Please mention your own favorite examples. The most notable difference between bosses IRL vs in games is that in games you generally get to beat the absolute tar out of them. No particular order.

T. Rex, Jurassic Park, Nintendo Entertainment System

There are lots of T. Rex in games, but this one eats children.

Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V, SNES & various ports

Personally love womping on a bootlicker, and G here is a best in show of the breed.

Super Drunk, Bubble Bobble, Arcade & NES

This guy is kind of making fun of the drunks at bars where this game debuted, which is kind of mean, but as a character he is terrible and I relish in his destruction.

Deerhaunter, Timesplitters Future Perfect, Playstation 2 & Game Cube & Xbox

Because he is also playable, “The Moose is Loose” became a common call on game nights in the mid 00s (especially in Ohio).

Decoy Octopus, Metal Gear Solid, Playstation & PC

Controversial because he cannot be beaten without a multi-tap and “foreknowledge” aka you have to actually read the manual where it suggests you might need to read some Cold War history, plug in a multitap and do CQC on him during a cutscene.

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    About Decoy Octopus are you sure it’s not the fight with Psycho Mantis where you’re supposed to change the controller port to be able to hurt him? I can’t find anything about CQC’ing Decoy Octopus.

    • fulg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      That is my recollection as well. Also I remember Psycho Mantis would make some comments about the content of your memory card before the fight.

      Another favorite of mine is The End in MGS3: Snake Eater, he is a sniper hiding in the woods and it takes like an hour of game time to beat him down. I seem to recall if you save during the fight and change the date forward a few years on your PS3, when you reload he has died of old age waiting for you to come back.

      • CondensedPossum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        You can also just ace the dude when he goes out for fresh air before the fight, it’s easier than Decoy Octopus but harder than Ocelot in my opinion

        edit, clarity: ace the dude in MGS3 sniper battle, he has a generic name i can’t remember like that boy or the bad or the line

  • hate2bme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    On NES I enjoyed the boss fights in :

    Metroid, Kickle Cubicle (my #1 NES game), and Festers Quest

    SNES :All of the MegaMan X games and Secret of Mana, Mario World

    N64: Mario 64, Conkers Bad Fur Day,

    • ouRKaoSEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Kickle Cubicle was high on my list of “was that game hard AF or was I just a kid”

      I’m pleased to say that as an adult, I did a hell of a lot better at that game!

      …fuck everything about Milon’s Secret Castle, though…

      • Asetru@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        …fuck everything about Milon’s Secret Castle, though…

        I was an snes kid, so I never played that one and was blissfully unaware of its existence until I saw that review…

        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kMz7JkVplpM

        Oddly enough, of all the avgn videos that I watched, this and the battletoads one really stuck with me.

      • hate2bme@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Hahaha same here. Yet still an enjoyable game. My brother’s and I never got far in MSC.