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'''''Vermin''''' is part of the [[Game & Watch]] series of handheld videogames and was released on July 10, 1980; another version of the game was also released that year, under the name '''''The Exterminator'''''.<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/vermin.htm ''Vermin'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref> It was a game in the gallery of the original ''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''. It is also featured as a [[minigame]] in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''.

==Classic Version==

Moles pop out of the ground, attempting to get into the player's garden. To keep them away, the player must move left and right to smack them with hammers. If any moles are left untouched for a few seconds, they will emerge more from the ground. If a mole completely emerges from the ground, the player gets penalized with a miss. The player receives a [[Game Over]] when they have three misses.

==Modern Version==

[[File:G&WG2 Vermin.png|thumb|left|The Modern version of ''Vermin'']]

''Vermin'' was remade for ''Game & Watch Gallery 2''. The Modern version of this game features an [[Orange Yoshi]] guarding six [[Yoshi Egg]]s from incoming [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s, [[Fly Guy]]s, and [[Boo]]s; different types of enemies move at different speeds. The Boos will not move if the Yoshi is looking at one. If any of the baddies are left unattended, they will start pounding the eggs. Each egg can only take up to three hits. If an egg gets completely broken, the enemy that broke the egg will mock the Yoshi, and the player will get a Game Over. Every 200 points, the player gets rewarded a bonus dependent on how many unbroken eggs are on the field, and all the unbroken eggs also break themselves to reveal something good (i.e., [[Yoshi Cookie]]s at 200 points, [[Fruit]]s at 400, [[Baby Yoshi]]s at 600, [[coin]]s at 800, and [[Super Star]]s at 1,000, with the cycle only continuing after that). [[Monty Mole]]s will also appear at 200, 500, and 700 points to lay a [[1 UP Heart|Heart]] on the field. Hitting the Heart with the hammer will recover a third of the damage done to the eggs. Unlike the Classic version, music is featured, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.

==Other Remakes==

[[File:Vermin.jpg|thumb|''Vermin'' on [[DSiWare]]]]

The game has been remade for the [[Nintendo DSi]] in the [[DSiWare]]. It was released on April 5, 2010, for the US, April 9, 2010, for Europe, and July 15, 2009, for Japan. It was later re-released on the Nintendo 3DS's Nintendo eShop.