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Rambo III

Rambo III is a shooting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System, making use of the Light Phaser peripheral. It is based upon the film Rambo III. John Rambo, America's favorite soldier…

1 December 1988

Rambo III is an arcade developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 1 December 1988 on Sega Master System/Mark III.

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What Rambo III is

Rambo III is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1988. It is available on Sega Master System/Mark III only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It’s a mission he can’t refuse: John Rambo, soldier, fighter, hero, has been asked to rescue his friend and former commander, Colonel Trautman. The Colonel had been making a delivery of much-needed weapons to Mujahedin freedom-fighters in Afghanistan when he was captured by Russian soldiers. Now held in a wretched prison camp in that war-torn nation, the Colonel has been abandoned by his country, which is afraid that a rescue mission would be too politically sensitive to undertake. Only one man is left to save the Colonel, Rambo! Using grenades and a stolen Kalashinikov assault rifle, fight your way through seven levels of combat action. From village to mountain, from prison camp to cave…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Rambo series

Rambo III is the fifth of 14 entries we hold in the Rambo series. It arrived 7 months after Rambo. The next entry was Rambo in 1988.

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When did Rambo III come out?
Rambo III was released on 1 December 1988 for Sega Master System/Mark III.

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