Favourite boss

Daz@Retro Gamer · Post by **Daz@Retro Gamer** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:28 pm

I'll never forget the first moment when I played R-Type in the arcades and faced the mothership on level 3. It still sends goosebacks down my spine just thinking about it.

What bosses remain memorable for you?

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:36 pm

The 2nd boss of Axelay
Last boss in Earth Defence Force
SBS-130 in Radiant Silvergun
The giant blimp in The Great Ragtime Show
A whole bunch of bosses from the Darius series
A whole bunch of bosses from Metal Black

The list goes on...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:01 pm

Gluon from psyvariar 2 is still teh best ever.

not a game i fancy that much otherwise but the visuals and the music of that boss is just amazing!!
check it out for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbaA1qIx-C4

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:09 pm

Satanic Surfer from Battle Garegga. There are so much parts to destroy, I take some methodical surgery pleasure to shoot every pixel of animated mechanics.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:46 pm

The worst boss from Darius Gaiden is better than the best boss from any other game. As far as awesome Darius Bosses go, Risk Storage is pretty tight, folding fan is bad as hell, and the sea horse guy (whatever his name is) has some great attacks. Though, really, all of them are nothing short of astounding.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:49 pm

Andi wrote:The worst boss from Darius Gaiden is better than the best boss from any other game. As far as awesome Darius Bosses go, Risk Storage is pretty tight, folding fan is bad as hell, and the sea horse guy (whatever his name is) has some great attacks. Though, really, all of them are nothing short of astounding.

The opposite might be true as well - they are a series trademark but can also be one of the most tedious aspects of the game. I'm all for some boss fights requiring strategy and such, but Darius overdo it a little. Bosses takes more time and effort than the stages themselves. Definitely not for anyone.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:47 pm

How about that huge mecha boss from Thunder Force IV? That thing is pretty badass (looking).

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:05 pm

I heart DOJ's 4th boss, a tour de force of caves best boss patterns all rolled into a lovely orange brick.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:14 pm

freddiebamboo wrote:I heart DOJ's 4th boss, a tour de force of caves best boss patterns all rolled into a lovely orange brick.

man that sounds so lame, but yeah its a great boss (most cave ones are actually).

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:03 pm

The ninja-mech from Great Mahou. badass boss if I've ever seen one.
Blackheart 2 is pretty amazing as well. As well as Bashinet in all it's various forms. then there's Batrider's final boss, which gave me chills seeing that pull in from behind you as debris shook off it.
Hell, I just plain out give Raizing a huge award for best boss designs ever. I love their style so much.

having said that, The next-to-last and last bosses of Einhander are just plain out fun. I just love tearing parts off all the bosses in the game, but those two were the most fun to destroy.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:06 pm

Yay list time.

Dales favirit shmup bosses.

10.Level4 Boss:Gunbird2
9.Final Boss:Biohazard Battle
8.Level3 Boss:Gaires
7.Level2 Boss: Super R-type
6.Final Boss(not true final boss):Giga Wing
5.Final Boss:Sonic Sisters
4.level 5-1 Boss:Shikigami No Shiro2
3.Level2 boss:Progear
2.Roy Knife:Gunsmoke(Arcade)
1. Level 2-2(Tank) Boss:Thunder Force2

ave · Post by **ave** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:37 pm

Gradius - Mother Brain
Ikaruga - Stage 2 & last form of 5
Radiant Silvergun - Final Boss (running guy...)
Soukyuugurentai - Stage 3 (Tank... breathtaking fight if you ask me)
Under Defeat - Stage 1 (Helicopter... awesome effects!)
Blazing Star - Stage 1 & Final Stage (the baby^^)
Gokujou Parodius - Stage ?? (the girl who throws these HaHaHaHa hiragana at me^^)
Mars Matrix - Final Boss (The rose is just sweet, a love-symbole in the middle of that cyberpunkt madness)

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:18 am

Stick or pad Feb 23
Pad.
Where I'm from, I don't really know what a 100% working joystick plays like. I don't enjoy analog sticks. I may like them better if they had options for actual analog speed control, but I don't know a game that really does that...if R-Type-something didn't already.
Either way, I had long-term training on the pad.

Best system for collecting shmups on Feb 22
Factoring money, Jpn PS2. Because this adds the jpn PS1 collection.

Favourite boss Feb 23
The Embryon - G Darius

off topic

That's some fiiiine Data Mining ya got there.
May I ask* what you're working on?

...

*in a honest non-sarcastic genuinely interested curiosity sort of tone

Daz@Retro Gamer wrote:The topic start up was more to enter into some discussion on the boards, not so I could then tell my readership what they should be buying

If this is true, ya might wanna PM a mod and ask "@Retro Gamer" be taken out of your username. You'll probably get hit with less of the sarcasm if you're portrayed as just that guy “Daz” and less as a for-profit corporate entity on a forum that habitually bitches about spam.

friendly post ^_^

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:20 am

Radiant Silvergun - 4D - Penta
Outstanding

Armed Police Batrider - Deviate

ESP Ra.De. - Final Boss

Radiant Silvergun - Xiga
Classic

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:00 am

Some of my favorites:

Various bosses from R-Type 1 and 2
Moai boss from Gradius Gaiden
Alice boss from Twinbee Yahho

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:12 am

Mushihime-sama stage 4 boss. It's a freaking giant water skeeter! Awesome! =D

The boss right before the stone-like in Ikaruga is cool too. I love the switch and homing laser thing it does to you, and you in return!

Knuckles-chaotix · Post by **Knuckles-chaotix** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:42 am

3rd boss of trizeal the whole stage! amazing.

msm · Post by **msm** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:11 am

the block puzzle mid-boss from shikigami no shiro 2.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:23 am

DJ Incompetent wrote:
Daz@Retro Gamer wrote:The topic start up was more to enter into some discussion on the boards, not so I could then tell my readership what they should be buying
If this is true, ya might wanna PM a mod and ask "@Retro Gamer" be taken out of your username. You'll probably get hit with less of the sarcasm if you're portrayed as just that guy “Daz” and less as a for-profit corporate entity on a forum that habitually bitches about spam.

Even if @Retro Gamer was removed nearly everyone who cares enough probably wouldn't forget. I personally have no issues with Daz here making 3 topics in a brief span, at least they seem to have a little effort into them. Besides, if it is infact for an article in RG, then so be it, he did his homework with some Q/A & surveying not to mention a little help on our end. Seems only fitting if that is the purpose he came to the right place, the shmups.com forum no less.

On that note, I personally think the Shmups Chat section has gotten a bit bogged down. Only Off Topic has as many topics and about 15,000 less posts. Perhaps to include sub sections into SC might remove this air of hostility that's shown up recently. Just an idea...
Even better, just make the Board FAQ a mandatory read for any newcomers.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:12 am

Limbrooke wrote:Even if @Retro Gamer was removed nearly everyone who cares enough probably wouldn't forget. I personally have no issues with Daz here making 3 topics in a brief span, at least they seem to have a little effort into them. Besides, if it is infact for an article in RG, then so be it, he did his homework with some Q/A & surveying not to mention a little help on our end. Seems only fitting if that is the purpose he came to the right place, the shmups.com forum no less.

Yeah I didn't care either way. I was just curious. Daz is coo in my book.

Limbrooke wrote:On that note, I personally think the Shmups Chat section has gotten a bit bogged down. Only Off Topic has as many topics and about 15,000 less posts. Perhaps to include sub sections into SC might remove this air of hostility that's shown up recently. Just an idea...

Well, I thought the purpose was to keep all posts about a single topic condensed to the same one thread. STGs only have so much people can talk about. If it's still generally preferred users bring back old topics to fill their two cents on instead of making new threads, plenty of the hostility kinda spawns from when a similar thread search isn't done......'even worse when a similar thread is created and the user claimed to be "too lazy to search."

I guess it's just a preference if a forum user wants to search through 300 pages of threads with under 30 posts or search through 120 pages of thread topics for 2-10 post paged threads.

I like containing everything about 1 topic in a single thread.

Limbrooke wrote:Even better, just make the Board FAQ a mandatory read for any newcomers.

'Looks good on paper, but it'll become a EULA right-quick.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:21 am

Gradius Gaiden - that walker in the last level. Awesome.
Einhander - monkey robot thing.
G-Darius - dimension diver, that boss with the shield, great thing...
ESPrade - mad flying psychic school boy corpse.
Radiant Silvergun - r-type ship, copy of your mothership, Xiga
Gradius V - asteroid core
Guwange - demon baby

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:26 am

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:55 am

llaoyllakcuf wrote:

I would have to agree with this. Although I didn't mention it since the battle itself wasn't too memorable. The experience was truly satisfying though. Long live Slap Fight!

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:49 am

DJ Incompetent wrote:Daz is coo in my book.

You have a whole book for things like that? I need to get a book.

Favorite Bosses (Presentation, not difficulty or fun factor)

Ikaruga Stages 1,2,5 bosses
Armed Police Batrider Bosses (pretty much all of them that I've seen)
Gradius V stage 1,3 Bosses
Chaos Field Stage 2*,3* Bosses/MiniBosses

*I think. Not sure

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:10 pm

Bydo Mothership - R-Type Final PS2

Crab Boss level 2 - Viewpoint Neo-Geo

Gaiares - Just about every boss

G-Darius - not sure its name/stage but it was a boss that was being created/born as you played.

RSG - XIGA

no paticular order

Circa2113 · Post by **Circa2113** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:46 pm

Segagaga-Final Boss(es)

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:43 pm

DUAL HORN

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:42 pm

Limbrooke wrote:
llaoyllakcuf wrote:
I would have to agree with this. Although I didn't mention it since the battle itself wasn't too memorable. The experience was truly satisfying though. Long live Slap Fight!

I was going to mention the Gond from the 2600 Vanguard for similar reasons, but I didn't because the actual battle itself isn't all that great.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:52 pm

Thunder Force III: Cerberos

Thunder Force IV: Fomalhaut, the Daser boss. Stage 9's boss is also one of the best in the game.

Darius Gaiden: Titanic Lance, Electric Fan, Folding Fan, King Fossil, Risk Storage

G.Darius: Great Thing, Dual Horn, Fire Fossil

Battle Bakraid: Balrog, Axebeak, and Advanced Final Boss.

RayForce: Area 5 boss "Odin". The final boss is another one, and the way it wavers and warps in is cool.

Radiant Silvergun: You guessed it- Xiga.

Progear: Korogis

Thunder Blade: SR-71 "Blackbird" (stage 3 in the arcade version, the first three stage boss battles are done shmup style)

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:17 pm

X-10 Vatten´s boss in the demo of it (first level I assume in the full release)
is very hard to forget... definitely the best looking boss I have seen!

But there´s no boss more recognizable than R-type level 1´s. I´d say that´s by far the best known boss of any shmup.