10 Gaming Henchmen More Powerful Than Their Bosses

8. Super Macho Man - Mike Tyson's Punchout

supermario To this day I still haven€™t beaten this guy. Super Macho man was the culmination of Mike Tyson€™s Punchout. He essentially WAS the final boss of the game. He had the unorthodox style of Soda Popinski with the power of Bald Bull. And then he would start flying around the ring like Great Tiger. Nightmare. If you couldn€™t get into rhythm against Super Macho Man, you were getting trounced, and quick. One thing the developers did to help gamers was use the code system to save your place and allow you to skip ahead to different fighting circuits. The ultimate goodie was getting that code that allowed you to skip right to Iron Mike himself. Once in the ring with Mike you realized two things. One, Mike was a pushover compared to Super Macho Man. Once you survived the torrential pace of the first minute of the fight, you were golden. The second thing you learned was how much of a badass Little Mac was - I guess you€™d have to be to wear that pink sweat suit and be trained by the dad from Family Matters. Just please do NOT force me to fight Super Macho Man again.
 
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