How the hell do you beat the last boss in Air Zonk?

[Keranu]

I just made it to him for the second time and I have no idea how you would effectively kill this guy. It seems there is no room at all to manuever once he sends those green bomb seeking things, which come at you as soon as you appear. The only tactic I've found is to charge at him while you're invisible attacking with your thrusters while charging a bomb.

[ccovell]

Yep, if you're looking for an easy way to beat the last boss it's all a matter of:

1) Building up enough lives in the previous levels/bosses.  Usually the previous bosses give you enough free lives so that you have one or two dozen extra lives saved up.
2) Dodging the last boss' shots (in a figure-8 fashion, for example) long enough for your super bomb to charge up (and release it).
3) When you do get killed, move in there while invincible and blast him with your rear shot.

[Keranu]

I noticed that once I beat the boss before the last boss, it gave me like 9 one ups.

I think they should've divided the last level into two levels because the last level is really long and it's a bummer when you die at the last boss and have to restart.

[nat]

I beat the game like 10-15 years ago (sometime in the mid-90's, heh) so my memory is slightly foggy, but one thing I do remember is that it is possible to dodge those green things, and that was the key to my win.

It's funny-- Air Zonk is techincally only a "5 stage" shooter, but there is enough content to fill 7 stages.

[nodtveidt]

Beating the big superboss at the end of Air Zonk is a lot easier than it looks. Don't let his size intimidate you.

The first part, where he's in three pieces, you simply dodge the shots from the first two, and hit the third with your charge shot, which should wipe out all of the homing missiles. When he joins together to form his final form, what you want to do is pummel him with charge shots exclusively; don't wait for the bomb because it takes too long to charge and doesn't do enough damage anyways. He attacks with a series of patterns...knowing which one to look out for is the key. His only really challenging attack is his homing missile shot...if you know when it's coming, you can nail the missiles with your charge shot and wipe them all out. It will always come after a specific attack (it's been awhile, but I believe it comes after his attack where he shoots orange cubes at you). Don't worry about the green things that circle you and block your shots...your charge shot will disperse on it, hitting him multiple times. The charge shot will also go through most of his attacks...except his lightning bolts, which will eat the shot. Fortunately he doesn't use the lightning bolts very often. But whatever you do, stay to the left of the screen, that way you have enough time to react to whatever he's shooting at you. And Covell's suggestion about exploiting the invincible time after you die is solid advice...you can get in quite a few free hits there, just don't stay there too long or you'll lose another life.

[Keranu]

Thanks a lot for the tips, nod; worked like a charm! The thing that confused me about the first two times I fought him that I didn't know those green things actually don't hurt you. Once I stayed to the left of the screen and used the charge shot, things were a lot easier. In fact, I didn't realize how important that charge shot actually was and used it through the whole game (comes especially handy during the Bonk's Adventure part of the last level!). Thanks again! Great ending, by the way.