Pause Menu: Fraxy Boss - Palenque

So, Fraxy is a fantastic game/engine/thing for anyone who likes any type of shoot-em-up. I'll do a detailed recommendation of it soon enough (and likely do one for Knytt Stories too), but the best way to sum it up for now is to say it is an extremely flexible engine which lets you make and fight shoot-em-up bosses which can range anywhere from Gradius-style shoot the core bosses to Touhou levels of bullethell to outright stages.

Right now though, I'm just going to go ahead and recommend a specific boss for everyone to try out, Palenque. Palenque was originally the boss of the sixth area in La Mulana (and in turn is based off of a real-life mural) and, unlike other bosses in the game, the fight against him plays out sort of like a shoot-em-up. Even so, the Fraxy remake of this fight is remarkably well-done and is really fun to play through, especially since it changes around the boss's hitbox and which parts of the ship deflect bullets to better fit Fraxy's gameplay. The Fraxy version even adds an entirely new second phase to the fight which is substantially harder and is loaded to the brim with special effects. Here are some comparison screenshots:

La Mulana

Fraxy

 

Here are a few relevant links:
The latest version of Fraxy can be found here: http://monz.sp.land.to/wp/fraxy/
A gameplay video for this boss and the download links can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKmODn0jL8
The Wikipedia article related to the original mural can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27inich_Janaab%27_Pakal