Shmup bosses you absolutely HATE!!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:11 pm

Blazing Star - Every Boss after Level 4, is literarily impossible to beat without pumping a lot of credits. Especially that huge laser-cannon thing towards the end will fill up the whole screen with a massive laser! No way to escape that! Instant killer!

adam76 · Post by **adam76** » Fri May 20, 2005 11:13 pm

Soukyugurentai - level 3 boss. Beat him? Check. Many lives lost? Check.

Ikaruga - level 3(i think) boss. I never quite figured out if you're supposed to change the colour of your ship to dodge the bullets inside the satellite or just bob n' weave? Either way, it spells death for me.

Batsugun - level 4 boss. *see 'souky'*

Metal Black - level 3 boss. Beatle(sic) and friend...

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Fri May 20, 2005 11:32 pm

Since I have spent last month playing nothing but Batsugun (for shooters anyways), by far Jupiter and Floor of the Galaxy. But I am getting much better at learning Jupiter's patterns.

NoboruWataya · Post by **NoboruWataya** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:17 am

I gotta chime in with:

Guwange - Ninja/Demon: This is a run ender every time. He is so fast that it is hard to consistantly do a good deal of damage to him, and all his attacks are also fast, fast, fast! I find his first form a little bit harder than the second, but even so, once the demon starts throwing out the orange rings that overlap/spread I am usually done for.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:49 am

Graiud V:
The First Mid-Boss in Level 7. No matter how often I tried that stage, his lasers are always confusing me. Thanks to that fucker I wasn't able to 1cc this game. Because everytime I'll face him I end up losing most of my lifes or sometimes all of them.

DoDonPachi:
Stage 5 Boss. There is one attack that is really confusing me too. This one with the eploding missiles, really huge explosions and very fast. This is a bomb section for me, I can't dodge them.

Giga Wing:
The last boss (I mean Stage 6) sure is really hard. But I kinda like this guy somehow, because he is so stubborn and hard. I always feel like "today I am going to kick your ass". But haven't done yet, though allmost. Thinking about it maybe I should play Giga Wing and give that another try, since I was so close... ^^

There sure are lots of another annoying bosses out there, but they don't come in my mind right now.

jp · Post by jp » Sat May 21, 2005 2:47 am

Mars Matrix - Final boss. First form gets me every time...

Giga Wing - Final boss... ugh.

Hyper Duel - Final boss is hell. Tecno Soft made this game?

Batsugun - Jupiter and Floor of the Galaxy.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sat May 21, 2005 2:52 am

I would also like to add to my hatred list... the final bosses of almost every shmup. .... even Gradius! Grr.

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Sat May 21, 2005 4:08 am

Salamander (ARC) - stage 4. Yeah, there's a safe spot, but you need to be in the right place pixel-perfectly for it to work. I've only been able to do it a couple times. I don't see how it's possible to beat the boss otherwise, given Sally's rather corrupt hit detection.

Giga Wing - submarine (lava stage). Even on the easiest difficulty, and if you play as someone who has the lava stage first, this boss' attacks are still a real fucking headache. I usually have to empty most of my bomb stock on it to take it down.

Gate of Thunder - stage 6. That big walking tank. It's easy easy japanesy on normal, but on Hard mode, that orb that splits into lasers in all directions isn't easy to dodge. If I can one-life it up to this point (and I usually can in Hard mode), this is usually where my streak ends. Bastard.

Damocles wrote:Damn straight. I never have gotten a consistent pattern down for his spam.

I aim immediately for one of the spinning turrets on the wings that fire the fast-moving wide spreads. Beltiana is best at taking it out before it has a chance to fire. It's a lot easier to deal with one spread than it is two. The rest is easy, just sweep right/left. None of the shots are well-aimed or hard to avoid. As far as the spam at the end, you can do it with some old-fashioned bullet herding. Tap right until you get to the edge and see an opening (you may have to go up a little bit), and do the same on the left. When it centers and creates that nasty spread, depending on my pilot, I'll either point-blank it and destroy it before it reaches the bottom of the screen, or bomb it to pieces.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Sat May 21, 2005 4:52 am

I hate the first boss of Game Tengoku. That bastard is my arch-nemesis. Those damned arms he throws out, I'm fairly certain I have never successfully survived that attack without the help of a bomb.

And the fucking half-naked Vegas Lady near the end of the second level of Parodius Da. Not a boss, but still a pain in the ass.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:30 am

Alluro wrote:
Phase 2 Super Tank Boss (Raiden Fighters Jet): I absolutely hate this bastard! It moves so fast around the screen, while spraying bullet streams all over the place. I may use the Raiden mk-II or the Ixion, it doesn't matter. This guy always kills me at least once.

That SOB. So many patterns, and just refuses to blow up. I can't remember the patterns. I only recognized maybe two patterns, everything else is solely on reflex. No wonder never beaten him.

Giga Wing 1 - Volcano submarine. As OmegaFlareX mentioned. Tough bastard.

Giga Wing 1 - 6th boss.

Giga Wing 1 - Medallion(Never fought him on 1 credit, but I dislike him already).

Strikers 1945 II - Cross Sinker

Strikers 1945 Plus - Stage eight Midboss(That fast spray after the super laser...arghh). It also shoots some slow scatter bullets, follow by some fast scatter sprays, and if you are pushed into the corner, it's downright scary.

Gunbird 2 - USA boss.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:31 am

Darius - Fatty Glutton. His bullets always scatter in the direction that you're going to fly into.

Darius Twin - Red Mist. Those red energy balls are so difficult to anticipate because they are affected by gravity.

DoDonPachi: DIE-Ou-Jou - Stage 1 boss. Oh, nice way to welcome newcomers, you assholes at Cave.

Gradius Gaiden - Heaven's Gate. I don't see how this boss could be easier than Big Core MKIII, MSZ. There's always those damn green lasers in the center.

Dartagnan1083 · Post by **Dartagnan1083** » Sat May 21, 2005 10:43 am

-The Turtle phase of RSG's final level.
I can't even do good against it when I cheat with the pause button (a technique reserved for Xiga).

-Last Boss...Bio-Hazzard battle
Just....arrrrrggghhhhhhhh. WHY WON'T YOU DIE.

-Last Boss...Galactic Attack
Every other Boss I can handle. . . .this one almost makes it seem as if Taito doesn't want me to beat it.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat May 21, 2005 11:48 am

Oh yeah, I forgot.

Sexy Parodius:
The damn Medusa bitch, I hate her!

Her eyelasers gets you everywhere!!! Then you turn to stone hoping that no bullet will hit you and just in the moment you turn back to normal one bulet gets you.

If the eyelasers would kill you instantly it would be better, but watching yourself dying so pathetically is really more painfull.

You are always hoping:
Come on I was so good, I have collected all bells and that Medusa bitch needs only one more hit. Just let me go this time...
But never ever will you escape the stonecold look of the Medusa.

TheSacrificed · Post by **TheSacrificed** » Sat May 21, 2005 12:34 pm

DDP:DOJ - level 2 boss:I hate him because of the variety in difficulty. Sometimes, destroying him is a piece of cake but once he crosses his two "circle of tiny blue shots"-patterns, it's nearly impossible for me to dodge succesfully.

Shiki 2 - level 2 boss: his last pattern is sooo evil, and since it's only level two I refuse to use a bomb, causing an instant death almost every time.

Giga Wing 1 - submarine: I simply can't see its bullets due to the bright orange background...very annoying

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Sat May 21, 2005 12:55 pm

Gradius V - the astroid level boss where the screen fills with asteroids. I HATE that fucker.

G Darius - Fire Fossil - Come on! I whaled on this guy for like 6 minutes and he kept wearing me down till I lost my credit. What an ass.

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Sat May 21, 2005 3:14 pm

gs68 wrote:Gradius Gaiden - Heaven's Gate. I don't see how this boss could be easier than Big Core MKIII, MSZ. There's always those damn green lasers in the center.

You get a lot more spaces to dodge between the lasers compare to Big Core mkIII.

Gaiden is definitely one of the easiest Gradius in the series. I have one-lifed loop 1 more than 5 times.

The Bullet Dodger · Post by **The Bullet Dodger** » Sat May 21, 2005 10:32 pm

TheSacrificed wrote:Shiki 2 - level 2 boss: his last pattern is sooo evil, and since it's only level two I refuse to use a bomb, causing an instant death almost every time.

Nah man. The last bosses in stages 4 and 5 are pretty difficult. Alot of dodging going on there. Especially the stage 5 boss. What a bitch!

That's as far as I can get in SNS II, for now.

TVG · Post by **TVG** » Sat May 21, 2005 10:42 pm

the 4th boss in shiki isnt too hard if you know when to point blank her.

by the way, the 2ND form is the hardest, but with kouga, you wont endure that long if you do this. point blank and hyper shot as it starts until she drops the 6 or 8 cards (cant remember exactly), as she does, attach your shiki to her and go down while passing in the middle of the cards, your shiki should continue pounding her until you're finished, you may have to dodge some of the purple shit, but not too much. point blanking he makes her die rather fast, not having to deal with the tougher patterns (like the 1st form second pattern hell bulletspam)

im kinda the worst at describing tactics online tho.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Sun May 22, 2005 12:35 am

Edge wrote:Oh yeah, I forgot.

Sexy Parodius:
The damn Medusa bitch, I hate her!
Her eyelasers gets you everywhere!!! Then you turn to stone hoping that no bullet will hit you and just in the moment you turn back to normal one bulet gets you.

If the eyelasers would kill you instantly it would be better, but watching yourself dying so pathetically is really more painfull.

You are always hoping:
Come on I was so good, I have collected all bells and that Medusa bitch needs only one more hit. Just let me go this time...
But never ever will you escape the stonecold look of the Medusa.

I beat both the Saturn & PSX versions of Sexy Parodius but I didn't get to fight her? Is she in a spacial stage or something? What level is she on?

Also how could I forget:
Xiga from RS - What a bastard!

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Sun May 22, 2005 3:15 am

ST Dragon wrote:I beat both the Saturn & PSX versions of Sexy Parodius but I didn't get to fight her? Is she in a spacial stage or something? What level is she on?

Stage 3, after you failed to complete stage 2.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:11 am

OK thanks.
I'll fire up my Saturn to play against her then.
Or should I try it on my PS-1?

Is there a difference?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:28 pm

USA Boss of Gunbird 2

Hate hate hate hate hate.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:01 pm

I HATE the last boss in DoDonPachi!

It's also my pick for the hardest boss EVER. Seriously, I have played a lot of bullet manic shmups, including DDPDOJ, but I have NEVER seen a boss with such an impossible bullet-spray!

The Bullet Dodger · Post by **The Bullet Dodger** » Mon May 23, 2005 3:26 am

dave4shmups wrote:I HATE the last boss in DoDonPachi! It's also my pick for the hardest boss EVER. Seriously, I have played a lot of bullet manic shmups, including DDPDOJ, but I have NEVER seen a boss with such an impossible bullet-spray!

If you're referring to the "head" boss after beating the Queen Bee, then I agree 100%. Not only does it have the harshest bullet-spray in shmup history, but your bombs have absolutely no effect. In fact, the only time I use a bomb is to make all the bullets on the screen dissappear for a short moment. I have never spent so much time on one single boss before. I think it took me close to 5 minutes to beat the first time.

shiftace · Post by **shiftace** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:16 am

Batsugun - Madzella
Cho Ren Sha - stage 0 boss
Gradius 4 - boss rush - swinging arm boss
Oshaberi Parodius - Twinbee stage miniboss
Radio Zonde - stage 1 boss
rRootage - so many...

Titus Andronicus · Post by **Titus Andronicus** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:40 pm

Ikaruga, stage 3 boss. I try hard, I really do but so far I've only beaten that son-of-a-bitch without losing more than one life once or twice. I half expect the game to whisper "Yooouuu suuuck, reeetuuurn meee..." when the continue screen appears.

Oh yeah, the stage 3 miniboss snake-thing always gives me a hard time too. Maybe that's my real problem with stage 3...

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:16 pm

Last boss R-Type Final...are you kidding me?

Just about every boss on G-Darius...irritating, takes too long to kill each boss.

Viewpoint last boss...no bombs? Forget it.

Blazing Lazers Last boss...give me a break.

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:20 pm

I don't discriminate.

I hate them all equally.

B-

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:24 pm

Plant boss-Gradius 3 SNES version

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:51 pm

FatCobra wrote:I *HATE* the spider midboss in stage 3 of Einhander.

I will 2nd this - I have had numerous problems getting past this one. If/when I pass the spider mid-boss I usually have little problem w/ the main boss of that stage, but man...that spider does suck.

Any/all bosses in the latter half of Strikers 1945 II, although that's probably mostly because I suck.

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