Golemech

The Golemech is a large ape-like robot with its weak interior protected by an outer shell of stone. He is found on the Easy version of Venom in Star Fox 64.

Fighting him

The Golemech immediately begins to flee when the player approaches it because Andross had not yet completed it. However, what appears to be cowardice is soon revealed to be a cunning strategy as the boss leads you down a long stone hallway with little room to maneuver. In the hallway, the boss periodically slams the wall, ceiling, or floor to cause pillars of stone to come shooting out at the player in all directions.

Luckily, this is its only tactic and the only other danger is the monkey enemies that periodically appear along the walls.

Shooting the boss causes its stone armor to fall away to nothing and revealing its soft core underneath.

There is some debate as to whether Andross created him, or discovered him in ruins during his Exile.

Apparently, the boss battle itself has a 'time' limit, and that players who take far too long to defeat it will end up flying into a dead end where the player will be continousily damaged until destroyed (although the use of a gameshark will reveal that this dead end is not endless in itself, and 'surviving' it will place the player in a dark void following a now defenceless Golemech, that can easily be destroyed to resume the game normally).

Trivia

A similar enemy type and boss appear in Star Fox Command for the Nintendo DS.