R-Type III: The Third Lightning

R-Type III: The Third Lightning
North American Super NES cover art
Developer(s)	Tamtex Raylight Studios (GBA)
Publisher(s)	Irem JP/EU: Irem NA: Jaleco NA: Retro-bit (re-release as R-Type Returns) NA: Destination Software (GBA) EU: Zoo Digital (GBA) NA: Retro-bit (re-release alongside Super R-Type)
Designer(s)	Kengo Miyata
Programmer(s)	Y. Suzuki
Composer(s)	Ikuko Mimori
Platform(s)	SNES SNES, Game Boy Advance, Wii Virtual Console
Release	December 10, 1993 SNES JP: December 10, 1993 NA: August 2, 1994 PAL: 1994 Game Boy Advance NA: March 26, 2004 PAL: November 19, 2004 R-Type Returns WW: July 2018
Genre(s)	Side-scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player 2-Player co-op

R-Type III: The Third Lightning (アールタイプ3 ザ・サード・ライトニング, Āru Taipu Surī: Za Sādo Raitoningu) 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.