super_etecoon on 23 June 2008
No Boss= anticlimax.
I think that original article your read is extremely flawed.
Most people I know that played arcade games never made it to any sort of boss. We played and played because the game was addictive, challenging, or ground-breaking.
Boss battles probably have their origins further back in time than the 1980's. Beowulf (500 ad) comes to mind...and that wasn't the beginning.
