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.
2446
games
98platforms
Alternate names: Boss fights, Raid bosses, End level bosses
LIN 2008-12-18
PS3 2010-01-05
LIN 2009-12-11
PCE 1989-07-28
GEN 1993-03-18
PS3 2010-04-15
PCE 1990-12-21
A800 1983
PCE 1990-12-07
OCS 1989
X360 2009-09-23
JAG 1993-11
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 | 425 | ||
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Linux | 343 | ||
NES | 228 | ||
Arcade | 132 | ||
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 |