Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Life Force Jackal Rush'n Attack Contra S.C.A.T Shadow of The Ninja Shatterhand (but Japan) Mitsume ga Tooru Arkanoid The Guardian Legend Dragon Warrior Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden 2 Ninja Gaiden 3 Ghost'n Goblins Castlevania Castlevania 2 Castlevania 3 Kung Fu B-Wings Final Fantasy Advanture Island Advanture Island 2 Gun-Nac Summer Carnival '92 - Recca Kick Master The Trolls in Crazyland (but Japan) Mega Man Mega Man 2 Mega Man 3 Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Robo Warrior Blaster Master Super Spy Hunter Batman Zanac Bucky O'Hare Metal Gear
Its crazy to think that, for me, before Bowser there really wasn't a concept of a final boss. I know he probably wasn't the first anywhere, but he was the first that I saw as a very little kid. Before that it was games like Pac Man or Dig Dug where you just played harder and harder boards until it either reset the game, glitched out or ended. It was a novel concept to play a group of levels with an extra hard enemy to defeat at the end. When the game even had a definitive end, or story for that matter. Even if it was super basic it was more than usual. To have seen all of videogame history and to have grown up alongside games was awesome. They matured as I did. Almost at the exact pace of my life. NES in elementary school, SNES and Genesis in middle and early HS, PS and Saturn in later HS and then as a young adult it was on to PC games, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox and GameCube. That was when games really grew up, and me being in my early 20s it seemed like a perfectly natural evolution. Only very recently have I felt that I'm finally not the target demographic anymore, like within the last 7 years or so. I'm definitely not too old for games, but I no longer feel like most of them are being made specifically for people like me. Not sad, I've been the target demo for almost my whole life. Time for another generation to get things made for their sensibilities. I still have thousands of games to play, and the few new ones that appeal to me.
Apart from the first 3 SMB titles (all of which are instant "givens")... Life Force (aka Salamander; Konami 1987-88) Jackal (aka Final Commado - Red Fortress; Konami 1988) Rush 'n Attack (aka Green Beret; Konami 1987) Contra (Konami 1988) S.C.A.T. - Special Cybernetic Attack Team (aka Final Mission / Action in New York; Natsume 1990-91) Shadow of the Ninja (aka Kage; Natsume 1990) Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (retooled & localized as Shatterhand; Angel/Natsume 1991, published in the US by the already-defunct Jaleco) Choujin Sentai Jetman (Angel/Natsume 1991) Mitsume ga Tooru (Tomy/Natsume 1992) Arkanoid 2 (Taito 1988) Guardic Gaiden (aka The Guardian Legend; Irem/Compile 1988, published in the US by the already-defunct Brøderbund) Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest (Enix**/Chunsoft 1986, localized by Nintendo 3 years later) Ninja Gaiden [Ninja Ryukenden] 1, 2 - The Dark Sword of Chaos, & 3 - The Ancient Ship of Doom (Tecmo* 1989 / 1990 / 1991) Ghosts 'n Goblins (Capcom/Micronics 1986) Castlevania 1, 2 - Simon's Quest & 3 - Dracula's Curse [Akumajou Dracula / Dracula 2 - Noroi no Fuuin/ Akumajou Densetsu] (Konami 1986-87 / 1987-88 / 1989-90) Kung Fu (aka Spartan X; Nintendo/Irem 1984-85) B-Wings (Data East 1986) Final Fantasy (Square** 1987, localized by Nintendo 3 years later) Adventure Island 1 & 2 (Hudson Soft 1986-87 / 1990) Gun-Nac (Nexoft ℅ ASCII/Tonkin House ℅ Tokyo ShosekI/Compile 1990-91) Recca [for Summer Carnival '92] (Naxat Soft 1992) KickMaster (Taito/KID 1991-92) Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi - Crazy Land Daisakusen (VAP/KID 1991 - localized as The Trolls in Crazyland for Europe, in '93 by the already-defunct American Softworks Corporation) Mega Man 1, 2 & 3 (Capcom 1987 / 1988-89 / 1990) Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu (Hudson Soft 1990) RoboWarrior (Jaleco / Hudson Soft 1988) Blaster Master (Sunsoft 1988) Super Spy Hunter (aka Battle Formula, Sunsoft 1991 - derived from the already-defunct Midway/WB's Spy Hunter franchise) Batman (Sunsoft 1989) Zanac (FCI/Pony Canyon/AII, Compile 1986-87) Bucky O'Hare (Konami 1992) Metal Gear (Konami 1987-88, localized in the US by its short-lived subsidiary Ultra) *currently Koei Tecmo **currently Square Enix
dang, a lot of these bosses are either giant skulls, or aliens with wicked sharp teeth. NES bosses would definitely give me nightmares as a kid. Luckily I only played Mario. lol
@@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf Same, there's a few I don't know. I would like to know the game shown before Blaster Master, it looks like another Sunsoft game, possibly?
MegaMan was so hard, so fast, the game couldn't even keep up with the frame rate. How genius and ahead of their time were those devs, letting you change suits mid fight/game!
They don't really tell you how much anxiety and heart racing excitement it was to actually get to a lot of these bosses when you were a kid. NES hard was a real thing lots of broken TV sets for Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania because of those damn birds not to mention Mike Tyson in Punchout.
Maannn that first Crash Bandicoot almost tried to give me Grey hairs it was so stressful. Then one day before u could even get to the last end of the game . That shit froze at the loading screen of Slippery climb. Then there was relief. Mad but glad the pressure of beating it was gone . 29 and I still haven’t beat it . But I will one day
That is awesome. The new generation will never really understand with games where you can set the difficulty I was always someone who tried to get the best ending on the hardest setting. I was able to beat Mr. Dream on a decision in Punchout but not Tyson. Still looking to beat him. @@tubesockromance
Wow ! You brought me so much nostalgia ! I played about 80% of these games and beat most of them ! It was really cool to see the ones that I didn't finish ! It's crazy how I still remember how to play these games and the strategy to beat the bosses ! This was a great video ! Please tell me that you're in your 40's so I know that you actually went through these games in my time too cuz man you nailed it with this video !!! Thanks for this really !!!
I beat 1 as a kid got to the 2nd form of the Ninja Gaiden 2 but couldn't beat him and never had a chance to play 3. The player makes it look to easy in the video several of these bosses were not easy at all.
As a kid legendary wings was funny because i actually thought when it said "the devil is coming" that they created the devil how he's supposed to look and i wondered why it was a blimp looking ship
As a kid Mario 2 was always baffling to me. It was such a departure from the first game. Then Mario 3 was my jam. Now that I’m in my 40s I understand why Mario 2 was so different. I was never very great at it (I never had a Nintendo and only ever played on my friends) but it was weird and the music was crazy
Mario 2 was actually a different game in Japan called doki doki panic and was rebranded with Mario characters when it came to America and sold as Mario 2. the original Mario 2 that was released in japan looked almost identical to the original Mario and was never brought to Americas or Europe as it was considered not to sell well being too similar to the original and apparently much more difficult. hope this gives some insight.
Mario 2 was actually a different game in Japan called doki doki panic and was rebranded with Mario characters when it came to America and sold as Mario 2. the original Mario 2 that was released in japan looked almost identical to the original Mario and was never brought to Americas or Europe as it was considered not to sell well being too similar to the original and apparently much more difficult. hope this gives some insight.
@@donovanolson85 did you read my comment before you replied? I said that now that I’m adult I understand WHY. meaning, I KNOW it was a different game 🙄. The prototype Mario 2 (the lost levels) wasn’t deemed different enough, and it was too hard. I know the lore, but thanks, I guess 🙄
In 2023 (& for a while earlier too) the final boss is endless end game content and paid content. It’s not about a final in game boss anymore. It’s a game to see how long you can play without simply quitting because they want you to keep spending money on the game.
Am I the only one who would jump behind wart in super Mario brothers 2 and just throw veggies in his mouth? It’s a great tactic. The bubbles never get in the way and even standing behind him it counts as throwing it in his mouth. I never see anyone else do that.
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Life Force
Jackal
Rush'n Attack
Contra
S.C.A.T
Shadow of The Ninja
Shatterhand (but Japan)
Mitsume ga Tooru
Arkanoid
The Guardian Legend
Dragon Warrior
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden 2
Ninja Gaiden 3
Ghost'n Goblins
Castlevania
Castlevania 2
Castlevania 3
Kung Fu
B-Wings
Final Fantasy
Advanture Island
Advanture Island 2
Gun-Nac
Summer Carnival '92 - Recca
Kick Master
The Trolls in Crazyland (but Japan)
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Robo Warrior
Blaster Master
Super Spy Hunter
Batman
Zanac
Bucky O'Hare
Metal Gear
pow mano vc e fera botou os nome de cada jogo parabéns
Its crazy to think that, for me, before Bowser there really wasn't a concept of a final boss. I know he probably wasn't the first anywhere, but he was the first that I saw as a very little kid. Before that it was games like Pac Man or Dig Dug where you just played harder and harder boards until it either reset the game, glitched out or ended. It was a novel concept to play a group of levels with an extra hard enemy to defeat at the end. When the game even had a definitive end, or story for that matter. Even if it was super basic it was more than usual.
To have seen all of videogame history and to have grown up alongside games was awesome. They matured as I did. Almost at the exact pace of my life. NES in elementary school, SNES and Genesis in middle and early HS, PS and Saturn in later HS and then as a young adult it was on to PC games, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox and GameCube. That was when games really grew up, and me being in my early 20s it seemed like a perfectly natural evolution. Only very recently have I felt that I'm finally not the target demographic anymore, like within the last 7 years or so. I'm definitely not too old for games, but I no longer feel like most of them are being made specifically for people like me. Not sad, I've been the target demo for almost my whole life. Time for another generation to get things made for their sensibilities. I still have thousands of games to play, and the few new ones that appeal to me.
Well Said!
Truth man. I grew up with games the same way you did. they grew with us.
Apart from the first 3 SMB titles (all of which are instant "givens")...
Life Force (aka Salamander; Konami 1987-88)
Jackal (aka Final Commado - Red Fortress; Konami 1988)
Rush 'n Attack (aka Green Beret; Konami 1987)
Contra (Konami 1988)
S.C.A.T. - Special Cybernetic Attack Team (aka Final Mission / Action in New York; Natsume 1990-91)
Shadow of the Ninja (aka Kage; Natsume 1990)
Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (retooled & localized as Shatterhand; Angel/Natsume 1991, published in the US by the already-defunct Jaleco)
Choujin Sentai Jetman (Angel/Natsume 1991)
Mitsume ga Tooru (Tomy/Natsume 1992)
Arkanoid 2 (Taito 1988)
Guardic Gaiden (aka The Guardian Legend; Irem/Compile 1988, published in the US by the already-defunct Brøderbund)
Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest (Enix**/Chunsoft 1986, localized by Nintendo 3 years later)
Ninja Gaiden [Ninja Ryukenden] 1, 2 - The Dark Sword of Chaos, & 3 - The Ancient Ship of Doom (Tecmo* 1989 / 1990 / 1991)
Ghosts 'n Goblins (Capcom/Micronics 1986)
Castlevania 1, 2 - Simon's Quest & 3 - Dracula's Curse [Akumajou Dracula / Dracula 2 - Noroi no Fuuin/ Akumajou Densetsu] (Konami 1986-87 / 1987-88 / 1989-90)
Kung Fu (aka Spartan X; Nintendo/Irem 1984-85)
B-Wings (Data East 1986)
Final Fantasy (Square** 1987, localized by Nintendo 3 years later)
Adventure Island 1 & 2 (Hudson Soft 1986-87 / 1990)
Gun-Nac (Nexoft ℅ ASCII/Tonkin House ℅ Tokyo ShosekI/Compile 1990-91)
Recca [for Summer Carnival '92] (Naxat Soft 1992)
KickMaster (Taito/KID 1991-92)
Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi - Crazy Land Daisakusen (VAP/KID 1991 - localized as The Trolls in Crazyland for Europe, in '93 by the already-defunct American Softworks Corporation)
Mega Man 1, 2 & 3 (Capcom 1987 / 1988-89 / 1990)
Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu (Hudson Soft 1990)
RoboWarrior (Jaleco / Hudson Soft 1988)
Blaster Master (Sunsoft 1988)
Super Spy Hunter (aka Battle Formula, Sunsoft 1991 - derived from the already-defunct Midway/WB's Spy Hunter franchise)
Batman (Sunsoft 1989)
Zanac (FCI/Pony Canyon/AII, Compile 1986-87)
Bucky O'Hare (Konami 1992)
Metal Gear (Konami 1987-88, localized in the US by its short-lived subsidiary Ultra)
*currently Koei Tecmo
**currently Square Enix
Gracias por tomarte el tiempo haciendo la lista. 👍🏽
Thanks my friend
Thank you for doing this!
👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Metal gear was such a disappointment as I had played it with MSX first.
Props to the audio design of the 8-bit era.
They did so much with so little!
the quality of this video is epic :D thanks for posting this and taking me back in time with all the sounds
Man that brought back memories. Thank you.
dang, a lot of these bosses are either giant skulls, or aliens with wicked sharp teeth. NES bosses would definitely give me nightmares as a kid. Luckily I only played Mario. lol
wow so much dedication. thank yo for this video
I like the explosions in some games and it's amazing! 👍👍👍
I like it when the final boss has a an intro sequence that feels as if it was 5 minutes and then you shoot him three times and he's gone.
Great work, congratulations!
Could you please add the names of the games?
I know most of them but would like to know the ones I don't.
Uh*+4*+4°•6*
Yes, please. Ones like Castlevania and Mega Man are fairly obvious but there's a lot of games here that I don't recognize.
@@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf I like eating a ni 2
@@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf Same, there's a few I don't know. I would like to know the game shown before Blaster Master, it looks like another Sunsoft game, possibly?
@@Andres33AU RoboWarrior
So cool!! Thanks for the video bud!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
With Rush'n Attack, you gotta love the logic that the only way to safely end a nuke threat is to shoot it over and over with a rocket launcher, LOL!
You break it, it does not work.
Greatest instrumental ever! Very relaxing ❤❤
OMG I LOVE THIS VIDEO!
Surprised nobody has commented with the time stamps for all of the games yet.
Whew after all them tough stages
This is the final moment.
MegaMan was so hard, so fast, the game couldn't even keep up with the frame rate. How genius and ahead of their time were those devs, letting you change suits mid fight/game!
I loved the beginning of this video : The original Super Mario Bros. Trilogy.
They don't really tell you how much anxiety and heart racing excitement it was to actually get to a lot of these bosses when you were a kid. NES hard was a real thing lots of broken TV sets for Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania because of those damn birds not to mention Mike Tyson in Punchout.
Maannn that first Crash Bandicoot almost tried to give me Grey hairs it was so stressful. Then one day before u could even get to the last end of the game . That shit froze at the loading screen of Slippery climb. Then there was relief. Mad but glad the pressure of beating it was gone . 29 and I still haven’t beat it . But I will one day
@@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598You never will, I'm afraid.
My greatest achievement as an individual, was beating Mike Tyson without getting hit once.
That is awesome. The new generation will never really understand with games where you can set the difficulty I was always someone who tried to get the best ending on the hardest setting. I was able to beat Mr. Dream on a decision in Punchout but not Tyson. Still looking to beat him. @@tubesockromance
This is my new sleep video. The music the sounds. Its perfect.
Turbo controller or not. Thanks for the comps. I seen part 2. It'll get watched 👊
Wow, the nostalgia! Brought me right back to my youth. Such fun times
Great copilation
Wow ! You brought me so much nostalgia ! I played about 80% of these games and beat most of them ! It was really cool to see the ones that I didn't finish ! It's crazy how I still remember how to play these games and the strategy to beat the bosses ! This was a great video ! Please tell me that you're in your 40's so I know that you actually went through these games in my time too cuz man you nailed it with this video !!! Thanks for this really !!!
Great job
That boss intro at 5:56 is pretty sweet.
Tokyo soulbrain
Landing the final hit on the Joker through the i-frame is bad ass.
man I'm not epileptic but one thing I don't miss from that era is the strobe-like flashing that often happens when a final boss dies
GunNac what good remembers. 8 Eyes was one of my favorites too.
omg the guardian legend. my childhood.
Ooooh my childhood game 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
You know you have good skill if
You made it to these guy going
Through all the hard stages.
Good job including ZANAC!
Mario 3 has the best battle music for Bowser ❤
Class content 👍🎮🕹😉
To this day, Guardian Legend is one of my favourite sci-fi games.
And whoever beats the last boss without using Enemy Erasers deserves respect.
Jackie Chan punches a spider to death. Awesome.
I don't remember Wart taking so many hits... but then, it has been years...
I was thinking the same. I thought it was like... 3 or 4?
Nice!
8:25 wtf 😳 я впервые такое вижу 😁👍
Эх, ностальгия, обожаю все эти 8 битные звуки и музыку 😌❤️❤️
This list can't be complete without Ninja Gaiden.
I beat 1 as a kid got to the 2nd form of the Ninja Gaiden 2 but couldn't beat him and never had a chance to play 3. The player makes it look to easy in the video several of these bosses were not easy at all.
I love the [Music] boss fight. Also the [Music] boss fight. And don't forget the you you boss fight!
That's a lot of bosses!
I need a list of all the NES games please
That's better than the same came out 3 years ago when most of the video games were fails
How did I never know that 'Shatter Hand' had a different sprite set for the Japan version? Wild.
Some way to tell what game Im watching would be fantastic. Otherwise, great vid!
I never get tired of watching dracula get cheesed with holy water 😂 14:02
Doki Doki Yuuenchi had cool art and a rad boss song!
Totally thought someone had made an insane rom hack that was a boss rush of bosses from various NES games !
Maybe someone should?
As a kid legendary wings was funny because i actually thought when it said "the devil is coming" that they created the devil how he's supposed to look and i wondered why it was a blimp looking ship
I love nes
These bosses got absolutely dismantled!😂
You left out the most iconic Nintendo game, Metroid.
Would you please add a list of the shone games in your descriptions? THX!
I didn't know Arkanoid had a final boss. Cool!
Never played Jackal but man it looks like a solid game
You should, the whole game is awesome
Uno de los mejores juegos de Konami , el hecho que controles un jepp y rescates personas lo hace increíble y jugablemente es muy bueno
at 8:55, I didn't know that Arkanoid has a boss battle back then lolol
Nice
Very cool just wish there was a list of the games on here that you did
0:12: Super Mario Bros Experience World (NES): Boss Battle #14: Wart
1:35: Final Boss: Bowser (Boss Battle #20)
I wish I could say that I beat Rush N Attack, but that game was just too darn hard for me as a kid.
Needed to title these but great video nonetheless
Thank you for not putting any of the final bosses on your main cover for this video, that would’ve been a major spoiler alert there lol
I have never beat the guardian legend but that last boss looks as broken as i imagine
9:49: Boss Incoming
Great Wish Named
As a kid Mario 2 was always baffling to me. It was such a departure from the first game. Then Mario 3 was my jam. Now that I’m in my 40s I understand why Mario 2 was so different. I was never very great at it (I never had a Nintendo and only ever played on my friends) but it was weird and the music was crazy
Mario 2 was actually a different game in Japan called doki doki panic and was rebranded with Mario characters when it came to America and sold as Mario 2. the original Mario 2 that was released in japan looked almost identical to the original Mario and was never brought to Americas or Europe as it was considered not to sell well being too similar to the original and apparently much more difficult. hope this gives some insight.
Mario 2 was actually a different game in Japan called doki doki panic and was rebranded with Mario characters when it came to America and sold as Mario 2. the original Mario 2 that was released in japan looked almost identical to the original Mario and was never brought to Americas or Europe as it was considered not to sell well being too similar to the original and apparently much more difficult. hope this gives some insight.
@@donovanolson85 did you read my comment before you replied?
I said that now that I’m adult I understand WHY. meaning, I KNOW it was a different game 🙄. The prototype Mario 2 (the lost levels) wasn’t deemed different enough, and it was too hard. I know the lore, but thanks, I guess 🙄
How can any mortal human get to the end boss of Recca?
i wish there was a timestamp and listing of what game is what cause im confused on lot of them on whats what
In 2023 (& for a while earlier too) the final boss is endless end game content and paid content. It’s not about a final in game boss anymore. It’s a game to see how long you can play without simply quitting because they want you to keep spending money on the game.
Rush jet to use Top spin mega man 3 one shot 2nd 1/2 😮 didn't know that. Learned something knew
24:13: Spider Battle
17:49: Boss Battle (Adventure Island)
18:07: Adventure Island 2
Sos un CAPO
What games after contra 1, tell me ?
Is there a list of the games?
20:55 Doki! Doki! Yūenchi: Crazy Land Daisakusen | i remember playing this game when i was a kid but never know the name
27:54: Enemy Wave Battle
I don't remember what all these games are. I got most of em, but I wish you would have added some text.
Can you do the final boss for Spy Hunter next? 😂
13:22: Final Stage
ガーディック外伝入っとるの嬉しいね
Музыка великолепна !!!
14:02: Castlevania Final Boss: Dracula Dragon
14:46: Count Appears and 14:56: Death Dragon Vampire
I just wish There were subtitles of the titles
Recognize maybe a quarter of em
Am I the only one who would jump behind wart in super Mario brothers 2 and just throw veggies in his mouth? It’s a great tactic. The bubbles never get in the way and even standing behind him it counts as throwing it in his mouth. I never see anyone else do that.
I did that. Always used luigi
😂 I did that too ! Just one time and that was it I swear !
Same here. But not always. I love to make it more difficult for me at games I could finish in my Sleep.
Man, game devs used to really hate epileptics
5:55: Stage Start
13:49
What game is on the thumbnail?
Update: Figured it out, its Robowarrior.
Don’t You have list of the games? 😅
25:19: Blaster Master
9:29 What is this game? I have childhood memories of it but forget the name.
The Guardian Legend … very underrated NES game
Hi, please what is the name of game in minute 5:00?
What is the game/boss at 4:15? Awesome.
S.C.A.T o final mission
Whats the name of the game on 4:04 ???
29:53: Time Warning
what is the name of the game of the minute 5:56?
0:30 Sonic doing this heave as a reaction.