10 More Disturbing 8-bit Video Game Bosses

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10 More Disturbing 8-bit Video Game Bosses

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Жыл бұрын

It's becoming a bit of a TripleJump tradition, this digging up of disturbing bosses from old-school games and displaying them like some kind of museum of the grotesque. We previously unleashed a couple of videos on 16-bit bosses that gave us the heebie-jeebies, then we explored the murky realms of 8-bit unpleasantness, casting our eyes over some of the monstrosities that developers managed to create using even fewer pixels. Well, it turns out that there are plenty more where they came from, so we decided to make a part two! Here are 10 More Disturbing 8-bit Video Game Bosses!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Simon Pike (@Sim198k)
Video Editor: Lean Bacalzo (@LeanBacalzo)
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@CharlesWorkPPL Жыл бұрын

That extra rear-facing eye gives Biclops excellent hindsight.

@MasterZebulin Жыл бұрын

Booooo!

@-weaponized6493 Жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 20

@superdarklink Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@Alucard-A-La-Carte Жыл бұрын

A single robot leg, bulging manic eyeball, and hairy torso, I didn't realize my Uncle Seb was moonlighting as an 8-bit boss in the '80s! Explains a lot, actually.

@rollanddev Жыл бұрын

Great video! It's ironic how the 8-bit era was so limited in its graphics but somehow able to create even more imaginative and visceral bosses than most modern near-photorealistic games do. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! ("Skuh-1337-whole" sounds odd, to me at least. :P)

@BreakingSigns Жыл бұрын

So glad I found this channel. I’ve binged like 30 of your videos this week. Hell yeah! Keep it up guys

@CyanShaman Жыл бұрын

I've watched pretty much all of their videos on this channel since discovering them during the 2020 first lockdown. The Shit Games for Wankers/Worst Games Ever playlist mix from here, Vidiots and WhatCulture is a regular Playlist I run if having problems sleeping. They uploaded 3 Seasons of them in one singular 4-5hour chunk that I've fallen asleep to multiple times.

@only1smally Жыл бұрын

An old game on the zx spectrum - go to hell. Pretty much everything is 8 bit gross in it.

@shenloken2 Жыл бұрын

Definitely good call including Dracula’s 2nd Form from Castlevania 3! A huge floating brain with lots of faces dripping blood from their maws which then become skulls when you kill each one? Yeah that’s pretty warped! Imagine if they realized it in animation form for the Netflix series.

@360entertainment2 Жыл бұрын

There was so much they could’ve done with Dracula in that one, I still enjoyed the series though!

@MajinZarak Жыл бұрын

Guardian Legend was a masterpiece.

@Dhalin Жыл бұрын

It's very rare when a game that tries to mash two genres together in the same game, actually pull it off. Usually when you try to mash two genres in the same game, you get this game that tries to be too many different things, and never excels at any of them and just feels blah and samey. TGL, on the other hand, manages to pull it off, somehow. It's an awesome top-down shooter, but yet the on-foot exploration is awesome too. I think what really helped, is that you use the same weapons in both segments and the controls feel really smooth and responsive, and your character (either on foot OR in the flying form) doesn't move like she's 9 months pregnant (ahem, Life Force before picking up the mandatory Speed powerups). That's something Crystalis also did (fast character movement) and it's one of the things that makes _that_ game feel so awesome to play too.

@bixenter Жыл бұрын

@@Dhalin Are you TGL fan? Then join the community

@ArcaneAzmadi Жыл бұрын

Of course, the plot of Blaster Master was completely rewritten for the English version. The original Japanese version featured no pet frog nonsense, and was about an invasion of the peaceful _planet_ Sofia III in the Epsilon galaxy by the Invem Dark Star Cluster, with the tank Metal Attacker being created by a small group of survivors from the attack to fight back. I'm willing to bet most of the games on this list had their plots changed for the western release, but Blaster Master is probably the one where they put the most effort into integrating the new plot into the game, what with the all new cutscenes- and they still only managed to come up with cliched crap like "boy wants his pet frog back"...

@beauwalker9820 Жыл бұрын

I like how the remake "Blaster Master Zero" kinda mixes both the USA and Japanese plots together, with some new plot points.

@MasterZebulin Жыл бұрын

Invem... Why does that name sound familiar?

@richardcochrun3869 Жыл бұрын

Glad they changed that, Metal Attacker for the tank name is dumb. Can you explain how the pet frog is cliche?

@MasterZebulin Жыл бұрын

@@richardcochrun3869 >Metal Attacker is a dumb name You take that back.

@Dhalin Жыл бұрын

There was also a short novel written about this new plot. While it is laughably unbelievable (c'mon, a HUGE expanse underneath the surface of earth with space-age tech? okaaay), it is a decent standalone story that gives further context of the game and it is decently written despite it being a somewhat amateur written book for kids. The same author also did one for Metal Gear which was even better written.

@hissatsu4937 Жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to see The Guardian Legend get more recognition

@mikeburkhart8336 Жыл бұрын

Not only was the final boss of The Guardian Legend disturbing,it was hard as nails to beat.

@RedSpade37 Жыл бұрын

I love all the bosses in that game, honestly. Even just the first boss, the Piranha Shark Fish, with its dozens of teeth and singular eye. Certainly not what I was expecting as a kid!

@parrishharris3008 Жыл бұрын

Most nintendo entertainment system games seem to be set on Hard Mode - smh.

@TheJcris87 Жыл бұрын

Remake when 😫

@Sauvenil Жыл бұрын

@@parrishharris3008 Nah, we were just far more patient with sluggish controls when we were young ;)

@Sauvenil Жыл бұрын

I came here just for the thumbnail, I'm not afraid to admit.

@mscottjohnson3424 Жыл бұрын

The Japanese box art for Guardian Legend is one of the sweetest NES/Famicom boxes period.

@Dhalin Жыл бұрын

The Japanese sure had a thing for robotic/cybernetic action girls, that's for sure!

@erikgilson1687 Жыл бұрын

That's the game!! Astyanax! I was literally just thinking about it yesterday, it's a game I used to have for NES I could never find when trying to describe it. Literally for like 15+ years I've been trying to figure out what that game was

@bachelorsensei9437 Жыл бұрын

8:50 I really loved how you gave Space John Wick a shoutout! Isolated Warrior and Street Fighter 2010 are some of my favorite NES games.

@Mankey619 Жыл бұрын

Man the NES has a whole lot of awesome body horror monsters in their kid friendly games. They just look awesome. Blaster Master is on the Switch and I definitely gonna play it.

@buckster2575 Жыл бұрын

I have easier on he nintendo.the control part is hard to get used to.

@hygrave2892 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see the team doing well. And Peter, I think you're tall enough to be a awesome Storm Trooper!

@Sailor_alan Жыл бұрын

Not sure if it's in either list, but there was a creepy eye brain boss in r type on the master system. It was grotesque.

@Fat_Kids_Jiggle Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised no bosses from Contra or Ninja Gaiden were on this list

@dixon_481 Жыл бұрын

There was as many robo skulls as I'd imagined, there was much more sea creature going on than I would have thought tho...

@RandomAsFunk Жыл бұрын

They should put Kevin in street fighter 6 lol, I’d main him

@listerofsmeg884 Жыл бұрын

The plot of Blaster Master would make a serviceable Steven Segal movie

@cjxj2202 Жыл бұрын

Only if they change the frog’s name to Ritchie 😂

@Dhalin Жыл бұрын

@@cjxj2202 YO anybody seen Ritchie? Anybody know why Ritchie did Bobby Lupo!? I'm gonna keep coming back until somebody remembers seeing Ritchie!!

@hygrave2892 Жыл бұрын

And one more thing, how about a worst to best on the Mega Man series? It's one you haven't got to. There are plenty of titles to make an hours worth of content. Cheers bruddas!

@vladt7150 Жыл бұрын

7:01 "Life Force" was also released as "Salamander" on the C64, and though it was missing 2 of the 6 original levels ( IIRC, GIGA is completely absent), the mutant bosses on levels 1 and 2 would **definitely** get a place on this list.

@krystalthesquirrel4973 Жыл бұрын

11:52 We're not gonna talk about that? Also, if you ever do a third installment of disturbing 16 Bit video game bosses, I recommend the deformed rat from Harley's Humongous Adventure.

@aarongritsch8394 Жыл бұрын

I always enjoy boss lists because not only are they entertaining, I also see a couple of games I have never played and now want to.

@wanderlustwarrior Жыл бұрын

Huh. I wasn't expecting to find a Street Fighter game I'd never heard of on this list of all places.😊

@williamreams4122 Жыл бұрын

He just cracks me up every time when he do these segments 😂😂😂😂😂

@Leviathan02464 Жыл бұрын

I loved blaster master as a kid.

@AtariSwitch Жыл бұрын

Dracula also had an awful demonic wail when you killed one of his heads.

@Underratedcomedi Жыл бұрын

Magic John is a funny name lol

@XXXXX8 Жыл бұрын

Where can I listen to the background music used in these videos?

@scottevensen2615 Жыл бұрын

7:39 Jump scare warning! That's unsettling 😨

@tarrker Жыл бұрын

Taking bets on how many of these "disturbing" bosses are just eyeballs. :P

@LoPhatKao Жыл бұрын

clicked because of thumbnail TGL was awesome the password screen music is imprinted on my brain lol

@Dhalin Жыл бұрын

How about the theme as you're flying towards NAGU? (I think it was called NAGU.. or was that NABU?) Very iconic and very well written piece of 8bit chiptune. That, and Area 0 walking theme.

@Shadowlynk Жыл бұрын

@@Dhalin NAJU. And yeah, Guardian Legend has a lot of awesome songs in its soundtrack, the intro stage being my favorite as well.

@leilaclarridge5807 Жыл бұрын

A lot of brains it seems

@noaht2005 Жыл бұрын

Ooh. It says I’m first. Guardian Legend is a great game

@mattjames6349 Жыл бұрын

how many of these are Japanese developed? Just saying it seems like a lot! :)

@noaht2005 Жыл бұрын

@@mattjames6349 all of them are Japanese

@qwaH Жыл бұрын

How about Soft & Cuddly on the Speccy? cant remember if there are proper boss's in it, never did manage to get too far, but pretty much the whole game is full of wierd & disturbing imagry, maybe for a list of games full of disturbing stuff

@PamIsley314 Жыл бұрын

4:00 squidward's ancestor

@gfear24 Жыл бұрын

The pronunciation of "Gradius" entirely depends on where you're from. Outside of the UK, it's pronounced "GRAY-dee-us", while in the UK, it's pronounced "GRAH-dee-us". Both are right.

@diegopaescuter9308 Жыл бұрын

For me Grimgrin (Area 8 Bosses) is the more ugly than final boss from Guardian Legend, and I think this monster is the inspiration from US Cover Art

@Shadowlynk Жыл бұрын

Same. Grimgrin's final phase is pretty much tailor-made for lists like this.

@AdamAtrocity17 Жыл бұрын

The first boss of Astayanax is pretty nasty

@stringanime 19 күн бұрын

Nice video. Ought to be titled "10 More Disturbing 8-bit NES Video Game Bosses." The 8-bit area of gaming far extends from Arcade to home computers, handhelds and 8-bit Consoles like Sega Master System and Turbo Grafx 16 (yep Turbo is an 8 bit console). Nintendo may have won the pop culture of 8 bit, but Nintendo definately doesn't own what 8-bit is. Some 8-bit games make the NES 8-bit, look like 8-Bit-shit.

@mattjames6349 Жыл бұрын

did you know Gradius was suppsed to be called Gladius(It's apparently a japanese sword) but theire was a miscommunication and hence you have Gradius which as far as I know doesn't mean anything at all, but yes it was supposed to be clled Gladius.

@Boreece Жыл бұрын

Nifty. Gladius is actually Latin and means "Sword", specifically the one used by the roman legionaries with it's distinct shape.

@RedSpade37 Жыл бұрын

And here I thought it was called Gradius because of gradients. Like, the intro with the Konami logo and all that. Learn something new everyday!

@mattjames6349 Жыл бұрын

@@Boreece Japanese and Latin ? I was pretty far off wasn’t I ? 😂 but I knew it was a miscommunication. I’m going to dig myself in deeper here arent I ? But the letter L isn’t big in the Japanese pronouncing of words is it ? Oh god , I’m embarrassing myself probably so much …

@Boreece Жыл бұрын

@@mattjames6349 No worries, mate 😊 Yes, R and L are often times swapped in japanese, for pronunciation as well as in the written Hepburn romanization. An example of this, off the top of my head, would be Xenoblade, which is pronounced Zenobureido in japanese. You'll find loads more like this if you start actively looking for them 😅

@CharlesWorkPPL Жыл бұрын

The gladius was a type of sword wielded by the ancient Roman military and gladiators.

@CyanShaman Жыл бұрын

3:00 Princess Rosebud is more disturbing than the bosses if you search for the X Rated Rosebud term 😸

@MaddMountains Жыл бұрын

All of the enemies in Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road gave me nightmares as a kid.

@yotaruvegeta Жыл бұрын

Why did developers love/fear mutations so dang much?

@cville991 Жыл бұрын

12:44 Looks like a demonic Exeggutor. 😆

@jongabrielminney2440 Жыл бұрын

Triple Jump has really solid background music.

@-weaponized6493 Жыл бұрын

8:15 Me when Hamburger:

@guessundheit6494 Жыл бұрын

I watched both lists. Why no mention of Sinistar?

@rollanddev Жыл бұрын

Sinistar was terrifying, but not very disturbing. It was just some kind of evil space robot. Most of the stuff on the list here is a writing mass of oh-dear-god-why-please-make-it-stop.

@ransax Жыл бұрын

Boy I hate when skeleetons use their skeleetal appendages to fight.

@kenhollis6197 Жыл бұрын

The word is "skeletal," not "skel-ee-tal," as in "skeleton."

@16ozClawHammer Жыл бұрын

It's 'skeletal', not 'skeletal'.

@partofthetribe3277 Жыл бұрын

Neat beginning in the wrestling ring. Did you guys thrash each other afterwards?

@wanderlustwarrior Жыл бұрын

Well, Ashton got in a good hit, at least.

@-Siculus-Hort- Жыл бұрын

oohhhh. i love blaster master.

@Werewolfmage Жыл бұрын

i knew life force would be in there somewhere

@RossPfeiffer Жыл бұрын

Now I'm just procrastinating

@knightchef Жыл бұрын

The vortex queen from Ecco the dolphin fucked me up as a kid, as an adult I don’t like it one bit.

@fernandopenalva2680 Жыл бұрын

Abadox is in first part???

@treyowen9213 Жыл бұрын

The Red demon is still the most horrifying.

@-Siculus-Hort- Жыл бұрын

look into the movie "terror vision".

@kylemitri3070 Жыл бұрын

The Biclop looks so friendly. I feel bad for it

@rollanddev Жыл бұрын

I just feel sorry for it because of how Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, saw fit to clog its butthole up with an eyeball. How does it poop? Is there a second mini-brain in its hind that allows it to interpret what its buttball sees? Is it even able to smuggle contraband across state borders? It reminds me of that one painting. I have no anus and I must poop. Only the little bloated and struggling fellow is clutching his ginormous buttball. Or maybe it's just a reference to the Japanese "Shirime" youkai. I dunno. My comments still apply if that's the case.

@schafferstephen2 Ай бұрын

Funny how Xynz gets no love....

@louiswilliams8534 Жыл бұрын

i hear you

@milagro795 Жыл бұрын

No. 7’s hat kinda looks like something… else…

@kingbeef66 Жыл бұрын

Man, the NES ere was very revolutionary.

@ethandalzell8242 Жыл бұрын

Sorry I should have subbed earlier ( I’ve been watching your videos)

@charlesmcgregor6396 Жыл бұрын

Street Fighter 2010 plays like Bionic Commando? Highly illogical.

@sonnieandjacob Жыл бұрын

The guardian legend is still my favorite NES game of all time

@gurvmlk Жыл бұрын

Good choice.

@nrabbit300 Жыл бұрын

.... Astro tube... is that why.... .. astroglide?.... ... ._.

@solidfkingsnake Жыл бұрын

"gee-gah"

@close2metvthebluesquare279 10 ай бұрын

11:54 Or cute anime girls! (Touhou Project)

@johnyporter6341 Жыл бұрын

Don’t lie Peter. There are always disgusting creatures in the comments section of KZfaq videos.

@killeing Жыл бұрын

FROMSOFT MADE MASTER BLASTER?! LIKE DARK SOULS FROMSOFT?!?!?!

@CharlesWorkPPL Жыл бұрын

Sunsoft.

@Dhalin Жыл бұрын

@@CharlesWorkPPL Sunsoft was an awesome developer. They did so much awesome stuff back in the day, and they clearly had very talented music writers at the very least. Most of the themes in Blaster Master are awesome, but Level 7's music is just packed so full of emotion. By the time you finally SEE that level you've got a mix of "I've come so far" and "I'm almost there!" at the same time and the music piece reflects that. Then, they _recycle it as the final boss's theme_ which is also quite fitting in that fight, too.

@Lollero200q Жыл бұрын

Gladius

@orlandeuce6567 Жыл бұрын

SEND MORE BRAINS

@mattcyr2022 Жыл бұрын

Who is this Yahtzee Croshaw impersonator? 🤔

@DemonArshan Жыл бұрын

I used to play this game on SNES I think there was this game I can't remember the name of it was like Street of Rage there was a giant 12 feet tall feminist boss with fire breathing Damm it can't remember the name.

@peggymacmillan5069 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤The Guardian Legend❤❤❤ is the best game ever developed...now days; "created". Secret Quest for Atari 2600 is tied to T.G.L.

@obscuredoblivion444 Жыл бұрын

"Rad" was more so in the '80s

@Lofote Жыл бұрын

Wait... not a single C64 game boss?

@matthewholland2816 Жыл бұрын

SkelEEEEtal :)

@nichooooo2748 Жыл бұрын

i think i'll be pronouncing it "ska-LEET-al" from now on

@hrs.ai2018 Жыл бұрын

US version NES are differnt from Japanese

@phorchybug3286 Жыл бұрын

These guys look funny.

@maddestmike5791 Жыл бұрын

Tim Curry is the superior Pennywise!!

@jackstar6018 Жыл бұрын

lol 😆

@AquaShibby3000 Жыл бұрын

I had Totally Rad..... it isn't...

@TheAdamdunlap Жыл бұрын

I love you guys so much. Maybe because I am so use to our lord and savior Adam... every time you say the title of your video and don't say "Join Us"... I always say it in my head... maybe I am alone in this but I think you should too???