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Rambo III

Rambo III for the arcade is a different game compared to the one released for the SEGA consoles and the computer ports. The arcade version was is a rail shooter game played from the third-person perspective…

31 December 1989

Rambo III is a shooter developed by Taito, released 31 December 1989 on Arcade.

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What Rambo III is

Rambo III is a shooter game developed by Taito and released in 1989. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rambo III for the arcade is a different game compared to the one released for the SEGA consoles and the computer ports. The arcade version was is a rail shooter game played from the third-person perspective whereby Rambo would have to blast through hordes of enemy soldiers, jets, tanks using various weapons with crosshairs, as well as fight tank bosses at the end of each level.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Rambo series

Rambo III is the tenth of 14 entries we hold in the Rambo series. The next entry was Rambo in 2008.

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What it launched against

Rambo III launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Rambo III come out?
Rambo III was released on 31 December 1989 for Arcade.

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