Boss battles
Video game concept
Includes one or more battles with enemies who are significantly more powerful than anything else thrown at the player prior, usually found at the end of a level.
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games
98platforms
Alternate names: Boss fights, Raid bosses, End level bosses
WIN 2014-02
PCE 1991-11-22
NES 1989-10-27
8801 1986-12
SMS 1989-02-04
C64 1989
ST 1989
DOS 1990
WIN 2010-11-02
SMS 1988-02-29
SMS 1987-05-17
VCS 1982
Obviously being literally a boss does not alone qualify for this. These may also exist even if no other battles are fought, though such cases are likely quite rare.
Battles against literal boss characters or other major antagonists that do not differ from other battles fought significantly (equally weak and such) this tag no longer conveys anything useful for them and should not be used for them (you might want to add a note about them why you think they do not deserve this, though).
Raid boss is an MMO variant of the end level boss (raid being a combination of multiple player groups/parties, usually established for the sole purpose of fighting the raid bosses).
Battles against literal boss characters or other major antagonists that do not differ from other battles fought significantly (equally weak and such) this tag no longer conveys anything useful for them and should not be used for them (you might want to add a note about them why you think they do not deserve this, though).
Raid boss is an MMO variant of the end level boss (raid being a combination of multiple player groups/parties, usually established for the sole purpose of fighting the raid bosses).
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Games by year
The first Boss battles video game was released in 1980.
Platforms
Windows | 424 | ||
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Linux | 343 | ||
NES | 228 | ||
Arcade | 133 | ||
PC Engine | 76 | ||
Mac OS X | 74 | ||
Mega Drive | 65 | ||
X360 | 64 | ||
Amiga | 62 | ||
MS-DOS | 62 | ||
PS3 | 55 | ||
C64 | 52 | ||
Atari ST | 52 | ||
PS2 | 42 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 41 | ||
Master System | 39 | ||
Famicom Disk System | 39 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 39 | ||
GB | 35 | ||
MSX | 32 | ||
PS4 | 29 | ||
X68000 | 26 | ||
Apple II E | 20 | ||
SNES | 18 | ||
PS | 18 | ||
MSX2 | 17 | ||
Wii | 15 | ||
PC Engine CD | 15 | ||
Xbox | 15 | ||
Xbox One | 14 |
Most common companies
Sega | 121 | |
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Konami | 91 | |
Capcom | 70 | |
Taito | 46 | |
Nintendo | 45 | |
U.S. Gold | 38 | |
Activision | 36 | |
Namco | 34 | |
Ubisoft | 29 | |
Ocean | 25 | |
Irem | 22 | |
Jaleco | 18 | |
Electronic Arts | 18 | |
Devolver Digital | 18 | |
Hudson Soft | 17 |