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The best vertical-scroller games

A vertical-scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top down perspective and the environment scrolls from top to bottom. Characters usually don't have to move to scroll the screen (expecially in shoot'em ups).
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Donkey BAS

DOS19813.8/5 Microsoft
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Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.8/5 Data East
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Spy Hunter

DOS19843.7/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
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Knightmare

DOS19863.6/5 Konami
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Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS19903.5/5 SNK Corporation
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Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom
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Mystical

DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames
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Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue

DOS19923.5/5 Alternative Software
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Sky Shark

DOS19893.5/5 Toaplan
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Space Miner

DOS19833.5/5
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Popeye 2

DOS19923.4/5 Bizarre Developments
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Guerrilla War

DOS19873.4/5 SNK Corporation
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Ajax

DOS19893.4/5 Konami
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Sink or Swim

DOS19933.3/5 Zeppelin Games
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Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5
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Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
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Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software