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title: "Arcade Archives GRADIUS III"
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description: "\"GRADIUS III\" is a scrolling shooter game released by KONAMI in 1989.The story of Planet Gradius has transformed from legend to myth."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-12-24 00:00:00"
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Arcade Archives GRADIUS III | Nintendo Switch Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![Arcade Archives GRADIUS III](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/arcade-archives-gradius-iii.jpeg "Arcade Archives GRADIUS III")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/arcade-archives-gradius-iii.jpeg)“GRADIUS III” is a scrolling shooter game released by KONAMI in 1989.

The story of Planet Gradius has transformed from legend to myth. Take on the Bacterion Empire in epic space battles.

An EDIT MODE has been added to the game, allowing players to customize their equipment.

Enjoy playing the best game in the series!

The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.

Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.

Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

\*The options menu and manual are available in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

### Release info - Arcade Archives GRADIUS III

Release date

 2020-12-24 00:00:00

Publisher

 HAMSTER

Demo available

DLC available

Max players

 2

Age rating

 7

NS Online support

Game code

 HACPAZYGA

Cloud Saves support

Voice Chat support

HD Rumble support

Languages

japanese, english, spanish, french, german, italian

 Genres

arcade, shooter

### Nintendo eShop - Arcade Archives GRADIUS III

[EUR 6.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/NL/nl/titles/70010000034650/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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¥8.38

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