Ristar - Boss Run - Part 3 - Final Boss

The final boss to Ristar! Lets take down Kaiser Greedy!
7 minutes! 5 of that, is just the credits and ending, XD Still... I love this game's ending too much to cut it out.


Greedy is one hell of a hard boss, and fittingly, the hardest boss in the game, by far. Definitely a much harder villain than either Robotnik or Bowser ever were.
Granted, playing on an Xbox controller upped the difficulty considerably, XD
Couple of notes against this boss:
First Form:
Defeating the orbs at the start is simply a matter of moving as they fire at you and attacking them.
There's a glitch in the game where these said orbs don't die until they move. This happened whilst I was playing.
He's far harder to hit than he looks. Don't concentrate on trying to hit him every time he appears, that's a sure-fire way to get yourself killed. You need as much health as possible for the second form.
Ignoring the orbs he summons is suicide. They do not go away. Make sure you kill them!
Hitting him whilst he has orbs surrounding him is suicide. Not only does he get a fresh batch of orbs, but then he starts firing three at a time, AND he starts moving again! So, yes. Don't do it.
You can hit the black orbs he fires to get additional health. This helps if you can pull it off, but you're likely to get hit in the process. He sometimes drops a blue star which restores your health fully!

Second Form:
Ok, now the boss goes crazy!
The black hole is an instant kill if it pulls you in. You must be holding onto an enemy to stop from going in.
When the new enemy drops from the ceiling, kill the older one and grab onto the new one. Don't kill them all until the black hole is gone, what-ever you do! ,Also, getting hit by an enemy here will also result in an instant kill, as it knocks you into the black hole.
After the first black hole attack, it is possible to stop future ones by hitting Greedy, but this is tricky to pull off. I can usually do it, but failed in this attempt, and nearly died as a result XD
When he appears in the corners of the screen, this is your best opportunity to hit him.
When he appears directly above you, he tries to pull off his hardest to avoid attack: The lightning punch.
You need to be standing to the left of him, and try to grab him diagonally right.
If you fail to hit him, it's guaranteed damage. It's possible to outrun this attack near the start of the form, but when he's close to death he can pull this attack up to 4 times in a row. (Enough to kill you even on the normal difficulty.)
Your best bet is to try and hit him before he performs the move! He'll no longer chain them together.
Unless he appears above you, kill the enemies as they appear. You don't want to worry about them AND Greedy.

All in all, Greedy is a very tough boss. The ending sequence makes it all worth it though!
This has to be my favourite retro ending, ever. The credits sequence is brilliant. I got giddy with joy watching it now, let alone as a kid, =D
The Japanese ending shows Greedy surviving... I kind of prefer the Western ending, as it implies he and his minions where killed by his own black magic :P (Hey it kills YOU, why not him?)
That.. and Ristar gets his Dad back! :D
That.. and the Japanese release promised a sequel that never happened. Make it happen Sega! Hire the game out to someone that knows what they're doing! =D
I love this game to bits. I really do.