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* A mission in [[DarkForcesSaga Jedi Academy]] consists of you fighting off (or fleeing from, your choice) mercenaries on speeders.

* 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.
** Most if not all of the CallOfDuty games feature at least one vehicle chase sequence. ModernWarfare 2 just might take the cake, though, with a high-speed snowmobile chase, a unarmed sprint through Rio, a truck chase in an airplane graveyard, ''and'' an insane motorboat chase.

* Riding Duels (Turbo Duels in the dub) in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' are this as applied to Duel Monsters. Or to put it another way... [[MemeticMutation CARD GAMES]] [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries ON MOTORCYCLES]]!

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

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

* [[EverythingOrNothing James Bond 007 Everything Or Nothing]]: The Pontchartrain Bridge. To wit: You've just destroyed Yayakov's nanobot facility out in the bayou. You notice Jaws hop into a nanobot-filled tanker truck and head out on the freeway (the Bridge) in a last-ditch attempt to carry out Diavolo's plans. What do you do? You hop onto your Q-Bike and give chase, avoiding civilian cars and henchmen in cars and on bikes. All of this in excess of ''200 mph''.

* 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.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', you're fighting several enemies and a boss whilst you're on a [[MinecartMadness minecart]] escaping from a Magitech 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]]. ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome While it's trying to run him down.]]''

* Riding Duels (Turbo Duels in the dub) in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' are this as applied to Duel Monsters. Or to put it another way... [[MemeticMutation CARD GAMES]] [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries ON MOTORCYCLES]]!

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'', Riku's first encounter with the Commantis in [[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 Turbo Tunnel and Clinger Winger levels in ''BattleToads''. Both are {{Scrappy Level}}s, and the latter is {{unwinnable}} with two players.

* The eighth ''{{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.

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': The boss battle with Goht requires 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.

* In ''FinalFantasyVI'', you're fighting several enemies and a boss whilst you're on a [[MinecartMadness minecart]] escaping from a Magitech 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]]. ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome While it's trying to run him down.]]''
* In ''FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud hops on a motorcycle while his party jumps into a truck, as they attempt to escape the city of Midgar. This is the second version: Shrina security forces on motorcycles chase after the party in a mini-game, while Cloud slashes them with the Buster Sword.

** ''MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' features a callback to this, only [[spoiler:instead of a Jeep, Snake's piloting REX itself, and has to plow through an army of Gekkos to escape.]]
** ''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.

* Most of the ''{{Gradius}}'' games contain a "high speed" stage where the screen scrolls twice as fast as normal.

* [[MajorasMask Majora's Mask]]: The boss battle with Goht requires 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.
** TwilightPrincess: 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.

* The entire game of ''Pursuit Force'' and its sequel, ''Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice'', involves a cop for the eponymous police agency chasing down criminals and killing or arresting them. Rather unique in the implementation, however, as the cop can leap from one vehicle to another with ease while driving as speeds of (usually) at least 150 miles per hour.

* ''Thunder Force II''[='=]s Stage 2-2 has you fly down a highway (with poles that you can crash into if you fly too low), and Stage 4-2 makes you speed through tight corridors.

* JamesBond007EverythingOrNothing: The Pontchartrain Bridge. To wit: You've just destroyed Yayakov's nanobot facility out in the bayou. You notice Jaws hop into a nanobot-filled tanker truck and head out on the freeway (the Bridge) in a last-ditch attempt to carry out Diavolo's plans. What do you do? You hop onto your Q-Bike and give chase, avoiding civilian cars and henchmen in cars and on bikes. All of this in excess of ''200 mph''.

* [[MajorasMask Majora's Mask]]: The boss battle with Goht requires Link to don the Goron mask and pursue him, by rolling 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.
** TwilightPrincess: The latter half of the battle with Stallord plays out in similar fashion. Link has to pursue him, by using 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.

* One of the stages in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'' (and reappearing in Brawl) is set atop not-to-scale {{F-Zero}} cars mid-race. Just not letting the stage kill you is hard enough!

* [[{{La Mulana}} La-Mulana]]: The battle against the third area's boss, [[spoiler:Ellmac]], is a high-speed battle with [[spoiler:Ellmac running after Lemeza as Lemeza rolls away from it on a mine-cart]]. Even the battle's music track is called "High-Speed Beast." There's also Bahamut (no, not [[FinalFantasy that Bahamut]]), who you fight on a high-speed fish-powered boat, and Palenque, who is an [[UnexpectedShmupLevel Unexpected Shmup Boss]] who you fight in a corridor while dodging DeadlyWalls.

* Stage 4 of ''{{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 throws all common sense [[WindowPain out the window]].

* JamesBond007EverythingOrNothing: The Pontchartrain Bridge. To wit: You've just destroyed Yayakov's nanobot facility out in the bayou. You notice Jaws hop into a nanobot-filled tanker truck and head out on the freeway (the Bridge) in a last-ditch attempt to carry out Diavolo's plans. What do you do? You hop onto your Q-Bike and give chase, avoiding civilian cars and henchmen in cars and on bikes. All of this in excess of ''200 mph''.

** Speaking of ''FinalFantasyVII'', do elevators count?
*** Considering the battle in particular can take a few minutes, this troper would probably say no. Doesn't look like a particularly high speed elevator...

** Excluding the final boss (which is also arguably one of the easiest bosses in the game for exactly that reason), ''all'' of ''[[SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 2's]]'' bosses are organized like this.

** 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 ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' games like this trope a ''lot''.

** The fights with the Egg Hawk, Egg Albatross, and Egg Emperor in ''SonicHeroes'' are mild examples of this; the Egg Hawk and Egg Emperor will stop for roughly half a minute at certain points on the battle track to launch a stationary assault.

** Pick any Eggman boss in ''SonicUnleashed'' except for the Egg Dragoon, who is the only one fought as the Werehog. For the second variety, any time the Egg Interceptor makes an appearance in the [=PS360=] version (the [=WiiS2=] version uses a mix of the two).
** In ''SonicColors'', there's the fight with the Frigates Orcan and Skullian, as well as the final battle with the [[spoiler:Nega-Wisp Armor.]]
** The HD version of ''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 ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' games like this trope a ''lot''.

* ''MetalGearSolid'' ends with Solid Snake escaping the Shadow Moses facility by Jeep, while shooting down pursuing enemies (and, eventually, Liquid Snake).
** ''MetalGearSolid4'' features a callback to this, only [[spoiler:instead of a Jeep, Snake's piloting REX itself, and has to plow through an army of Gekkos to escape.]]
** ''MetalGearSolid3'' 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.
** Yet another ''MetalGearSolid4'' chase is a callback to this one, with [[spoiler:EVA, in her CrowningMomentOfAwesome, racing through a city on a motorcycle, with Snake covering her from the back seat, as they try to evade and escape Liquid's troops.]]
* The final battle between Sonic and Shadow in ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure 2]]'' involves them racing on foot along a collapsing walkway.

** The battle with Metal Sonic in ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog CD}}'' is a race.

** All but one of the bosses in ''{{Sonic and the Secret Rings}}'' also work this way. King Arthur in ''Sonic and the Black Knight'' also does this... and [[HypocriticalHumor he calls out Sonic for running away]]?

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

* One of the stages in ''SuperSmashBrosMelee'' (and reappearing in Brawl) is set atop not-to-scale {{F-Zero}} cars mid-race. Just not letting the stage kill you is hard enough!

* This is the climactic end to ''Revenge of Meta-Knight'', one of the games on {{Kirby}} Super Star. You hop onto your buddy Wheelie and race to the end of the ship you've been spending the whole game destroying, trying to get off before it crashes into the ocean, whilst Meta-Knight, who you [[LoadBearingBoss just defeated]], turns into... err...[ [OneWingedAngel Meta-Bat]] and flies after you, shooting stuff at you to try and kill you. Oh yeah, and it's [[TimedMission timed]] too.

* Stage 4 of ''{{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]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome all]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome common]] [[BeyondTheImpossible sense]] [[WindowPain out the window]].

* {{Uncharted}} 2: Among Thieves has a High Speed Battle taken BeyondTheImpossible; an extended gunfight taking place in the backs of a dozen speeding trucks -- each one [[EveryCarIsAPinto exploding]] as Nate jumps to the next!

* In WildArms3, 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.