13 best Boss battles of all time

#12 Red Falcon (Contra)

Since Contra is one of my all-time favorite games (the one that made me the coolest guy in the neighborhood, before one punk destroyed my console by accident…Sob!), I have to include the final boss-fight here. Red Falcon (I had no idea that was the name of the alien until I read about it in Wikipedia…) is an alien that had been controlling the enemy forces in the island that you are saving. It is actually a humongous mass of flesh that spews weird creatures at you. You meet this thing in the eight stage, and to be fair, the ride till you reach the thing is easy. Once you face it, it really frustrates you by throwing his ‘children’ down your throat. It’s easier to defeat it if you are playing with your friend, but as a single-player it took me twenty attempts! Or, Maybe I was a lousy player…hmmm….