9 Final Video Game Bosses That Required Incredible Skill

1. Mike Tyson - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Talk about getting lucky with an at-the-time relatively unknown fighter who you just signed to a boxing game arriving in the near future.

Yes, Mike Tyson was offered just $50,000 to appear in the original Punch-Out!!, the whole thing then working brilliantly in Nintendo's favour straight after. Overnight - and backed by solid gameplay - Punch-Out!! became the game where YOU could try and fight the undefeated champ himself.

Obviously, this being 80s arcade difficulty and the apex of the "Nintendo hard" period, Tyson came with instant knockouts for the first minute and a half of the bout, requiring perfect performance on your part to put him down.

We're talking dodges of a handful of frames or less and the ultimate punishment if you're defeated. In-game Mike Tyson is the crystallised form of video game difficulty - an unrelentingly precise challenge that only the most dedicated players will ever surmount.