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Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom

Also known as Ninja Ryuukenden III: Yomi no Hakobune (JP)

Developer
Tecmo
Also on
Lynx
North America August 1991 Tecmo
Japan June 21, 1991 Tecmo

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Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom review

Ninja Gaiden 2 was as beautiful as NES platformers come! Well, understandably, Ryu hasn’t changed - his sprite is virtually identical in all three games. Most of the enemies are different naturally, and they’re a decent bunch, the mostly mindless menagerie comprised mainly of…

Marc Golding · January 7, 2004

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Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom review

Ever why the Ninja Gaiden series died? There's probably a few reasons for it, mainly company related, but Ninja Gaiden 3 certainly did not help the cause. It's the worst of the 3 Ninja Gaidens by far, as Tecmo tried out these new ideas that just were not suitable for Ninja…

psychopenguin · November 2, 2003

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