Vermin

Hit the moles as they pop up.

Vermin was a Game & Watch unit released on July 10, 1980 with a product code of MT-03. It was part of the Silver range, the first set of all the Game & Watch systems.

Gameplay
In this game, the player takes control of a man, who is trying to hit moles on the head with hammers. The man holds two hammers, one in each hand. There are five spots in the ground where a mole may emerge. If the man holds a hammer above a spot where a mole is emerging, he will hit the mole on the head, and score one point. If a mole successfully emerges without being struck by a hammer, one of the player's three lives are lost. The emergence of mole is shown by three spots of dirt appearing below an emergence spot, giving the player three seconds to reach one of these spots.

Game & Watch Gallery 2
Vermin returns to be a playable game in Game & Watch Gallery 2. It can be played in 'classic' fashion, which is identical to its Game & Watch counterpart, or it can be played in Modern fashion, in which Yoshi is standing in the center of the screen, surrounded by six. ,  will fly towards these eggs, and later on in the game, so will, and Yoshi must hit these enemies with one of its two hammers.

Appearances and references in other games

 * Game Boy Gallery - Vermin is directly ported into this game.
 * Game & Watch Gallery 2 - Vermin is again ported into this overall game, as well as featuring the modern mode detailed above.
 * WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! - In this game, there is a microgame named Vermin, where Wario has to hit a sole mole with a hammer, reminiscent of this game.
 * DSiWare
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Mr. Game & Watch's attack is where he pulls two hammers, in the same style as he would in this game, and he wil then slam both towards the ground.