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
99platforms
Alternate names: Boss fights, Raid bosses, End level bosses

GEN 1990-11-16

SMS 1988-02-29

MSX 1988

WIN 2009-09-15

SCD 1994

WIN 1997

IIE 1984

C64 1989

NES 1988-12-16

MSX 1988

ST 1990

ARCD 1998
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).
The first Boss battles video game was released in 1980.
Child groups
Bonus bosses, Mini-bosses, Puzzle bosses, Boss meter, Boss arenas, Joke boss, Multi-stage bosses
Platforms
Windows | ![]() | 422 | |
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Linux | ![]() | 342 | |
NES | ![]() | 228 | |
Arcade | ![]() | 132 | |
PC Engine | ![]() | 76 | |
Mac OS X | ![]() | 74 | |
Mega Drive | ![]() | 65 | |
X360 | ![]() | 64 | |
Amiga | ![]() | 63 | |
MS-DOS | ![]() | 62 | |
PS3 | ![]() | 55 | |
Atari ST | ![]() | 52 | |
C64 | ![]() | 51 | |
PS2 | ![]() | 42 | |
Amstrad CPC | ![]() | 39 | |
Master System | ![]() | 39 | |
ZX Spectrum | ![]() | 39 | |
Famicom Disk System | ![]() | 39 | |
GB | ![]() | 35 | |
MSX | ![]() | 32 | |
PS4 | ![]() | 29 | |
X68000 | ![]() | 26 | |
Apple II E | ![]() | 20 | |
PS | ![]() | 18 | |
MSX2 | ![]() | 17 | |
SNES | ![]() | 17 | |
Wii | ![]() | 15 | |
PC Engine CD | ![]() | 15 | |
Xbox | ![]() | 15 | |
Android | ![]() | 14 |