The fourth console generation arguably represented the pinnacle of 2D gaming. For many, these were the glory days.Clever developers were finding incredible new ways to make games look, play, and sound far better than they had any right to. However, while 16-bit consoles could be used to build worlds as beautiful as they were magical, they could also bring our worst pixelated nightmares to life, especially when it came to intimidating boss encounters. Here are the 10 Most Disturbing 16-bit Video Games Bosses!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Simon Pike (@Sim198k)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
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now i know that the babyface boss is the inspiration for sweet valley eternal champ record cover
thanks triple jump
Well someone forgot infernax. Oh well, next time!
No Konami shooters? Bacterion Gradius 3, All the decrepit red falcon abominations from Contra 3, Take your pick of bosses from Axelay.
Iโm honestly surprised Agito, the final boss of Beyond Oasis, didnโt make an appearance on this list. That shit was highly disturbing and a total change around from the bosses that came before him.
Vortex queen from ecco didn't make it? Shame.
The bio-base level in SNES' "The Incredible Hulk" scared me so much that when I reached the level, I had to quit gaming, left the room, and my brother beat the level for me.
And games today want to be too realistic they fall apart when trying to scare us.
Cosmic horror at its best ๐ช๐โค๏ธ
"SNES" Doesn't sound so great with certain dialects.
If we're including JRPGs, I'd like to submit the final boss from Romancing Saga 2. It's called "Seven Heroes". It's one thing. You figure it out.
Was hoping the Laboratory Boss from Phantom 2040 would make it in the video
Would help if people reviewing knew the history of the games that blabber about. Midnight resistance originally wasn't about a cartel nonsense, but about an alien invasion kidnapping your family. And Turrican was born on the amiga…
Posh you at pronkjsing SNESSSS as "snaz"
I hate that that this got recommended to me.
Not that I mind if it is, but hearing you talk always makes wonder if you'll someday ask if you (And the rest of Triple Jump) are the baddies
Lol, Joe Musashi. The Japanese are obsessed with the name Joe for some reason. For female characters, it would probably be Alice cuz of Alice in Wonderland.
Developer:let's make these kids cry and never sleep again
Players:why you sick bastards
I love Earthbound ๐ ๐ Giygas was a fun boss fight
King Crimson and itโs ghastly appearance clearly shows the creators were pretty big fans of the album โCourt of the Crimson King.โ
Let's consider the final boss of The Story of ThorBeyound Oasis and the final boss of the Haunting: Starring Polterguy ๐
Just here to see if sotn is in here
Do an 8-bit and XEXYZ from NES best be on it hahahah
I've beaten Breath of Fire II 2-3 times and had never noticed the worm like protrusions…๐
I never give props to videos.but you did good on this one .no one ever brings up breath of fire or secret of evermore.
Hello, Peter from tripple jump! 6 months late, sorry mate. I really enjoy the style of these videos and how they are longer than 10 minutes!!!!
are you still downstairs from those loud people? Was that another youtube channel upstairs?
In shinobi 3, the guys name is Joe Musashi, why? Joe is a shortened form of Joseph which is derived from the Hebrew name yasaf which means to increase. Musashi, is a plain in Japan. Famously known for the "Samurai/Ronin" Miyamoto Musashi, which was actually just a peasant named Takezo. At this point, only samurai had 2+ names. Most of those samurai would never use a fake last name as their house and family is their connection to the hierarchy and your family honor. to name yourself after the area you were born usually implies you are a brigand and not a Samurai.
But hes a ninja? No ninja would use Musashi as that is again a call back to a "samurai" so this doesn't make sense, did they forget their own history or do they expect us not to know their history?
I donโt know if this counts but the final boss for Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Itโs a double headed Trex with an Alien xenomorph sticking out its chest
Oh, Contral: Hard Corps for sure deserves couple more bosses to be mentioned at the very least :3
All 4 story paths feature unique abominations at the end. Mother Alien is just one of them.
What about that multi-face mutant thing on the ballistic missile with more and more arms keep growing while you destroy them and its genitalia-like thing with face vomitting little worms?
My fanmade game:rise of the storm
Second game:eas #5 the devils nightmare storm
Contra Hard Corps Mother Alien, when you get his real face, you can notice than her eyes have 2 pupils! (is noticed because "she" spin her eyes constantly): one in the front and one in the back of the eyes!.
Not mention than the final boss are her heart, eyes and i think than her mouth with teeths.
Of only satans true form from boforce can appear in top 100 scariest bosses in the universe