if no-one's mentioned Mike Tyson yet.

http://www.mississaugablogs.com/xmarks/Tyson.jpg

[Heartbox]

http://www.clubdesmonstres.com/nemesis.jpg

Nemesis

[soul phill]

death adder

[AlpineJoe]

That fat guy who breathed fire on Streets of Rage was well hard. I don't think I ever killed him without throwing a dagger at him, or calling the feds with their RGP.

[soul phill]

http://www.nintendoland.com/graphics/screens/Contra3.JPG

[Vincent]

Emerald Weapon from FFVII
Robotnik from the very last level of Sonic 1
The Sisters Of Fate from God Of War II
Neclord from Suikoden
Baron from Soleil

All I can think of for now, as far as awesome bosses go..

[Beaker]

http://www.blogdemagog.com/site/galerie/chefs_etats/Hitler2.jpg

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[heroic lunge]

That fat guy who breathed fire on Streets of Rage was well hard. I don't think I ever killed him without throwing a dagger at him, or calling the feds with their RGP.

they were well easy on sor2. axel or max well kicked their arse. the hardest by a mile were the wrestler and the fat boxer, he really pissed me off he would just laugh in your face! the one's after them werent too bad.

[Andrew]

Sephiroth.

[Jonny RAW]

http://www.eightecs.com/infinitegamemusic/images/axelay-burning.gif

http://www.skytopia.com/games/snes/axelay2.jpg

Both from Axelay on the SNES. Awesome.

http://www.gameguru.in/images/double-dragon-ss1.jpg

Double Dragon's Willy... (snigger)

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/finalfightclones/avp-10.png

The bitch is back in Alien VS Predator arcade...

[Tom]

http://www.blogdemagog.com/site/galerie/chefs_etats/Hitler2.jpg

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Thankyou. That is 100% truth right there.

[dogup]

these 2 realy annoyed me as a child

[Chopper Ironballs]

the boogeyman in joejam and earl was a right barstard

[Gazno1]

http://ca.geocities.com/ssj3quina/junk/images/art/ganondorf-ultimate_pimp.jpg

my favourite bad guy, pimped out apparently. seriously though, ganondorf is bad ass. well better than this X to the zibit person.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg/250px-Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg

can't find pictures of them, but the witches on this were brutal. anyone used to have this game? sounds silly but it was one of the best platformers ever!

[DedPaul]

http://www.freakygaming.com/gallery/fan_art/dota_allstars/illidan.jpg

Bow down!

[Casey]

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/media/newsletter/2008_02/karlfranz.jpg

Going to kick his face in.

http://images.wikia.com/warhammeronline/images/c/c8/Tchar%27zanek.JPG

Is what the WAR equivalent of Alliance will fight. The Chaos gods will make the wall collapse and suck "Alliance" players into the void during the fight too. Sadly lolKarl Franz just gets some Griffon to come help.

[Gazno1]

hot linking not allowed with previous pic apparently. anyway the platformer of my childhood i was talking about with the bad ass witches was Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg/250px-Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg

anyone play it?

[Beaker]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg/250px-Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg

anyone play it?
Wishfairy, most days at the moment.

[Heartbox]

hot linking not allowed with previous pic apparently. anyway the platformer of my childhood i was talking about with the bad ass witches was Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg/250px-Castle_of_illusion_Mickey_mouse.jpg

anyone play it?

that was decent, but World of Illusion with Donald Duck too was slightly better.

[J2TheH]

The original, the best:

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/e3_2001/vg/gamecube/supersmashbrosmelee/ssbm_0518_screen002.jpg

[Jonny RAW]

anyone play it?

easily one of my favourite games on the Megadrive...

The platform sections in Legend Of Mystical Ninja on the SNES are better though, and not Disney themed...

[greyham]

I just came across this, in a doll factory on condemned 2.
SHIT!
She uses that lolly pop grinder and throws NAILBOMB BABIES!
How do you compete with that, when all I have is a monkey wrench and a torch.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/zombiecore_/lolly.jpg

[J2TheH]

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/804/804317/metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots--20070712014608775_640w.jpg

[Punkage]

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I think he was a harder boss in Sons of Liberty, but he was pretty swish in 4.

Going to start it again and go for the Big Boss title :D

[Andy]

Good luck with that. It'll be so hard. To unlock the Patriot Future Assault Weapon is a joke. This is what you have to do:

'Earn the Big Boss emblem on a single-player session by doing the following: instigate no alerts; kill no enemies (not even bosses); do not continue (at all); do not use life recovery items (at all); do not use the stealth suit or bandanna special items (you may possess, but not activate them); and complete the game on Big Boss Extreme difficulty under 5 hours.'

[Punkage]

Good luck with that. It'll be so hard. To unlock the Patriot Future Assault Weapon is a joke. This is what you have to do:

'Earn the Big Boss emblem on a single-player session by doing the following: instigate no alerts; kill no enemies (not even bosses); do not continue (at all); do not use life recovery items (at all); do not use the stealth suit or bandanna special items (you may possess, but not activate them); and complete the game on Big Boss Extreme difficulty under 5 hours.'

yeah ill see how far I get :D

[Andy]

I'd give it a bash, but I want to watch all the cutscenes again, and they count towards your game time :|

[Drunknmunky]

im thinking the end boss on gears of war on hardcore difficulty!

[Punkage]

I'd give it a bash, but I want to watch all the cutscenes again, and they count towards your game time :|

Ill watch them all again on my 3rd play through :D want to play the others again so will play them in order