 
(ABOVE RIGHT) Notice the lovely sense of depth in the
hand-drawn background here as
the first stage boss hoves into view. Looks like its
already had its tailplane shot off..
 
(ABOVE) Apart from conveying the wonderful sense of
detail, static piccys
like this don't really do Battle Garegga justice.. you
have to see the
astounding amount of onscreen mayhem, pyrotechnics and
sprites
being flung around in action to truly appreciate it.
Anyway here are
two later bosses in the game going down in flames..
lovely..
 
(ABOVE) This huge green battleship (left) is one of my
favourite bosses
(Right) Flying over a fleet of floating warships.
 
(ABOVE) The latter stages of the game feature multiple
boss fights galore, this stealth
fighter (left) being one. (Right) The final boss is about
3 screens high and 4 wide, yet
the graphical detailstill does not let up. And neither
does the frenetic onscreen action..
   
(ABOVE) One
of my favourite features of Battle Garegga are these
'outrigger'
powerups you can collect to increase your firepower. With
a dab of a button
they can be positioned in a variety of configurations,
including firing backwards,
rotating around your ship shooting outwards, or even
following about your
plane 'Gradius'-style! Brilliant stuff!
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