Surreptitious Underhand B**tard BOSSES

[Skykid]

Not necessarily the obvious bosses (Futari Ultra Spiritual Larsa) but more those guys who turn up in the middle of a stage or early in a game and unexpectedly drive you to Karate chopping your console. Or perhaps a boss who spits patterns you just can't click with, so you always get there a bag of nerves and are subsequently shafted during the same old fray in the same old way.

Reveal your secret nemesis.




Also, Gun Frontier's LB. We know. We know.

[Special World]

I always get wrecked by stage 3 of mushihimesama

those cockroaches (crickets?) and that bug head

[DocHauser]

Cyvern Stage 2 boss.

[CStarFlare]

I find that a lot of Cave's stage 2 bosses are pretty aggravating. DDP DOJ/DFK, Mushihimesama, Futari (at least on higher difficulties) are examples. Even if I don't take hits or bomb, they're just very tense battles for me. Stage 3 and sometimes even 4 tend to feel much easier.

Not something that impacts me personally, but Shin Seseri is pretty out there.

Kolobok in Sine Mora is really silly at points.

[AntiFritz]

Espgaluda stage 2 boss.

[ciox]

Ketsui stage 3 boss is a lot harder than the stage 4 boss, I like both bosses too much to be salty about it though. Then there's the exact same thing with DOJ.
There might have been an explicit desire to place a real 'hump' to overcome in the middle of the game, for many devs, look at Yagawa and his "cloud" levels for instance.

[Captain]

Ketsui stage 2 boss for me.
I can no-miss the whole game except for that guy, he always ruins my ura runs.

[cools]

your console

Muchi Muchi Pork. Level 4 boss. Dammit Tom, now I want to buy the board again!

[BulletMagnet]

Yeah, quite a few Stage 2 bosses for me too...Dratrion in Dimahoo and Midi in Ibara always give me trouble. Madzella in Batsugun did for quite some time too, though I like to think I've gotten better at him.

[shmuppyLove]

Nightmare in the Dark 3rd boss, which is actually two gargoyle motherfuckers.

[powersoul]

B-Wings by Data East Corp

Stage 29 Boss (second final stage)
Usually before each boss, a powerup that is recommended for the boss is supplied. DECO decides to screw you up by giving you the wrong one. This boss requires a side-firing powerup, as the weak point is only vulnerable from the side of the boss. An earlier powerup gives the Jump-over projectile, which can penetrate defenses over a certain range before doing damage upon landing, but is quite hard to use. The supplied powerup for the boss was a simple fast-firing forward projectile wing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-7ygd5S4I for clarity of what I meant.

[KAI]

Pinksweets stage 5 Boss. I hate you so much.

[Jeneki]

While we're on the Stage 2 boss kick:

Ibara

[Cagar]

These bosses aren't very hard or annoying, but ketsui stage 4 midboss and final boss remind me of meatballs. It's annoying as fuck, i just can't get rid of the thought of meatballs during these bosses. I don't even like them.

DOJ Stage 2 boss is dangerous and has annoying patterns.

[To Far Away Times]

Mushihimesama Futari's Stage 3 boss might be the hardest boss in that game. Definitely harder than the stage 4 boss, and probably about equal with the stage 5 boss.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Mushihimesama Futari's Stage 3 boss might be the hardest boss in that game. Definitely harder than the stage 4 boss, and probably about equal with the stage 5 boss.

In which mode? The difficulty of each boss and stage in Original, Maniac and God/Ultra can vary rather significantly since the patterns are quite different. In Original, it's not a trivial boss, but it's far from excruciatingly difficult or anything to no-miss. Black Label in particular since you get enough slowdown that its final pattern is easy to avoid before it gets too fast/dense that you need to bomb it.

[To Far Away Times]

Mushihimesama Futari's Stage 3 boss might be the hardest boss in that game. Definitely harder than the stage 4 boss, and probably about equal with the stage 5 boss.

In which mode? The difficulty of each boss and stage in Original, Maniac and God/Ultra can vary rather significantly since the patterns are quite different. In Original, it's not a trivial boss, but it's far from excruciatingly difficult or anything to no-miss. Black Label in particular since you get enough slowdown that its final pattern is easy to avoid before it gets too fast/dense that you need to bomb it.

I was thinking Original Mode.

[CStarFlare]

With the exception of the last attack, I'm pretty sure the stage 3 boss can be mostly tap dodged... the trick is learning what direction to tap in based on how the boss moves.

[ChainsawGuitarSP]

Absolute Defender. One of the few times where I felt the difficulty was spiteful rather than challenging. High speed bullets + RANDOMLY ordered (and savage) patterns = guaranteed rage quit. I think I've actually been mentally scarred by this bastard.

[guigui]

Ketsui stage 2 mid-boos Gem & Ini second pattern. Always drop a bomb in here !

[chempop]

[Special World]

what's that ship from, chempop?

looks awesome

[Hagane]

Dimahoo.

I'd like to know where you got that sprite rip, by the way.

[chempop]

yeah, it's Infernon (stage 5 Boss) in Great Mahou Daisakusen aka Dimahoo. I just googled and found the gif.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

With the exception of the last attack, I'm pretty sure the stage 3 boss can be mostly tap dodged... the trick is learning what direction to tap in based on how the boss moves.

This. 80% of the attacks by the St3 boss are aimed and trivialized by tap dodges.

[drunkninja24]

Stage 3 boss of Under Defeat. That part where it goes behind you fucks with me every time.

[beatsgo]

For me gonna be the Gradius IV's Bubble Core. I don't know what, but the movement of the bubbles is retarded, plus random speed. Stupid RNG.

[Rex Cavalier]

Ludwig from Dotonpachi Maximum, huge difficulty spike compared to the rest of stage, incl. boss.

[To Far Away Times]

With the exception of the last attack, I'm pretty sure the stage 3 boss can be mostly tap dodged... the trick is learning what direction to tap in based on how the boss moves.

This. 80% of the attacks by the St3 boss are aimed and trivialized by tap dodges.

We'll I'll be. I'll have to look into this at some point. The stage 3 boss has stopped many good credits from me before.

[BPzeBanshee]

Ludwig from Dotonpachi Maximum, huge difficulty spike compared to the rest of stage, incl. boss.

This. My game gets wrecked by that bastard EVERY TIME.

Stage 4 boss occasionally too.