Gradius III

Gradius III
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Director(s)Hiroyasu Machiguchi
SeriesGradius
Platform(s)Arcade, Super NES, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release
December 11, 1989
  • Arcade
    • JP: December 11, 1989
    • AS: December 1989
    SFC/SNES
    • JP: December 21, 1990
    • NA: August 23, 1991
    PlayStation 2
    • JP: April 13, 2000
    • NA: November 13, 2000
    • EU: November 24, 2000
    PlayStation Portable
    • JP: February 9, 2006
    • NA: June 6, 2006
    • EU: September 15, 2006
    • AU: October 6, 2006
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemKonami GX945

Gradius III[a] is a 1989 scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami, originally released for the arcades in Japan and other parts of Asia on December 11, 1989. It is the third game in the Gradius series. The game was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan in 1990 and North America in 1991, and served as a launch title for the system in North America. The arcade version would never see the light of day in the West until it was included alongside Gradius IV in a two-in-one compilation (Gradius III & IV) for the PlayStation 2 and in the Gradius Collection for the PlayStation Portable.

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