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Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom

Also known as Ninja Gaiden 3 · NGIII (Acronym) · Ninja 外伝 III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (Stylized title)
Developer
Koei Tecmo Games
Publisher
Koei Tecmo Games
Year
1991
Genre
Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Modes
Single player
External
IGDB ↗ · Wikipedia ↗

About this game

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was later ported to the Atari Lynx by Atari Corporation in 1993, and was also re-released as part of Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden Trilogy Super NES compilation in 1995. Long after, it was released for the Virtual Console service in North America in 2008 for the Wii and in 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS. It was designed by Masato Kato, who took over for Hideo Yoshizawa, the designer of the first two games in the NES series.

Thrilling new cinema screen! Follow the story of Ryu's epic adventure through Tecmo's movie-like Cinema Screen Animation. As you complete each level, a new part of the story unfolds. Exciting new powers and weapons! Over the years Ninja Ryu's fighting skills have improved to include fantastic new powers and weapons. Action-packed Ninja adventure! Can you get Ryu through his most challenging adventure as he battles the hideous ancient forces of darkness to save mankind? The Ultimate Ninja Challenge!

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