Holy freakin' crap, nobody mentioned the first Dragon Quest?! I do agree with the Yars' Revenge one, but in 1986 when Dragon Quest was released, the final boss, Dragonlord, has two forms. First form is a smaller humanlike form, the second and final form is a large blue dragon.
I think we have a winner.
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