Boss Fight - Giant Cow Mary (Deathsmiles, 2007)

So far we've had one of the earliest boss fights in arcade gaming, my first boss fight and one of the more controvertial boss fights. This month, I'm going to talk about one of the silliest, Mary the Giant Cow from Cave's sublime shoot 'em up Deathsmiles.

As bosses go, there's not much to say. She simply charges the player from the left (which is quite unusual), firing purple bullets from God knows where and conjuring protective cubes. She takes damage where ever you hit her and if you use a combination of our own conjure magic (AKA bomb) and power up mode you  should despatch her in a few seconds. Nonetheless, the first time you see her you will wonder what the hell is going on.

MTW