Most freaky, messed-up enemies/bosses

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:16 pm

I was playing Guwange today and decided on a whim to credit-feed to see the ending. That game has some F-ed up bosses. The spider-cat is an honorable mention but nothing beats that last boss, the big monster with a baby's face. That just creeped me out.

Anyone know any other really weird/creepy/messed-up bosses or enemies that are memorable?

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:01 pm

Some of Psikyo's bosses get a little odd.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:40 pm

kengou wrote:The spider-cat is an honorable mention but nothing beats that last boss, the big monster with a baby's face.

Funny, I was going to mention it since the moment I saw the topic name, but it actually was created because of that boss. Should have guessed, huh. :)

I guess final bosses in Gradius series are pretty messed-up. After all, everything they do is self-destructing. This is final boss, how lame that can be.

Radiant · Post by **Radiant** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:46 pm

last boss of Blazing Star.......

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:33 pm

Psychosis for TG16 has the weirdest bosses ever.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:48 pm

download 2 on pc engine....... last boss was a resurrected hitler in a very meaty form.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:48 pm

kengou wrote:The spider-cat is an honorable mention but nothing beats that last boss, the big monster with a baby's face.

That's noo Dust Dragon.

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:29 am

R-Type series, just about everything.

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:41 am

Screenshots!

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:47 am

Rob wrote:That's noo Dust Dragon.

Stop teasing! You know we can't watch your videos anymore

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:06 am

Gynoug and Cho Aniki.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:13 am

PROMETHEUS wrote:Screenshots!

From Guwange: first, the spider-cat

second, the monster-baby

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:44 am

Spider Cat! Spider Cat!
Does whatever a Spider Cat does!
Spins a web, any size!
Drinks some milk, from a bowl!
Look out, here comes the bullet hell!

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:06 am

I don't think the Spider-Cat boss was weird at all.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:18 am

Nah, there's nothing weird about a giant hybrid arachnid/mammal monstrosity.

viniciusvbf · Post by **viniciusvbf** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:36 am

There's a secret final boss in Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters 2, it's a giant crying whale (yes, it cries), that doesn't shoot you.
Best final boss ever.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:01 am

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:23 am

Metal Black's Omega Zone (screw whoever took down those MB playthroughs on YouTube) was one boss that truly struck me as weird, and yet so appropriate for a Taito shmup. The one thing about it I immediately recall about it is when OZ took enough damage, a cat that appeared in the background. Well, aside from the random points in Human history that were shown before that.

After it died, various images flash by, followed by a memorable image of the Earth being split in two. I probably would've had nightmares if I had played Metal Black in the arcade as a child.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:01 am

Vincent Draconis wrote:Metal Black's Omega Zone (screw whoever took down those MB playthroughs on YouTube) was one boss that truly struck me as weird, and yet so appropriate for a Taito shmup. The one thing about it I immediately recall about it is when OZ took enough damage, a cat that appeared in the background. Well, aside from the random points in Human history that were shown before that.

After it died, various images flash by, followed by a memorable image of the Earth being split in two. I probably would've had nightmares if I had played Metal Black in the arcade as a child.

That mothership boss which drops giant screws sort of qualifies as well- maybe not as far out as OZ, but still bearing a mention.

Every boss in X-Multiply gets my vote, especially Rokusu (a severed alien head) which attacks after stage 2's mothership battle.

Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:13 am

Macaw wrote:

Ok. We've got a winner here.

I remember when Gynoug/Wings of Wor came out. That game is totally messed up. Sometimes I wonder if Todd McFarlane had anything to do with their artwork.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:55 am

Macaw wrote:

Well, if it's phallic imagery people want, we always have the ever-popular:

But the context of this run-n-gun is probably best:

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:07 am

death smiles cow boss.
photoshop seemed to have helped out there

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:14 am

Ganelon wrote:

man that is such a great ad, the chick is totally 80s hot too

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:21 pm

Ganelon wrote:[
Well, if it's phallic imagery people want, we always have the ever-popular:

Good godfathers! Where the hell is that from - and why do I want to play it? Is it Cho Aniki or something. Or made up?

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:27 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:
Rob wrote:That's noo Dust Dragon.
Stop teasing! You know we can't watch your videos anymore

What? No! What happened? Why are they just gone like that? How could I miss that? I enjoyed those SO much.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:40 pm

Rob probably was liek zomg wtf is with all this e-mails zomg sum1 comment on my vid roflz

Because deleting the account is so much easier than disabling e-mails on comments lol

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:49 pm

Here's another I thought of, the Whale boss of Zero Wing is one of my favorites (not in terms of patterns or anything, just the look of the boss)

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:52 pm

Guwange still wins in my view. Phallic imagery is messed up and all, but forcing players to throw knives at the face of a giant demon baby? You can't beat that.

Master O · Post by **Master O** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:41 pm

kengou wrote:
Anyone know any other really weird/creepy/messed-up bosses or enemies that are memorable?

Looks like someone needs to play the Parodius series of arcade games fast!

... and this isn't even the weirdest boss in this game.

Vincent Draconis wrote:Metal Black's Omega Zone (screw whoever took down those MB playthroughs on YouTube) was one boss that truly struck me as weird, and yet so appropriate for a Taito shmup. The one thing about it I immediately recall about it is when OZ took enough damage, a cat that appeared in the background. Well, aside from the random points in Human history that were shown before that.

After it died, various images flash by, followed by a memorable image of the Earth being split in two. I probably would've had nightmares if I had played Metal Black in the arcade as a child.

Definitely a strange boss.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:18 pm

Gomander from R-Type.

A pile of vaginas with a snake crawling in and out of them.

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