NINJA GAIDEN III 3: THE ANCIENT SHIP OF DOOM (NINTENDO NES)

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom is a Side-Scrolling Platform video game developed and published by Tecmo. It was released in Japan on June 26, 1991 for the Famicom and in North America in August 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The NES version was not released in Europe. It was later ported to the Atari Lynx by Atari Corporation and released in 1993 in North America and Europe, with the European version retaining the North American title Ninja Gaiden III. It was also re-released as part of his 1995 Ninja Gaiden Trilogy Super NES compilation in Japan and North America. Long after, it was released for the Virtual Console service in North America on February 18, 2008 for the Wii and in North America and Europe on November 28, 2013 and January 23, 2014 respectively for the Nintendo 3DS. It was designed by Masato Kato, who succeeded Hideo Yoshizawa, designer of the first two games in the NES series.