Top 50 Vertical Shmups for your MAME Cabinet

Note: Vertical in this instance merely refers to the aspect ratio,and not necessarily the direction of movement in the game.

This list is merely my opinion. There are many games out there,and we all have our personal preferences. This is mine.
In order to make this list,the games must follow two simple rules...

1#They must be fully playable on your average MAME cabinet,and must not require any special controls or extra equipment.

2#They must closely resemble the arcade game style as much as possible,therefore RPG's (Chrono Trigger,Final Fantasy,etc.) and some Action Adventure games with higher RPG aspects (Zelda,Actraiser,etc.) do not qualify.

I do not own the rights to the characters, music, or footage used in this video,nor do I claim to.They belong to their respective owners.

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50.Air Gallet
49.Mad Shark
48.Astro Blaster
47.Radar Scope
46.R-Shark
45.Nebulas Ray
44.Cyvern
43.Last Duel
42.Super Spacefortress Macross
41.Gunlock
40.Change Air Blade
39.Battlantis
38.U.N. Defense Force - Earth Joker
37.Truxton
36.Batsugun
35.Daioh
34.Vasara 2
33.Mazinger Z
32.Action Fighter
31.Dragon Blaze
30.Image Fight
29.G-Stream
28.Hotdog Storm
27.Twin Cobra
26.Bells & Whistles
25.Juno First
24.Thundercade
23.Dragon Spirit
22.Sonic Wings Limited
21.Soldier Girl Amazon
20.Lightning Fighters
19.Moon Cresta
18.Phelios
17.Gunnail
16.Brave Blade
15.King & Balloon
14.Galaxian
13.Super Zaxxon
12.Sinistar
11.Raiden Fighters
10.Legendary Wings
09.Dimahoo
08.Aero Fighters Special
07.Satan's Hollow
06.Gunbird 2
05.Galaga
04.Raiden
03.Centipede
02.1943 - The Battle of Midway
01.Space Invaders - Space Invaders M