Hardest & most impressive boss fights (with videos)?

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:55 am

I've been looking around for some impressive shmup boss fights and found quite a bunch, which I guess I will collect by dumping with available video links here in this post, but obviously I'd like to hear your opinions too (and add it to the list).

What I'm looking for is:
• very hard boss fights handled as well as possible;
• very visually impressive (even if not that hard) boss fights;
• very hard boss fights done in an unexpected manner or with tool-assistence.

What I'm not looking for is:
• overly long milking (like in ESP Ra.De.);
• fights that consist mainly of dying and/or bombing;
• fights that end as soon as they start.

If there is a video publicly available on the web, pointing me to it would be very appreciated.

CAVE

DoDonPachi Campaign Version/Blue ROM:
• TLB fight by SOF-WTN, A-L, 2 misses, 13 bombs — HQ AVI; YouTube.

DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou:
• Tool-assisted last boss + TLB fight by Morimoto, A-E, no-miss, no-bomb, no-hyper — YouTube (looking for a higher quality version!);
• Death Label TLB fight (second form only) by BGR-44, A-S, no-miss, 4 bombs, 2 hypers — MPG.

DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label:
• TLB fight by ISO, A-E, 1 miss, 2 bombs, 2 hypers — HQ AVI.

Ketsui — Kizuna Jigoku Tachi:
• TLB fight by unknown player, Panzer Jager, one miss, no-bomb, non-clear — WMV (incomplete), YouTube;
• TLB fight by MrMonkeyMan, Tiger Schwert, 2 misses, 6 bombs — HQ AVI.

Mushihime-sama:
• TLB fight (Ultra mode) by TGA-RET, W power, 3 misses, 7 bombs — YouTube.

Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5:
• Last boss + TLB fight (Ultra mode) by HARIST, abnormal Palm, 4 misses, 13 (?) bombs — YouTube (anything better out there? There must be).

Progear:
• TLB fight by Futobishi, Ring & Chain (?), 2 misses, 4 (?) bombs — YouTube.

Treasure

Gradius V:
• Boss rush (loop 10) by Shinya, default type, no-miss — WMV, YouTube 1, 2, 3.

Ikaruga:
• Stage 5 (Hard mode) boss fights by SWY, no-miss — YouTube.

Radiant Silvergun:
• Stage 6 boss (arcade version) swordplay fight by VTF-INO, no-miss — WMV.

Other doujins

Judgement Silversword:
• Divine Flow fight by unknown player, no-miss — YouTube.

Revision history:
2008-01-10 — added two more Cave videos, three Treasure videos, and a Judgement Silversword video.

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:26 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNSdcy-apU

This one to me was very impressive

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:28 am

Espgaluda II wehahaha red kakusei mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAd-vPODVOA
http://www.super-play.co.uk/file.php/58 ... atmode.avi

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:49 am

MrMonkeyMan has some nice videos.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:14 am

To counteract the inevitable "pretty Cave patternitis" videos a little, the 5th boss in Raiden is extremely difficult to learn. Not "pretty-looking", but just "high-speed chaos". I've only no-miss no-bombed it once in ~100 tries. The 6th and 7th bosses are a complete joke (hard, but easy in comparison), and i haven't tried to no-miss no-bomb the 8th since i'm not yet able to reach it in 1 credit.

I've never made gameplay videos before but if it's easy i can make one, assuming i ever manage to no-miss no-bomb it again. I use CamStudio, any settings i should know about? Like what quality level to use for pleasing results but acceptable file size...

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:18 am

shoe-sama wrote:Espgaluda II wehahaha red kakusei mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAd-vPODVOA
http://www.super-play.co.uk/file.php/58 ... atmode.avi

Holy shit, don't think I've seen that one before.

I suck balls on that boss even when I use the slowdown....

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:53 am

unsane wrote:To counteract the inevitable "pretty Cave patternitis" videos a little, the 5th boss in Raiden is extremely difficult to learn. Not "pretty-looking", but just "high-speed chaos". I've only no-miss no-bombed it once in ~100 tries. The 6th and 7th bosses are a complete joke (hard, but easy in comparison), and i haven't tried to no-miss no-bomb the 8th since i'm not yet able to reach it in 1 credit.

I've never made gameplay videos before but if it's easy i can make one, assuming i ever manage to no-miss no-bomb it again. I use CamStudio, any settings i should know about? Like what quality level to use for pleasing results but acceptable file size...

Raiden 2 is similiar, stage 5 and stage 6 boss are no joke, they are fast bullet hell! Stage 7 boss is easy and stage 8 boss requires just destroying crystals quickly to lower the difficulty of the fight

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:25 am

Can't find any video of Cyvern 2nd stage. Someone please make one, it's coolest boss fight i've ever seen.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:00 am

that boss is booooring

Futobishi Progrear Stage 10 (2-5) Boss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EVE1Sdw70Y
http://www.super-play.co.uk/file.php/26 ... lClear.avi

former WR

Judgement Silversword area 30 Divine Flow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kkl2UU8SIM

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:43 pm

Post updated with some new videos.

lawnspic wrote:This one to me was very impressive

I prefer SWY's version, since he's facing a much denser bullet storm, but I'm not generally that impressed by Ikaruga boss fights because you don't actually dodge bullets, at least most of them.

shoe-sama wrote:Espgaluda II wehahaha red kakusei mode

Doesn't look that cool to me, to be honest. :(

Zebra Airforce wrote:MrMonkeyMan has some nice videos.

Yes, I know his videos, they're cool. :) I'll include his DOOM fight; it's decent and has great picture quality compared to anything else I have at the moment.

unsane wrote:To counteract the inevitable "pretty Cave patternitis" videos a little, the 5th boss in Raiden is extremely difficult to learn. Not "pretty-looking", but just "high-speed chaos". I've only no-miss no-bombed it once in ~100 tries. The 6th and 7th bosses are a complete joke (hard, but easy in comparison), and i haven't tried to no-miss no-bomb the 8th since i'm not yet able to reach it in 1 credit.

I would like to not turn this thread into debate on what company does the hardest boss fights, and I haven't seen the 5th boss in Raiden either, but generally, based on my admittedly poor experience with them, I don't like Raiden's style. It looks bland and boring to me. Additionally, "I've only no-miss no-bombed it once in ~100 tries" doesn't telling me much because the phrase reflects neither your general playing skills, nor the time you have spent on Raiden, nor the particular reason the boss is so difficult.

But if you can find me a video of this boss, I'll definitely take a look at it.

shoe-sama wrote:Futobishi Progrear Stage 10 (2-5) Boss

That's good, thanks! I'll try to make an excerpt of the TLB fight from the full run like I did with DDP CV.

shoe-sama wrote:Judgement Silversword area 30 Divine Flow

Haha, what the hell. :D
But I guess that works, too.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:05 pm

JS Strikers 1999 Double TB (technical bonus + destroy bonus) bosses 567
Geobite activated as boss 6
http://www.super-play.co.uk/file.php/29 ... lClear.avi

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:47 pm

Maco DOJ DL stage 3 3694 hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRieHyoOQ0

Raiden IV 2-5 boss 0 miss 4 bomb
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm933012
registration required

Full run on that site too, but it lasts like 1 hour lol
lots of cool boss fights though

right side HFD DOJ BL 2-5
9k+ hit TLB
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1964194

Scarf · Post by **Scarf** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:28 pm

moozooh wrote:Post updated with some new videos.

lawnspic wrote:This one to me was very impressive
I prefer SWY's version, since he's facing a much denser bullet storm, but I'm not generally that impressed by Ikaruga boss fights because you don't actually dodge bullets, at least most of them.

Yeah, but bullet-eating Tageri on Hard is probably the hardest task in the game. At least that's what SWY said and he is a former WR holder. Beaten by Leon-FMI nowadays.

And yes, the SWY vid is hell of a lot more impressive since he is playing the chapter at the end of his run and scoring over 34mil points. And still has balls to go for bullet-eating.

Does anyone have a link to the omake version where SWY bullet-eats Tageri even better? It suppose to be something like this.

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:56 am

lawnspic wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNSdcy-apU

This one to me was very impressive

Man, Ikaruga never fails to make my head implode. I can't even watch the damn game and know when to switch polarity let alone play it.

grovsnus · Post by **grovsnus** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:58 am

That last back and forth thing in the Ikaruga vid was awesome. Also, it made it ever so clear to me that my STG-skills are pathetic.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:11 am

moozooh wrote:But if you can find me a video of this boss, I'll definitely take a look at it.

Hehe nm, i misinterpreted the thread. Difficult Raiden bits don't make for an interesting watch like Cave stuff does.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:01 am

Gradius V Beacon speedkill (loop 10+?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQczh_2whrY

Gradius V Big Core MkII (loop 10+ + higher difficulty setting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY079Nh2THQ

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:37 pm

Another Futari 1.5 TLB video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQR-7vm ... re=related

-Bridget- · Post by **-Bridget-** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:35 am

The stupid annoying TLB in Mushi Ultra or Arrange gets my vote.

Hoboy how I just hate the damn thing......

WHY WONT IT JUST DIE?!?!?!? *explodes*

-Bridget- · Post by **-Bridget-** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:54 am

landshark wrote:Another Futari 1.5 TLB video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQR-7vm ... re=related

.......holy freaking heck.

Someone actually BEAT that nightmare? When did that happen?

And here I am, still stuck on that DAMN BEETLE IN THE FIRST GAME...... *more exploding*

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:57 pm

-Bridget- wrote:
landshark wrote:Another Futari 1.5 TLB video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQR-7vm ... re=related

Someone actually BEAT that nightmare? When did that happen?

Not in that video, some other guy used a continue to finish it off.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:23 pm

unsane wrote:
-Bridget- wrote:
landshark wrote:Another Futari 1.5 TLB video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQR-7vm ... re=related

Someone actually BEAT that nightmare? When did that happen?

Not in that video, some other guy used a continue to finish it off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ztCxpBmXuA

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:04 pm

Dale wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ztCxpBmXuA

already saw that one before, its from the insanity DVD

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:24 pm

elfhentaifan wrote:
Dale wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ztCxpBmXuA
already saw that one before, its from the insanity DVD

It's linked in my first post. >_>
Also, wtf, Insanity DVD? No way it is: if you notice, he doesn't even beat his own hiscore of 2.25 billions on that clear. Also, there's a counterstop video floating around with a couple updated strategies that in one case let you completely avoid the barrages if you bait them right.

Also, next update coming a bit later, I'm too swamped with work to watch a lot of videos recently. :\

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:33 pm

the counterstop video wasnt from the DVD, its was recorded later.
I watched the dvd just once, so i actually just assumed the youtube vid was taken from the wr-dvd

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:12 pm

Two questions then:
1) where did you get the WR replay;
2) is it available on YT or any other place like that?

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:42 pm

you can still buy the official superplay dvd at play-asia.com .
the very short counter stop (1minute) video was on youtube and is not very spectacular since it shows just the last boss and the score is only slightly higher than the one on the dvd.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:22 pm

To be fair it would be quite a bit higher if there was no counter stop lol

but lack of full run = whatever

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:26 pm

The counterstop movie I have here is 02:24 and I have no spare money for ordering the DVD at the moment (nor that I really care about it as much). It's just that it's not publicly available, then it won't end up in the first post, that's pretty much it.

Also, is it just me, or Play-Asia has no Futari DVDs?

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:32 pm

moozooh wrote:
Also, is it just me, or Play-Asia has no Futari DVDs?

is this what you're looking for?