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By Taito Arcade/Sega Saturn 1995

Darius Gaiden - Stage 1 Boss - 'Golden Ogre'

Darius Gaiden contains some of the most impressive 2D shooter bosses of all time.. and this first level boss is a beaut visually. Using pre-rendered 2D sprites to effectively create a 3D model, Darius Gaiden's 'Golden Ogre' is an awesome and frightening creation to behold..(he's one of the few bosses to make an entrance travelling backwards during which he takes out a building..very classy). Unfortunately he's rather fragile once the bullets and lasers start to fly.. Basically keep your finger on the trigger and avoid his mouth area which emits a pink beam thingie from time to time, and his demise will be swift indeed. (You would think he would try and wack you with his tail at least.. what a wimp.. yellow by name, yellow by nature eh?!.)

How does he stay aloft? Where are his
engines? Why do large fish keep trying
to kill me? etc etc

'Red sky at night... Shepherd's delight...'
'Yellow fish in the sky... Easy as pie...'

By Konami Snes 1990

Gradius 3 - Stage 2 Boss - 'Bubble Eye'

Show the superiority of several hundred tonnes of fully armed spaceship over a hulking great cosmic amoeba by wasting him in about 5 seconds flat. Sorry Mr. Blob, you wil require more than a few feeble soap bubbles to stand in the way of my super-powered chain laser.. Mwah hah hah ha!!!. ;)

As long as you are equipped with a laser
and a couple of multiples this boss is feeble
in the extreme. Cut through that cytoplasm
and take him out - Vic Viper: 1 Great
Hulking Blob of Jelly: Nil ..

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