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Top Videogame Boss Fights Rated
Thanks to GameSpot for their list of their 10 favorite videogame boss fights ever. The article claims: "The bosses here qualify as memorable by excelling in a number of categories; difficulty, personality, and innovative fight mechanics all come into play", and goes on to name bosses such as Dark Falz from Phantasy Star ("...so terrifying, they couldn't even spell his name right"), Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid ("more about figuring out the gimmicks behind his trickery than being skillful with your weaponry"), and Ganon from Zelda: The Ocarina Of Time ("the most dramatic and epic [boss battle] in Zelda history.")
Hitler - Bionic Commando (NES): It's Hitler!! and they showed blood! Hitler was sitting on the Albatross and you had to use the bionic arm to climb up and shoot the cockpit;
Golem/DragonLord - Dragon Warrior (NES): You needed the flute to kill Golem. DragonLord was hard, especially because the dungeon was really tough.;
Mother Brain - Metroid (NES): You had to place 30 missiles to beat it, while avoiding the donuts and re-generating columns.;
Grim Reaper/Dracula - Castlevania (NES): The Grim Reaper was tough (and the level too), but Dracula required tons of patience. He would transform into a huge monster at the end.;
Golbez - Final Fantasy II - SNES: The music, background and intensity of this battle makes it a classic;
Too many to mention - Contra Series, GunStar Heroes - Various: These series have the coolest collection of bosses ever, especially when the original team (now Treasure) used to be with Konami;
Bowser - SuperMarioWorld - SNES : I bought the SNES and got this game as a pack in, the Mode7 effects alone got me there. It was something to show to all your friends. Lava Boss - Axelay - SNES: This has to be one of the coolest bosses for a 16 bit system, however, the flicker/slowdown was unbearable.;
Odin - Ghouls & Ghosts - GEN: A friend of mine showed me this boss, and I must say that I was impressed, it was HUGE and challenging.
I'm still freaked out about that blind three-headed monster that you had to distract with grenades.
Who could forget trying to make their way silently around that thing?
Talk about tense moments...although I guess it really isn't a boss, it felt like one, and it was definitely more imaginative than the usual thing you just have to find a weak spot on to kill.