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** The HD version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' turns [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Egg Dragoon]] and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Silver]] into High Speed Battles, while the 3DS version does it with the [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Egg Emperor]]... Recent ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' games like this trope a ''lot''.

* ''VideoGame/Police911'' series, being a spinoff to VideoGame/LethalEnforcers, has all stages in this. You need to TakeCover and return fire in a quick succession in a limited time to avoid getting hit by enemy gunfire. Also, all bosses, despite being CatAndMouseBoss, runs at fast movements.

* Stage 4 of ''VideoGame/ContraIIITheAlienWars'' sees the heroes riding hoverbikes at breakneck speeds, fighting [[BigBad Red Falcon's]] JetPack-wearing, tank-riding {{Mooks}}. Later on, a massive [[BattleshipRaid air fortress]] catches up, and the soldiers must destroy the artillery emplacements on its belly... after which the battle [[HighAltitudeBattle takes to the skies]] and [[RefugeInAudacity throws all common sense out the window]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Hard Corps'' has a lot of these. To name a few, there are stages where you ride hoverbikes on highways and the sea, said hoverbikes can also [[TransformingMecha turn into slightly anthropomorphic robots]] that continue to ''run'' at the same speed they were moving while hovering, and there's a fight on a train including a boss fight with a giant robot that runs ahead of the train and eventually pulls a {{Trainstopping}} move ''while it continues to fight you!'' All of this comes with some of the best music to ever grace the Genesis, as well.
** One particular boss fight in Hard Corps has the players running ''on foot'' towards the camera whilst the boss attacks from the background in a robot.
** Stage 2 of ''Shattered Soldier'' does homage to both of those; the first half being a reprise of the hoverbike BattleshipRaid, and the second a battle alongside and [[TraintopBattle on top]] a train, ending in a rematch with said giant robot.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', you're fighting several enemies and a boss whilst you're on a [[MinecartMadness minecart]] escaping from a Magitek factory. Another is the fight against [[AfterlifeExpress phantom train]], where your characters are ''fighting a train's locomotive while running away from it, on the railroad tracks''. Oh, and if that wasn't cool enough, Sabin can [[SuplexFinisher suplex it]]. ''While it's trying to run him down.''

* The eighth ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Imperishable Night'', has a stage in which the scrolling background speeds up immediately following the {{midboss}} fight, causing a rather unsettling change of tempo. If you can ignore the background (which at this point is glowing a frenzied red), all the danmaku is moving at its normal speed, while the background just gives it a feel of moving much faster. It works.

* The second boss in ''VideoGame/WarioLand: Shake It!'' is one of these.
* One of the stages in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'' (and reappearing in Brawl) is set atop not-to-scale VideoGame/FZero cars mid-race. Just not letting the stage kill you is hard enough!

* Stage 4 of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} III: The Alien Wars'' sees the heroes riding hoverbikes at breakneck speeds, fighting [[BigBad Red Falcon's]] JetPack-wearing, tank-riding {{Mooks}}. Later on, a massive [[BattleshipRaid air fortress]] catches up, and the soldiers must destroy the artillery emplacements on its belly... after which the battle [[HighAltitudeBattle takes to the skies]] and [[RefugeInAudacity throws all common sense out the window]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Police 911}}'' series, being a spinoff to VideoGame/LethalEnforcers, has all stages in this. You need to TakeCover and return fire in a quick succession in a limited time to avoid getting hit by enemy gunfire. Also, all bosses, despite being CatAndMouseBoss, runs at fast movements.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 3}}'', they ramped up the movement via Horseback with very little difference to the regular gameplay, and Sandcraft battles that had a few difference in how to attack and such, but still the same basic gameplay.

* ''Call of Duty 4'' ends with you and your companions escaping a missile launch facility in trucks after destroying two missiles in mid-air, while being chased by an army, including an attack chopper.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

* ''VideoGame/Ultrakill'' has one in level 4-4. [[spoiler: After forcing V2 to attempt to retreat again, V1 gives chase out of the hole in the wall, leading to a gunfight while the two slide down the side of a pyramid at the typically ridiculous speed of everything else in the game.]] To give an idea of how fast they are going, when [[spoiler: V2]] loses control on defeat and slams headfirst into the ground at the bottom of the pyramid there is barely anything left but a large stain and an arm.

* ''VideoGame/ULTRAKILL'' has one in level 4-4. [[spoiler: After forcing V2 to attempt to retreat again, V1 gives chase out of the hole in the wall, leading to a gunfight while the two slide down the side of a pyramid at the typically ridiculous speed of everything else in the game.]] To give an idea of how fast they are going, when [[spoiler: V2]] loses control on defeat and slams headfirst into the ground at the bottom of the pyramid there is barely anything left but a large stain and an arm.

** There's a boss battle in which you're on a speeding horse-and-carraige, with the boss floating above you shooting laser beams down onto you. Said carriage is very small, and it is very difficult to dodge the beams. Although the actual speed of the carriage doesn't look that fast, just wait until the FMV after the boss battle where it shows you how fast you were ''really'' going.

** The HD version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' turns [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Egg Dragoon]] and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Silver]] into High Speed Battles, while the 3DS version does it with the [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Egg Emperor]]... Recent ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' games like this trope a ''lot''.

** ''Brawl'' makes this stage hilarious for one reason: VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} with a Bunny Hood can actually ''outrun the stage.''

* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' has a boss battle in which you're on a speeding horse-and-carraige, with the boss floating above you shooting laser beams down onto you. Said carriage is very small, and it is very difficult to dodge the beams. Although the actual speed of the carriage doesn't look that fast, just wait until the FMV after the boss battle where it shows you how fast you were ''really'' going.
** This game also has a scene where you leap off of a building to avoid an incoming jet that's about to smash into the rooftop and onto a scaffolding, which plummets to the ground at terminal velocity. Kill the enemies before you hit bottom (so Aya can use the brake), or die indeed.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' ends with Solid Snake escaping the Shadow Moses facility by Jeep, while shooting down pursuing enemies (and, eventually, [[ImplacableMan Liquid Snake]]).

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' also features such a chase involving Snake and EVA escaping an exploding base with enemy soldiers and the BigBad in the Shagohod in hot pursuit.

* The final battle between Sonic and Shadow in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' involves them racing on foot along a collapsing walkway.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': One approach to the boss battle with Goht is having Link to don the Goron mask and pursue him, [[RammingAlwaysWorks by rolling into him]] at high speed. Goht's running speed increases as he takes damage, so does the speed of his attacks, and the number of obstacles that litter the cavern. The alternative of simply waiting on the side and shooting him with arrows whenever he nears is extremely boring by comparison, but easier.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': The latter half of the battle with Stallord plays out in similar fashion. Link has to pursue him, by using [[BattleTops the Spinner]] to ride the rails lining the arena and the central column. Stalord's speed increases as he takes damage, along with the number of spikes, forcing Link to jump between rails, to avoid them.

Not entirely restricted to action games, as many [=RPGs=] will have either sequences or mini-games based around a High Speed Battle. Also frequently seen in movies. AdvancingBossOfDoom, ChasingYourTail, and CatAndMouseBoss are slower-paced variations.

In video games, a High Speed Battle typically results when the player and an enemy have jumped into vehicles and continue to duke it out, in a manner of speaking. Two possible iterations exist:

* The first version is that the player is chasing the boss, with the intent of stopping them for one reason or another.
* The second version involves the player being chased by the boss, with the intent of escaping.
* A third version exists where the player and boss are fighting while chased by an AdvancingWallOfDoom a kind of InterestingSituationDuel.

Not entirely restricted to action games, as many [=RPGs=] will have either sequences or mini-games based around a High Speed Battle. Also frequently seen in movies. AdvancingBossOfDoom, ChasingYourTail, and CatAndMouseBoss are slower-paced variations. Also, many of the examples simply involve characters [[SuperSpeed who can run really, really, really fast]].

* Stage 4 of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}} III: The Alien Wars'' sees the heroes riding hoverbikes at breakneck speeds, fighting [[BigBad Red Falcon's]] JetPack-wearing, tank-riding {{Mooks}}. Later on, a massive [[BattleshipRaid air fortress]] catches up, and the soldiers must destroy the artillery emplacements on its belly... after which the battle [[HighAltitudeBattle takes to the skies]] and [[RefugeInAudacity throws all common sense]] [[CrazyAwesome out the window]].

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'', Riku's first encounter with the Commantis in [[Film/TronLegacy The Grid]] takes place while he's riding a light cycle and alternates between him chasing it and it chasing him, using the cycle's guns or light ribbons to damage it respectively.

* The very first segment of gameplay in ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' has the PlayerCharacter riding their police motorcycle through a tunnel, only for enemies to show up, requiring them to use their bike's mounted machinegun and later their rapid-fire pistol to take them out.