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is a 1993 side-scrolling shooter video game developed by Tamtex and first released in Japan by Irem in 1993 for the Super Famicom and in North America and Europe in 1994 for the SNES.
R-Type III was originally released only on the Super NES, but later ported to the Game Boy Advance by Italy-based Raylight Studios.
The SNES version for markets outside Japan was released by Jaleco.
Game magazinesIn the "Cross Review" of Famitsu it received 8, 6, 7 and 8 for a total of 29 out of 40, and in the "Game Report Card" based on reader voting in Family Computer Magazine it was rated as follows, 22.0 out of 30.
R-Type III was originally released only on the Super NES, but later ported to the Game Boy Advance by Italy-based Raylight Studios.
They also praised the inclusion of a two-player mode.
In 1997, Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked the Super NES version the 23rd best console video game of all time, saying that compared to its predecessors it had virtually eliminated the slowdown, increased the difficulty, improved the graphics and sounds, and expanded the strategy by allowing the player to choose from three different Force Device units.
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