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* Monster X from ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.

** In the sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', [=GLaDOS=] takes this a step further by assuming the position of BadBoss of a modified Personality Core (Atlas) and Turret (P-Body), two robotic test subjects, making her [[IncrediblyLamePun the Core and Turret's Boss]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Gungae}}'' has the Central Tower in the ruins, which is immobile with a red core as its sole weak point, and can attack you with turrets.

* ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' has Mother Brain. In most of the games she's appeared in, she just sits in a tank and lets her turrets and Rinkas do the fighting for her, though in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' she has a second form that attacks more directly as well.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' has Buebeam Trap which consists of several turrets behind impenetrable walls that will converge fire on Mega Man every few seconds. The player has the use the Crash Bomb to destroy both the walls and the turrets. The trick is that you only have so much weapon energy for the Crash Bombs, and more walls in the room than needed to be destroyed to reach the turrets.
** Then there's Square Machine in ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' and 'Rounder 2 in ''VideoGame/MegaMan6''.
** In ''2'', there's also Picopico-Master where the boss fight where multiple tiles merge in pairs and then chase Mega Man.

* The Devil's Snare is a botanical version of this in the ''VideoGame/HarryPotter and the Philosopher's Stone'' PC game from 2003. The "cores" are the two large vines at the back of the BossRoom that have grabbed Ron and Hermione. The "turrets" are five thorny vines that extend toward Harry, dealing damage if they make contact, and need to be hit with magic periodically to drive them back.

* A boss early on in ''VideoGame/Rayman2'' is a weak version of this. It spits out bombs with small helicopter blades on top that fly towards you (no, really). To defeat it, you have to grab a "[[ExplodingBarrels keg]]" and throw it at one of three [[AttackItsWeakPoint cartoony bandages]] on the side of the machine. Doing this will power down the electric cage which has trapped [[DamselInDistress Ly]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', of course, has Mother Brain. In most of the games she's appeared in, she just sits in a tank and lets her turrets and Rinkas do the fighting for her, though she often has a second form that attacks more directly as well.

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* A boss early on in ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'' is a weak version of this. It spits out bombs with small helicopter blades on top that fly towards you (no, really). To defeat it, you have to grab a "[[ExplodingBarrels keg]]" and throw it at one of three [[AttackItsWeakPoint cartoony bandages]] on the side of the machine. Doing this will power down the electric cage which has trapped [[DamselInDistress Ly]].

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* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 4'' first boss is the turret system defending the squad sent to destroy the caravan Zero is protecting. There is a [[{{Mook}} Pantheon]] merged into the core, but it doesn't move.

* ''VideoGame/Area51FPS'' has the alien mothership core as the final boss, which features six core shields that must first be destroyed, and later, a pair a turrets on the top and bottom of the core. The destroyed shields generate a lot of fire.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' series is known to include many of them. The first ''Contra'' game had one at the end of stage 1 (defensive building wall), stage 2 (and to get to this, more cores and turrets have to be blasted), stage 4(this time the main cores can only be hit when merged, and shoot homing projectiles), and stage 7.

** The sequel, ''Super Contra'', had these at the end of Stages 1 and 3 in both versions, and the NES-exclusive Stage 7.

* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', of course, has Mother Brain. In most of the games she's appeared in, she just sits in a tank and lets her turrets and Rinkas do the fighting for her.

* In ''Super Tank'' for the SG1000, the boss of every level has a core and seven turrets.

* ''Tank Force'', the sequel of ''BattleCity'', has a final boss which is composed of four 3-barreled turrets which fire projectiles at fast rate and speed, considering the genre of the game.

* ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' parodied this with a series of Core bosses helmed by an entire family of people with huge green orbs for heads.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' has Buebeam Trap which can become {{Unwinnable}} if crash bombs are wasted. Then there's Square Machine in ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' and 'Rounder 2 in ''VideoGame/MegaMan6''.

* Most of the bosses in ''[[SpyHunter Super Spy Hunter]]''.

This manner of boss is often [[StationaryBoss stationary]], such as being part of a defensive barrier or a vital element of a structure -- and in the latter case there's a very good chance it's also a LoadBearingBoss.

** Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System (GLaDOS) is a textbook example of this trope. [[spoiler: While you don't actually shoot AT the Cores, they must be removed and destroyed by way of an [[MurderByCremation Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]]. Meanwhile... oh look! It's your old pal, the Rocket Turret! (Who, thanks to the power of portals, is instrumental in your attacks on [=GLaDOS=].)]]
** In the sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', GLaDOS takes this a step further by assuming the position of BadBoss of a modified Personality Core (Atlas) and Turret (P-Body), two robotic test subjects, making her [[IncrediblyLamePun the Core and Turret's Boss]].

* The recurring final boss of the ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' games is a space fortress with a [[PowerCrystal red crystal core]] guarded by multiple turrets and sometimes smaller crystals. The crystal itself typically unleashes BulletHell on you for its [[TurnsRed final attack]]. It may have been inspired by the similar final boss in Toaplan's ''TwinCobra''.

* ''SuperAleste'' has two examples: Lono, a grid of nine turrets at the end of Area 2; and Rubar, a Mode 7 spinning fortress at the end of Area 7, with six turrets and a core but only one attacking at a time.