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developed by

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, licensed by

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, and published by

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. It is the fourth game in the Raiden series. ''Raiden III'' uses the

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arcade hardware, giving full 3D graphics to the series for the first time. The game was published in the US by

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, in Europe by

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, and in China by Soft-World International Corporation.

Gameplay

''Raiden III'' shares the same mechanics as the previous games in the series, while introducing new mechanics to set it apart from its predecessors. Players are given a new primary weapon, the piercing Proton Laser, and a new missile weapon, the Radar Missile. New mechanics introduced in this game include the Flash Shot multiplier, which increases score the faster an appearing enemy is destroyed, and Double Play, which allows one player to control both ships with one controller. ''Raiden III'' is the first game in the series to give the player craft smaller

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es. The bombs were changed to deploy instantly and cover the entire screen, as opposed to the earlier games' delayed explosion and smaller area of damage. The game consists of seven stages of increasing difficulty, with the first three levels taking place on Earth and the last four taking place in space.

Plot

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Ports

Windows, PlayStation 2 versions

The Windows port of ''Raiden III'' was published by Soft-World International corporation. It includes an English translation of the Japanese text. The Windows version was re-released internationally on download services in

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. The Windows version is a nearly perfect port of the arcade version. UFO Interactive Games obtained the publishing rights to the PlayStation 2 version of ''Raiden III'' and released the game in the US in April 2007.

Mobile phone versions

The

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, i-mode, EZ-Web versions contain 3 difficulty levels.

Related media

The Flash Desire ''Raiden III'' Game Capture DVD

The game capture DVD of ''Raiden III'' was released on November 2, 2006. The DVD version contains 120 minutes of footage, while the CD version contains 70 minutes. Its features include: * Contents 01 - ''Raiden III'' Normal Mode Capture Image (Kinomoto will not be in charge of playing; it plays back one-coin capture images of the same work from start to the ending). * Contents 02 - ''Raiden III'' Double Play Mode Capture Image (Hattori will be in charge of playing; it plays back 1 coin capture images of the same work from start to the ending). * Contents 03 - OUT TAKE (other than the score image which is higher than normal mode main part, wonderful phenomenon and income technique, the user records the opening movie). * Soundtrack CD (see below)

Game-related Tracks

# Shoot like lightning (Opening demo) # Takeoff with the suffer (Start demo) # Lightning strikes (Level 1) # Passing pleasures (Boss) # Mission accomplishment (Level clear) # Electric Resistance (Level 2) # Dawn of sorrow (Level 3) # A labyrinth of steel (Level 4) # Intruder (Level 5) # Invisible menace (Level 6) # Last fear (Level 7) # Fairy (Ending) # Game Over for Raiden I (Game over) # Carve your name (Name entry) # Preparations (

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References

External links

''Raiden III''
at the official Japanese website of Moss *

Raiden III pages
PS2NESiCAxLive
at Cyber Front's website
The Flash Desire ''Raiden III''
on the INH Group's website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raiden Iii 2005 video games 505 Games games Arcade video games Cooperative video games Mobile games MOSS (company) games Multiplayer and single-player video games NESiCAxLive games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation 3 games PlayStation Network games UFO Interactive Games games Vertically scrolling shooters Video games developed in Japan Windows games CyberFront games