Bolboros

Bolboros (ボルボロス Boruborosu^?) are the bosses of Stage 4 in Gradius Galaxies.

Attack patterns[]

Together, the Bolboros duo fires lasers. The smaller core will fire similar to Big Core MK I, while the larger will attack with covering fire. They don't seem hard until you destroy one of the cores. If you destroy the big ship, the small ship will freak out, opening its two "shoulder blades" and firing streams of tiny bubble bullets. These "shoulder blades" can be destroyed if enough firepower is concentrated on them. If you destroy the small ship, the big ship will start moving around, firing lasers every time it stops. The small blue laser emitters can also be destroyed, lessening the amount of fire coming your way.

Eventually, it will trap you in the middle of the screen, while (on loop 2) firing laser streams, and will also fire a large red laser. There is a safe spot for this laser, right in front of the core, just like the Guardian Core in Gradius: The Interstellar Assault. However, the laser's kickback can be problematic.

Trivia[]

The larger core of Bolboros bares some resemblance to the Ellis boss, Mobile Fort, in Thunder Force III.

See also[]

Berserk Core

Gradius Galaxies
Ships	Vic Viper
Stages	Meteorite • Glass • Artificial Galaxy • Underground Volcano • Moai • In Vivo • Comet • Fortress
Bosses	Terra Core • Crystal Gust • Volleone • Bolboros • Dogaltes • Brachion Eye • Perla Meralda • Rexion Core • Cliff Core • Rotating Wall • Eleos Brain

Core Warships
Big Cores	Big Core MK I (Old Big Core) • Big Core Custom • Big Core MK-I Rev.2 • Big Core MK II • Big Core MK II Kai • Big Core MK III • Big Core MK IV
Big Core variants	Beacon • Big Core Duo • Blaster Cannon Core • Boost Core • Bubble Core • Circle Core • Coreship • Crater Core • Crystal Core • Dellinger Core • Desert Core • Heaven's Gate • Juggler Core • Laser Core • Lizard Core • Mirrored Core • Neo Big Core • Parasite Core • Perla Meralda • Planet Core • Rexion Core • Rolling Core • Serpent Core • Shining Core • Super Big Core • Terra Core • Vanishing Core • Genocide Core • Odin Core
Core-style bosses	Abaddon Warship • Covered Core • Covered Core MK II • Dead End • Kraken • Mayhem Warship • Metal Slave • Misfit Warship • Queensrÿche • Riot Warship • Plate Core
Pseudo-Cores	Death • Death MK II (DeathDouble) • Death MK III • Beta Core • Nobil • Tri-Pod Core • Triple Core • Crash Bam
Tetran variants	Tetran (Zylom) • Covered Tetran • Crystal Core D-X02 • Laser Tetran • Tenny Rop
Parody Cores	Candy Core • Decoration Core • Decoration Core MK II • Viva Core