Biggest bosses in shmups ever

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:17 pm

This is a topic I just couldnt resist making. I cant think of very many at the moment... only the multiscreen snes Area 88 bosses and Queen/Fire Fossil from G. Darius come to mind... oh and that enormous ship at the end of Soukyugurentai. Anyone here know of other rediculously huge bosses? (i'm guessing hori's are gonna get the most attention here seeing as they seem much more focused on absurd 50 million screen bosses and such)

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:25 pm

I bet vertical shooters have the biggest bosses though, because you can fly over them and they can span in almost every direction.
By the way, the giant bass on the swamp stage of Apidya could be a runner-up

because Apidya is based on insects, they tried to do some pretty large things and the bass is freakin' HUGE - considering the limited power of an Amiga.

The satellite base on the fourth stage of Ikaruga is pretty huge as well - you can consider it a boss if you think about it, and actually the stage itself is nothing more than a giant boss.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:53 pm

shiki3 last boss

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:25 pm

I haven't seen it myself, but IIRC there's a boss in one of the Darius games (I forget which) called "Titanic Lance," a really big squidlike thing, several screens long, which you hear mentioned around here from time to time...anyone got a link to the "Huge Darius Bosses" site?

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:31 pm

http://www.geocities.com/hugedb/Bosses/TLance.html

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:10 pm

Bosses in Chaos Field (Arcade/DC versions) are so large they don't even allow for other enemies on screen throughout the game!

The level 3 (iirc) ship in R-type was pretty huge too.

jp · Post by jp » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:32 pm

Stage 5 of Radiant Silvergun.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:57 pm

The Final boss of Giga Wing is one big nasty bitch

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:26 pm

The final boss in Border Down is pretty huge.

umi · Post by **umi** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:31 pm

The boss of the "star wars" level (forget the name :P I think it was level 4 ?) is another huge destroyer or something, it's pretty huge.

Vascilia Sky · Post by **Vascilia Sky** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:45 pm

Queen Fossil on G-Darius was pretty damn huge.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:14 pm

Mushihime has large bosses throughout most of the game. The giant beetle in stage 1 is enormous for a first boss. I especially like the stage 3 "carrier" insect which reminds me of gradually picking away at the big Bydo battleship in level 3 of R-TYPE. Progear has some large bosses as well like the Nessy sub in stage 2 for one example. How about the giant rotating circular/cylinder turret/360 boss in Radiant? (forget which stage it is)

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:32 pm

The final boss in Border Down is pretty huge.

WTFBBQ?!

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:46 pm

R-Type's bydo battleship (stage 3 me thinks) proberbly is the biggest I think. After all it was the whole damn stage! This monster also returns in R-Type final and maintains the same epic scale as the orignal but with more fitting music!

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:06 pm

Vascilia Sky wrote:Queen Fossil on G-Darius was pretty damn huge.

Yeah... nothing beats that.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:29 pm

Stratagen Spacecraft, in Einhander. x_x

R-type series' third stage battleship goes without saying..

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:55 pm

The final boss in 1944 is huge.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:30 pm

Jikku Oshaberi Parodius (that's gotta be mispelled) had that big girl with bunny ears.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:51 pm

Gradius/Nemesis 2 on MSX.

There are some bosses that are like 2 or 3 screens big, if my memory serves well.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:16 am

How about the robot from Last Resort, where all you can attack at first is it's knee. Or the Ostri- Os... that boss whose name is close to the word "ostridge" from Blast Wind. Sure, they're not the largest ones out there, but they were big.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:21 am

landshark wrote:Jikku Oshaberi Parodius (that's gotta be mispelled) had that big girl with bunny ears.

Oh yes - to think about that, even Parodius Da! Has the huge sleeping blonde girl - she's like 2 screens long

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:30 am

Fenrir wrote:
landshark wrote:Jikku Oshaberi Parodius (that's gotta be mispelled) had that big girl with bunny ears.
Oh yes - to think about that, even Parodius Da! Has the huge sleeping blonde girl - she's like 2 screens long

And the last "boss" in Sexy Parodius as well.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:12 am

Lono, from Super Aleste or Space Megaforce's 2nd stage. It's a 1024x896 behemoth with five main platforms.

All of Stage 5 of Gradius Gaiden could construe as one huge boss, as the boss part of it is is merely the front of the entire thing.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:06 am

The final boss in Thunder Force II is a top-view stage battle against a gigantic battleship that's about a thousand times the size of your starfighter...

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:12 am

landshark wrote:Jikku Oshaberi Parodius (that's gotta be mispelled) had that big girl with bunny ears.

Actually (in the Saturn version, at least), there are 2 giant bunnygirls, one of 'em is kneeling though (but she can still slap you around if you shoot her from too close!)

Btw, your spelling was actually pretty close.

tehkao · Post by **tehkao** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:33 am

Man, that Darius site is the frickin bomb.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:57 am

The armored train and that huge armored carrier platform in Raiden Fighters 2.

That big plane in Raiden Fighters Jet where you have to blow it up section by section before fighting its core(Stage 35 IIRC).

And as mentioned by Dylan1CC, stage three in Mushihimesama is just fantastic.

gingerj · Post by **gingerj** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:18 am

Another vote for Gigawing's final boss it's pure evil and is the biggest fucking thing ever...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:18 am

gingerj wrote:Another vote for Gigawing's final boss it's pure evil and is the biggest fucking thing ever...

its evil sure, but its hardly big?? same size as the player sprite, maybe you mean gigawing 2..?

rmg · Post by **rmg** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:40 pm

The God of War from Forgotten Worlds.