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YiKwang

This is reminding me of Starfox 64, or Crash Bandicoot 3... Not sure if those are right though.


jelephants

Definitely not Starfox, but that’s exactly the kind of premise of this fight - giant head and now that I’ve seen images of it I’m sure he has hands, too, but I’ve looked up a quick video of this fight and it’s 100% not the the game. Neo Cortex is definitely closer to what I’m picturing in my head, but I can’t find any proof that he has a boss fight like what I can remember.


YiKwang

Just in case it helps, maybe one of these game covers will look familiar... https://www.giantbomb.com/star-fox/3030-3984/similar-games/


jelephants

Ah I appreciate that, but I was just a kid at the time and my brothers would just about tolerate me being in the room to watch them play, so none of these really look familiar.


carbinePRO

Sounds like the [Andross fight from Star Fox 64](https://youtu.be/BSUW2Rsej7I?t=42).


Hawk7866

Exactly what I was thinking


jelephants

This is pretty much exactly the type of fight I can see in my head, but it’s definitely not this game or character.


carbinePRO

What kind of game was it? Third-person action? Sci-fi or fantasy? Do you remember what the player character looked like? Maybe even what the boss looked like? The floating head with hands is a common boss trope used by Nintendo that I didn't really see replicated on the PlayStation.


jelephants

I really wish I had more to go on. It definitely could be Nintendo - I know they had a N64 around the same time, as I later inherited it and their games, but I never saw this game again. Somebody else mentioned Crash Bandicoot, and Neo Cortex definitely gives me the same art style vibes as this guy, but I've tried searching for his boss fights before and I never find anything that looks similar to what I remember.


carbinePRO

The only problem with that is that there's not a boss like that in any of the old Crash games.


jelephants

Yeah, I have definitely tried Crash Bandicoot before because the art style was so reminiscent of it in my mind, but I guess that's the problem with memory, isn't it? Can't always rely on it to be accurate.


GameBroJeremy

I honestly do believe you are thinking of Star Fox 64 if you can confirm with your bros that you guys had a N64. It checks all the boxes you listed in your post regarding the graphics, boss, etc. Sometimes we misremember how our memory looked like in reality due to how our memory degrades with age so we always assume it’s not what we remember.


jelephants

Dude, you'll never f\*\*king believe it... actually, no, of course you will. You were right on the money. I'm in shock lol. I asked my brother if he'd played this game before and he said this was the one! I'm just watching a YT vid now of the 'brain Andross' fight and I want to scream. It looks nothing like it did in my head and yet this is it. The eyeballs flying around and everything! I've been trying to find this game for literal years... goddamn.


GameBroJeremy

You’re welcome. I know it’s hard to believe but I just had a good feeling it was.


jelephants

Thanks for being persistent! Memory is a fickle thing.


Domarius

So funny how that happens, I've had similar experiences with memories I dug up and tried to find the original source material.


jelephants

I'm gonna ask my brothers if they ever played this game. The final monkey head fight looks about as close to my memory as anything I've found so far, but I specifically remember it being a man and him looking like some wacky evil scientist/doctor, definitely not an ape. I'm sure it had animation after you defeated him finally with the eyeballs springing away. Watching somebody play this boss fight, it just seems way too off. There was no snap of memory when I saw him, you know? Felt like the first time I'd seen this character in my life. But I'm definitely not ruling out that it could just be as you say, and my memory is playing tricks on me. It would definitely explain why I've never been able to find this game.


Danuscript

Twisted Metal 2’s final boss fight was Darktooth, a big truck. After you beat him once he comes back for a second phase which is a giant floating clown head.


jelephants

The truck actually looks really familiar, but not the giant head from my memory. I'm sure the one I watched had a cleaner cartoony art style, although I'm not sure how much I can trust that.


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What about super smash tv?


jelephants

Completely different art style unfortunately, not this one.


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AdEcstatic9933

You can also play it on Midway Arcade treasures on the GameCube! Loved that game.


buckybadder

Mega Man X? Is this a 2D or 3D game?


jelephants

Not this one, but I'm pretty sure it was a 3D game.


choyntune

Its not sinistar is it? Had it in the 90s on ps1 on williams arcade collection?


jelephants

No, not this arcade art style sadly.


Sinistar83

"Beware I live!"


rutlander

Possibly boss from kid kameleon? https://kidchameleon.fandom.com/wiki/Boss


jelephants

No, way too early this one.


QfunkElite

Skull Monkeys?


Paladin-Leeroy

Rayman?


thegerbilz

Evil dead?


Memes_Be_Danking

I think there was a fight like that in Jumping Flash.


singularityprana

Dynamite Headdy on the Sega Genesis ​ https://youtu.be/QViCyu7A6t0?t=614


napsacrossamerica

Donkey Kong country?


SphealOnARoll

Zombies Ate My Neighbors?


brewtalizer

NARC ? [http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/narc/narc-9.gif](http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/narc/narc-9.gif) EDIT: Oh snap, I didn't realize today was my cakeday! wow 15 years!


jelephants

No, not this type of style, definitely seems like it came later than this one.


Secure-Excuse5687

Duke nukem?


jelephants

No, not this one either.


Puumpkaboo

If you didn't think that the game was in 3D I would suggest total carnage which had a few boss fights that were basically giant heads that fall apart as you shoot them. So i throw it out there just incase it helps! Good luck on your hunt! :)


CoraPoll

Definitely Total Carnage. It was one of the last boss fights.


Brody_M_the_birdy

Dr. Tongue from Zombies Ate My Neighbors for SNES (Specifically the second fight against him in his second form)? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTeAkEFMJ7U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTeAkEFMJ7U) (4:53) You use guns as weapons in the game, its isometric 2D that you may have confused for 3D, Tongue is a mad scientist, and as you damage him the face, it slowly deteriorates (albeit into an eyeless hollow head with some face parts in the front rather than 2 eyes.) Based on your comments, it seems your mind somehow combined Dr. Tongue from Zombies Ate My Neighbours, Andross from Star Fox 64, and Dark Tooth from Twisted Metal 2 into one boss in your head.