/vr/ - Retro Games

Illusion of Gaia

Partially because of the music, partially because YOU'RE IN SPACE AND LITERALLY THROWING PHOENIXES AT A DARK ENTITY AS YOU HURL TOWARDS EARTH ON A COMET

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0pUbjvPRpc

The music, it being a 3 stage fight that changes shit up, and being able to dodge fucking everything makes it fun as all hell. Provided you even got this far of course.

>>755576
Fighting him on hard mode was rough.

Contra Hard Corps had several, but I really like Big Magnum. Something about turning the alien cell into an orbital weapons platform was really awesome.

>>755596

A comet made out of evolution!

Let's go ahead and get this one out of the way right now.

This just felt like the perfect resolution to Duke Nukem 3D, a showdown on a football field.

You're basically fighting gods stacked on top of gods.

I don't think anything ever felt more epic.

64 Bowser is the most intimidating he's ever been. The fights were kind of lame (throw him on 3 balls to win...), but the music, stages, and his voice made it all really intimidating.

>>755680
This

>>755681
so long, gay bowser

>>755680
Zombie gods stacked on zombie gods. If you remember, you kill the three of them individually on your way to the final fight.

>>755686
What is this supposed to sound like? So Long-a Bowser.

Obligatory, but it would be wrong to have a thread without her.

>>755706
Yup

this guy, this game introduced me to rpgs as a child and was just awesome in general.

>>755576
first game I ever beat
>>755656
probably my second favorite from childhood
>>755676
>ive got balls of feel

>>755706
>"So long, Gay Bowseh!"

They're rarely much of a "fight" but Lechuck is such a great villain.

This fucking game, man... Just kept going and going and going and going... I thought I'd beaten the final boss like 5 times before I finally got here.

>>755656
Yes

>>755747
I still haven't beat the game on hard mode. I should really get around to that.

>>755747
Does the game punish you for giving yourself extra lives? Like, does it end before the real ending if you do?

>>755801
Japanese or American hard mode?

>>755806
Not that I know of. It might for the easiest difficulty but I haven't beaten it on that.

Attacking the darkness.

>>755819
American.

>>755680

I'm surprised nobody else has yet mentioned the Cyberdemon.

>>756053
FPS games generally have unimpressive boss battles. Cyberdemon isn't really that much different.

>>756074
I know it's a bit past the cutoff, but
>implying

>>755867
Yikes, good luck then.

KQ5 is the first game I ever beat and it's still one of my favorite boss battles.

>>756053
>Move backwards
>Strafe
>Shoot
>repeat

gets old pretty fast, brah. this is coming from someone who is a genuine fan of doom

>>756053
He just fires rockets at where you were standing. If you want to talk about impressive battles, you should have mentioned Icon of Sin.

>>755576
Even though it's ridiculously easy, the entire nightmare battle in Kirby's Adventure is one of my absolute faves.

>>755680
Can't forget the fact that each stage of that boss is modeled after the Divine Comedy, with Kefka playing as God at the end.

>>756248
His fight in the Tower of Babel was kinda weak, he only got interesting when levels threw him in new variations, such as having to telefrag him or watching him duke it out with the Spider Mastermind.

It may not have been the final boss, but it was damn awesome.

Obligitory

>>756084
His last phase (inside the ship) is boring :(

> TFW used 3 E-tanks to beat him

Wind God

Epic battle is epic

>>756430
Dialed up to 11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5kllEAPCyg

A battle you wouldn't have imagined in the first game, then first teased in the second game, and made clear it was going to happen in the third and fourth game.

This was huge for me, who was following the series from the start. Thse scarse, badly translated dialogues before the battle made me shiver when I was 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANX48NQQZfM

then the X series went to shit, never to return

>>755635
>the Hard Corps soundtrack in general
>that Doctor battle music
>that Final Battle music

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, brilliant music, perfect level of actually quite difficult and so so tense.

>Playing OoT as a child
>Reach Ganondorf's castle after epic adventure
>Kill Ganondorf, escape the castle thinking that would be the end of the game like in Metroid
>*Rumble*
>Heart skips a beat
>Ganondorf emerges from the rubble and assumes his final form
>A huge, evil shadow that looms over Link, only properly visible during the brief flashes of lighting
>Dat music
>And those eyes, jesus christ those eyes, they just bored into me
>Tears flowing from my eyes, not because I was afraid, but because the moment was just so emotionally powerful
>Mind = Blown forever
>Then I killed him
>Hyrule saved, game is over
>Cry more because the game is over

It's not the hardest final boss fight, nor the most complex, but it will always be my favorite. It's a shame they totally ruined the final battle's atmosphere in the 3ds version. What were they thinking?

>>756746
Agreed. I love Sonic 3 & Knuckles A LOT, but I think in terms of grandness, and the levels of tension added, this one wins.
>No rings in sight
>Finished beating Mecha Sonic
>chase Robotnik to the end
>he hops into this mech
And the timing + hitbox precision of it makes it all the more tense, not to mention ITS KICKASS MUSIC.

And it's a lot harder when playing with Knuckles

>>756430
Not a final boss.

And I love Gunstar Heroes, but Golden Silver is kind of a shitty boss.

>>755601
>playin game on extra mode (half health, no saving)
>get to this boss
>sister runs by, chord catches her foot, pulls power cable out
>try again a different time
>theres a glitch and the boss doesnt ever appear on the screen, no way to suicide

Eventually I played it a third time but holy shit. You gotta play the whole game in one sitting.

>>755656
Damn it I was gonna post that. Certainly my favorite game and final boss fight. I have high hopes for Yoshi's Island 3D, even after the very meh DS sequel.

>>755706
Thought it was "so long, big bowser" but yours sounds right too...

>>756790
The worst part of that is chasing down Robotnik for the emerald, hitting him the last time, and getting rocketed across the screen into the pit.

>Alright, everything is wrapped up, the bad guy has been beaten, his brainwashed minons have returned to normal, and the professor has been saved.
>Still we need a good final boss. Time for a giant robot fight.

>Banjo-Kazooie
>dat final Grunty battle
>on top of her lair which you've been traversing the whole game
>insults you as you fight her
>dat awesome classic witch laugh
>multiple phases
>cant even beat her by yourself
>dat epic remix of the grunty's lair theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9v3a_wvlI

>>755681
Seriously, and that kooprice 64.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEOdrzwooCw

>>756824
>THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED
>A HERO WITH SHINING ARMOR IS CALLED
>TO PUNISH EVIL FORCES IIIIII HAVE BEEN CHARGED

>>756827
>dat Jinjonator

Does the Dreamcast count for /vr/?

If so I'm gonna say E-101 Beta MK2, Olga Flow and Adam.

>>756869

Shit, that E-101 fight was good. SA2 had better boss fights in general I think. I always loved the rival thing, especially Tails vs. Dr. Eggman. Those fights were hard as tits, especially in the Ark

>>756790
>hitbox precision
Seriously? The total lack of precision with things getting hit in that fight is the biggest problem with the fight.
Falling through that giant mech into its spiky hands when you jump into it, instead of bouncing off like normal, is a VERY common glitch.
It makes the fight pretty much complete bullshit, especially with Knuckles, since you can just die randomly because the game fucked up and have to go through Silver Sonic and everything all over again. And it wouldn't even be remotely challenging without that glitch.
It's one of my least favorite final bosses of the series thanks to that shit.
I honestly had a lot more fun with the Sonic 4 Episode I version of the boss, and that game was fucking garbage.

Good music though, I guess.

>>756869
>not egg viper

>>756914

Egg Viper and Perfect Chaos were good too, but E-101 Beta was my favorite of the game. Hell the whole Gamma section was my favorite part of the game.

>>756920
gamma had the best bosses, yea

perfect chaos was good but annoying as fuck

>Pious Augustus from Eternal Darkness
>fight him in his chamber you see him communicating with the Ancient in cutscenes throughout the game
>as the fight starts he summons the Ancient into the world and Alex summons hers
>as you fight him, there are phases where you play as the spirits of the characters you played as in each of the previous chapters and who Pious killed in gruesome ways
>as the fight progresses there are cutscenes of the Ancients duking it out

>>756926
>Retro

>>756929
Oh... sorry.

oops didn't mean to sage

a bit off-topic but have you guys played red dog for the dreamcast? bit short but a bunch of stuff to unlock, great multiplayer and damn good bosses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07kNduWtqU

>>756920
Fuck yeah, Gamma!
Best character theme, best story, best levels (somehow manage to feel faster than even Sonic's most of the time), best gameplay, best bosses... best EVERYTHING, really.
Other characters, are you even trying?

Multiple stages. Final form has multiple forms. Can still be tricky even if you have game breaking armor. Never seen the entire game until you're face to face with him. Cool intro cutscene. Boss rush to get up to him.

Simply the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3tshJyI4A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky6mkDQA2z4
Hell yeah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRz79IdF-z4

>>757042
>that reverse gas

>>757042
Never could beat him. Got close a few times.

As a kid, it took me forever to get to him and beat him.

>>757191
KDL2 is my favorite Dedede fight.

tfw No one remembers this shit game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ceOkNitEc

Bitch is quite the challenge on Watch Me Die difficulty. First Doom monster you couldn't strafe to avoid.

>>756824
the dialogue before the fight was really funny

>>755708

Doesn't it look like she's telling her kid to look both ways before crossing the street?

The final level is awesome, not a boss but i dont care.

CAPELLA HAS GONE SUPERNOVA, YOU MUST GET TO THE JUMP NODE. GODSPEED PILOTS

>>756468
>THREE FIRE BALLS
>FREEZE BALL AND SHOCK WAVE
>USE SHITIEST WEAPON TO DEFEAT

>tfw end of her lair as a warrior
>broken, battered, low on everything including armor
>led into a trap!
>grab the stone, completing the Staff of Oblivion
>ZAP ZAP ZAP MOTHERFUCKERS

>>756746
Awful music, a total gimmick fight since it doesn't use any of the skill you spent the whole game honing. >>756790 is superior in everyway.

>>755850
>"You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack!"

Shit my dress.

technically not a FINAL boss...

>>757669
And definitely not retro.

>>755576
budubuduBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDUBUDU........

>>757204
You just made me remember that I actually own this game. I had forgotten that it exists.

>>755656
DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOOOOO DUDUH duduh duduh...
DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOOOOO DUDUH DOOWEE doowee doowee...

>>756340
Circle strafe everywhere and hope to God you have enough bullets. That was intense. The dinosaur's design was badass too.

>>756758
what did they do in the 3ds version?

>>757812
changed that Ganon isn't that dark anymore. Unreasonable change, really.

>>756074
Black plague possesses thee.

>>757859
I just looked up what you meant with ganon and that's really disappointing.

>>757687
or hard.

I rolled over him in my first attempt and never understood why my everyone always had any problem with him. I still never have issues with him.

>>756549
>then the X series went to shit, never to return

But X6 and X8 are much better than X5

>>758337
No!

>>757414
What is this ??

>>758337
I loved X1-6 and X8 but I can't agree with that anon. X5 is probably my favorite

>>756758
It's kind of funny. As a kid I always hated that I couldn't really see him in all his glory. Then I became disappointed with the fight in the remake.

>>758337
>X6
>good
>let alone better than X5
Absolutely not.

>>758837
>Cherry picking
>Implying X5 isn't the biggest chore to play through

>>758856
>cherry picking
Yes, but it's not as if the other levels are that much better.
The whole game is mediocre and lazy and no fun to play.

>>757621
>Awful music
No way. The music was perfect for a last battle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4L4TSrDB4M
bass line is fantastic

>>755680
is there a good quality?

>>756549
> You're a maverick!
> No, YOU'RE a maverick!
> No, YOU
>Cue fight

I love doing this fight as Zero, the dialogue is pretty funny

>>757669
HOLY FUCK I HATE THAT GUY SO MUCH
ALL HIS OTHER FORMS WERE PISS EASY COMPARED TO THAT ONE

Machindramon in Digimon World 1. Partly due to the fact that your facing down a Mega level with an Ultimate (you can get Megas yourself, but the conditions are secret) and partly the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKXEcc5aSus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDuRwypfkJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3itEAQSz_s

>That all or nothing feel you had when you first fought against the lavos core

The music only helped. so did the tweest

>>757740
DAT MUSIC.
And then the guitars kicked in. Awesome

The scaries boss battle I ever faced, man.

There's no bigger mindfuck than this guy.

>>758837
The pic you posted is from one of the best moments of X6.

>>758861
You're describing X5. The game is plain as fuck.

>Not one mention of Reapermon from Digimon Rumble Arena
>Even if only just because he has the most kick ass fighting game boss music of ALL TIME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBS70leI4YY

>>759213

>dat pic

>>759213
>not robots
I can't enjoy this image.

>>759228

Most people can't identify with that stuff. When I imagined that moment in the game in my head, I imagined them non-robo.

>>759228
Oh. I only noticed that now.

But who cares, it's still some rather cool artwork, and robots can't show such emotion.

>>755596
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0pUbjvPRpc

It pains me to know this theme will never be orchestrated at any major (or minor) game music event, passed over in favor of the latest Final Fantasy and Call of Duty scores.

>>757228
You can't strafe to avoid the Spider Mastermind.
Or any hitscanner really

>>758337
X6 is a total pile of horseshit
There is literally nothing good about it.

Don't know if retro enough, but this.
Even though it isn't the last boss, it certainly was way more badass

>DJINNSTORM

VI was already covered, but I remember IV's final battle being one I purposefully engaged in just for the experience. I admit the boss itself is very compelling, and the "allies are with you in spirit" bit is cliche, but I was a kid then. The music and even the background gave the battle an imperative feel.

>>759249
>Shadow Armor
>Gate

There are AT LEAST two good things about it.

>>759267
>Isoc and the creepy implications about Wily that come with him

At least three things

>>759267
>Gate
>Same exact design template as every other reploid
>shitty story

>>759271
Sorry, didn't hear you, too busy mirin' dat golden battle armor. D-Arts when? Never, I know.

>>759283
Wow, never seen any armor that looks like that before.
Yep, totally different from the ones that came before it.

>>755576
Man, I would boot up Kirby randomly just to fight this guy. Most fun boss ever.

In the same vein, Marx. Hell, Kirby in general has the most awesomely fun final boss fights I know of.

>>759294
Hey, Gate was cool even if everything else about X6 blew.

>>758525
It's the Oregon Trail
(doot doo doooooo)
MUH CHILDHOOD

>>759219
Shit, I had totally forgotten about that game. I had never actually watched the Digimon series or anything but still loved it.

>>757204
Some glorious battle OST @6:35

>>758525
Oregon Trail

Lavos

/thread

>>759478
There is no final boss in oregn trail

Smithy from smrpg

>>760591
>no final boss
The man fought Typhoid and lost

>>760591
There are two final bosses, typhoid and dysentery

>>756790
>no rings in sight
There are three at the start.

>>760757
No there aren't.

>>760757
you're probably thinking of another fight
even then it's not terribly difficult after a few tries with sonic

Commander Keen 3

Super Mario World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgsPP2lmgGM

The final mission of Mercs is just nuts. You have to do some serious meta-gaming bullshit (like rushing the enemies and killing all, except for one, which you leg) in order to beat it (at least if you get there low on supplies, armor, etc, which you WILL because its a rather long excursion).

>Here they come. Stand ready mechwarriors!

>>759213

Fucking Giygas. I remember Deathevan and Smithy creeping me the fuck out as well. Smithy was especially jarring, because, well, even after all that I went through in that game, I didn't expect to BE PLUNGED STRAIGHT INTO HELL, AND FIGHT A MECHANICAL BLACKSMITH (whom I had just recently fought) WHOSE HEAD CONTORTS INTO VARIOUS SHAPES, ALONG WITH UNSETTLING MUSIC. Deathevan, well, shit, he had just literally EXPLODED your party members, and if wasn't for the power of friendship, they'd still be shattered into pieces; and now the fuckers LOOMING as what can only be described as Ganondorf if he had snake dicks. And his fang chest fired out a fuck huge laser too.

>>759138
...Shit, I guess I can add Lavos as well. That climatic battle music. God damn it, might as well say that if it was somewhere in the 90's was on the Super NES, and was an RPG, then I liked that boss.

>>757296
I played that game again about a year or two ago (after having it as a kid but then losing the disks).

I couldn't beat the final mission. I tried so hard to get to that nav point. I just couldn't do it. I micromanaged my wings as best I could to keep them alive and on generally one target. I still couldn't manage to keep enough alive so that I wouldn't get swarmed.

God, Freespace 2 is such a masterpiece.

>>759228

>>757273

Actually, I was thinking it was more like it was Halloween and she jumped out to scare the trick-or-treaters.

Does Yoshi's Island final boss fight feel a little anti-climatic to anyone else? It's a great game, no doubt, though.

>>762606
Game?

>>763654
SaGa Frontier

Gotta say my favorite from that game was Asellus' final battle though.

Jet Force Gemini

The asteroid battle against Mizar has always been an all-time favorite of mine, even with that death laser of his. Makes blasting him apart piece by piece all the more satisfying.

>>762606
NO FUTURE

NO FUTURE

NO FUTURE

>>756053
b-but the cyberdemon isnt the final boss in doom.

>>765521
The Spider Mastermind is a better boss too.
Instead of just straferunning and firing rockets, you have to actually take cover and gradually take down the damn thing.

>>757228
Archville is disappointed in you.

Hm. FFIV and VI have been mentioned. SMRPG has been mentioned.

The fight against the Shadow Master in Shinobi 3. To this day I love getting there with the Power Up thing that turns your shurikens into fireballs and you get the sword. Trying to kill the Shadow Master with nothing but the running slash while avoiding him and then crouch blocking when he explodes (twice) to block it all...so fun.

It is everything Ninja should be packed into a fight between 2 Ninjas in the heart of some Doom Ship in the Sky with awesome music blaring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOWrn3Ngz6c

>>762532
I was thinking it was more like she was being like "WHAT? You are going out dressed like that?"
Or maybe one of her children's new girlfriend is Samus