Top 10 Vertical Arcade Shmups

Here we have the 10 best vertical / tate STG's / shoot em ups to ever hit the arcades.

A few points to note:
- This is, of course, just my own personal opinion
- A few of the games on this list are interchangeable over time
- I have taken into account a number of factors including gameplay, artwork, music, sound effects, atmosphere, setting, plot etc

So here are the 10 I have chosen:

1. Armed Police Batrider (Raizing)
2. Battle Garegga (Raizing)
3. Battle Bakraid (Eighting)
4. Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi (Cave)
5. DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label (Cave)
6. Mushihimesama Futari (Cave)
7. Espgaluda (Cave)
8. Ibara Kuro: Black Label (Cave)
9. ESP Ra.De. (Cave)
10. DoDonPachi DaiOuJou (Cave)

Honourable mentions:
- DoDonpachi (Cave)
- Truxton (Toaplan)

[LevelSmackcom]

Epic list. Many i haven't played yet. I can tell you have played many shoot em ups

[Lee_MCMLXXI]

Good stuff here! - Fave has to be; Ketsui Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, I'm no expert at these bullet hell's, but seem to get furthest with that.

[unrealone]

There was a Vertical Arcade shooter but you where a "Battleship" not an aircraft, do you know the name of it?

[dumpstrfukk]

why do they ALL look like the same game bro 😅

[KarinExMachina]

I've been looking for one retro game like this where there was a giant robotic spider/crab boss that came from the top of the screen.