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Description
Gradius III is the third game in Konami's long-running space shooter series, which also includes
Life Force and
Nemesis. As with most Gradius titles, you control the highly advanced Vic Viper space fighter against hordes of foes. Weapons can be selected from pre-arranged loadouts or you can create your own custom loadout. The game can be played by a single player, or by two players in alternating turns. The game offers three levels of difficulty.
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Alternate Titles
- "宇宙巡航机III" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
- "グラディウスIII~伝説から神話ヘ~" -- Japanese spelling
- "アーケードアーカイブス グラディウスIII 伝説から神話へ" -- Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling
- "Gradius III - The Outbreak" -- SNES in manual title
- "Arcade Archives: Gradius III" -- PS4 / Switch title
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User Reviews
Critic Reviews
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) |
SNES |
Feb, 1991 |
10.2 out of 12 |
85 |
Eurogamer.net (UK) |
Wii |
Sep 29, 2007 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
Retro Archives |
SNES |
Aug 09, 2021 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
Thunderbolt Games |
SNES |
Dec 20, 2004 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) |
SNES |
Aug, 1991 |
32 out of 40 |
80 |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) |
Arcade |
Apr, 1990 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
Mag'64 |
Wii |
Nov 21, 2009 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
GameSpot |
Wii |
Apr 25, 2007 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
Génération 4 |
SNES |
Feb, 1991 |
56 out of 100 |
56 |
Entertainment Weekly |
SNES |
Sep 27, 1991 |
C |
50 |
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Trivia
Version differences
Despite being a port of the arcade version, the SNES version is not entirely accurate to the original.
Aside from the tweaked difficulty and additional armaments, two entire levels were cut from the arcade: a 3D stage which involved avoiding cave walls from a first-person perspective behind the Vic Viper, and a crystal stage in which you were challenged by crystal blocks blocking off areas like a maze.
The SNES port also has extreme slowdowns on the real console. The same is true for the Wii version which is a ROM of the original SNES game running in an emulator.
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