Violent Storm (Arcade) - Boss Strategies

I made this video out of boredom, showing various ways to handle bosses as Boris (my favorite character). Sorry for the horrible audio desynch. There's really nothing I can do about it.
Comments:
Dabel: Pretty straightforward. Note that with the exception of Dabel, throws do more damage than piledrivers to bosses.
Joe: Also easy. The only tricky part is when he's at low health and jumps around.
Drigger: Yes, I know constant jump kicks are lame, but so is Drigger. He is hands-down my least favorite boss in the game, and the end of this battle shows exactly why.
Doyle: The first video shows a simple exploit involving missed jump kicks (strategy courtesy of MargolPro). The second video shows a similar exploit, but with no jump kicks.
Mr. Julius: My favorite boss, and with good music to boot. The first video is just beating the crap out of him with the pipe. The second video doesn't use the weapon in the statue. Note that if you lure Mr. Julius over to the statue and he shows off, you get (essentially) a free combo on him (or better yet, grab him and throw him away from the statue so that you don't break it and you can lure him to it again).
Sledge: Grabbing is the way to go. There are plenty of openings after his attacks where you can grab him. Otherwise just combo and hope he blocks so you can grab him.
Red Fredy: Very annoying. He likes to dodge grabs a lot, and unfortunately grabs are the only sensible way to beat him with Boris.
Geld: Included him for the sake of completeness, but I just can't beat this guy on one life. I came very close on this try, though.
Man, I need to lay off the long comments...

[@x.kalibre]

lol I didn't find your video one bit desynched =) good job on making those bosses minced meat ^^ it's a shame these sort of beat'em ups aren't made anymore indeed. sure, maybe the gameplay gets repetitive, but they sure were a lot of fun, my favorite gaming genre without a doubt =) and this looks like a pretty good one, never played it, but seems to rely a lot on timing, and I like that ;) cheers! o/

[@BlazeRhodon]

Easiest way to defeat Drigger if you play as Boris is grab him, two times bear hug, throw him to edge, pick him up, two times bear hug etc. Generally tactics is not bad but could be better.

[@megac4]

That works with the others as well. And the damage dealt is similar (in bosses and with that sequence, i mean. Boris piledrivers and such don't damage bosses much). It requires a very unforgiving timing to grab after Drigger reaches half the lifebar.

[@Vebinz]

Great job. I'm amazed at Boris's attacks' power. I play as Kyle and he doesn't nowhere near the damage.

[@LoneSageR]

Honestly I just watched this vid to see the supposed Tetsuo homage in the form of the last boss, but this was pretty neat -- great looking sprites. Wasn't lucky enough as a kid to get this in the arcade.

[@tongtian]

if you finish the whole game without a single death of your character, you will activating a harder mode where the game starts again and is much harder(of course), e.g: at stage one, when you're straight out of your car, there are 5 big fat lollipop and 5 spiney spikes waiting(and harder and harder alone all the way up) for you if my memory's not failing me... ...Oh, and they have higher AI as well... ...

[@megac4]

that's right. It's called the "Violent round."

[@theboombody]

That powerbomb sure looks effective.

[@jplaya2023]

the music from the boss in the wrestling wring is from tmnt 2 turtles in time

[@DemonPorkRAWR]

Beauty is JUSTICE.

[@fajny229]

Great video:)

[@p6mkq]

Doyle says: the machines are great ! But I thought he said:I am a machine freak XD

[@vinceorbe8539]

And if he lose, he says "OH NO! IT'S BURNING, THE MACHINES ARE FROZEN.... GYYYAAAAHHHHH"

[@Atombender]

This was more "Capcom'ish" than Vendetta, I like its predecessor a bit more, but Violent Storm was great as well, including some really cool boss characters, as shown here.

[@dfgdfffh]

No its not, it sounds COMPLETELY different then it! Though, it does sound similiar to it. And that song is also reused when your fighting Mr. Julieus (Stage 5).

[@diseasicon]

Sledge on difficulty setting 8 is really hard. There are tons of points where he has grab immunity, he moves way faster, and throw spams below 50% health like a bastard.

[@MDthornton83]

Yes! I can see the resemblence!

[@furrycheetah2000]

beauty is POWER.

[@vinceorbe8539]

It was "BEAUTY IS JUSTICE"

[@neorain55]

in the wrestling match level the last parts music was perfectly timed

[@gunpsycho]

Geld is hands down my absolute most hated boss in this game out of the rest. Even though, the rest of the bosses after Joe do give me trouble as well. (except for maybe Mr. Julius) My favorite boss, however, is Sledge because of his cheezy "Eat you for breakfast." line. (even though he blocks like crazy)

[@PlusmaGun]

Hmm... Isn't there a slight chance that Red Fredy and Geld are Carpathians, just like Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters II?

[@MDthornton83]

I must say, Sledge is a pretty goofy looking boss. But he does have some considerable moves.

[@Trickster242]

God, what's wrong with Geld's girly voice? "I'll show you no mercy!"

[@vinceorbe8539]

I think he's not a girl but a child transformed into a huge guy

[@vinceorbe8539]

He said at the first "Did you knock before you enter?" Attacks the main characters but they dodge it

[@JFMstudio]

Yeah, He looks like a mix btwn Blanka and Adon.

[@loempiavreter]

I'm sorry Violent Round isn't a boss rush: "DemonDBC writes on the Violent Storm board that if you beat the game without continuing, you'll be able to access the "Violent Round", where you face the really tough enemies. You also don't get much time left."

[@geekgo4]

I just wanted to know if you could kill the last boss without losing one life. I didn't care about a boss rush.

[@TheBadjihassoum]

hey its shawarzenegger what s he doing here boss level 5

[@dayner989]

@atrocity3010 not it is not outdated

[@loempiavreter]

Yes, if 1cc the game (no continue's) you get a Boss Rush.

[@geekgo4]

Is the final boss that hard(perhaps impossible) to kill/destroy without dying even once?

[@megac4]

Sometimes if you get lucky you can kill it without dying. And there are timing and techniques that can help a lot. Still, it's an abusive boss, without a doubt.

[@gajofreak]

'maay I see your ticket?' LMAO

[@dayner989]

@atrocity3010 yeah me too i like those 2d arcade games.

[@ushiwakamaru30]

Can anyone tell me if there's any emulator that will play this game? Bceause as far as I know, MAME doesn't support this game. Thanks.

[@megac4]

It does and in 2010, when you wrote this, it already did. Not all versions, though. Look carefully though different versions.

[@MDthornton83]

Julius has a pretty wussy death cry.

[@ShadowriverUB]

@natewifi because it works only in arcade format as a coin eaters :p as arcades are practily dead now, this kind of games died too, all left is classic remakes

[@west00site]

WAREK !!!

[@EddyCartoon]

I hated Geld. I can't find a way to kill this boss without having him crush me to death.

[@loempiavreter]

It basically means, yes it's possible ;)

[@Duvmasta]

Red Fredy looks like Blanka

[@chrisfalcon_vt]

it reminds me of hokuto no ken series.

[@opredador4066]

Não tem jeito, o chefe mais chato é o último.

[@TheBadjihassoum]

hell in a cell aginst drigger thats great and kick butts level 3

[@fajny229]

Super boss mix pzdr atrocity3010 :):):):)