Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom

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8.3

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Score Breakdown Based on 504 ratings

1. 10 (97)
2. 9 (207)
3. 8 (132)
4. 7 (43)
5. 6 (9)
6. 5 (4)
7. 4 (2)
8. 3 (2)
9. 2 (1)
10. 1 (7)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:7.9

  Ninja Gaiden III is a fun game, but I hesitate to call it great. Has lost much of the old Ninja Gaiden feel.

  By astro64th | Review Date: Apr 06, 2006 | NES

  Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom Platform: NES Also Available On: SNES (Ninja Gaiden Trilogy), Xbox Released: 1991 Players: 1 Genre: 2D side-scrolling action platformer Save: In the original - None. In t... Read Full Review

  3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom

• Rating:10

  immpressive game of the year & worth palying on the NES system

  By omegazx100 | Review Date: Jan 14, 2010 | NES

  now this game is awesome to i have to say all three ninja gaiden r very good temco sure knew they were doing when they made it this game let u play just like the other ninja gaiden series but this time u get upgrade form... Read Full Review

  1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  Great game classic ninja fighting and great story. Ninja Gaiden is one of my favourite ninja games.

  By beaubrown6 | Review Date: Aug 05, 2009 | NES

  Ok once again you play the hero Ryu Haybusa and while you have taken the toll through the tough grueling levels on previous Ninja Gaiden games this one is another great thrill to one of the best Ninja games you can buy. ... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7

  Boasting improved production values and gameplay, Ninja Gaiden III is even more challenging than its predecessors.

  By Asagea_888 | Review Date: Jul 03, 2009 | NES

  Ninja Gaiden III wraps up an engaging trilogy involving a ninja, a CIA agent, a whole lot of deceit, and stupidly-cheap demons. It's also every bit as challenging and difficult as its fore bearers, unforgiving in its st... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  These super-dimensional ruins are the foundation upon which a new world will be created.

  By Hermit_Crab | Review Date: Jan 05, 2009 | NES

  Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom is the third and final installment of the original Ninja Gaiden series on the NES. The third installment, like the duo before it, is a hack 'n slash platforming, action game. ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  Final Chapter in the First Ninja Gaiden Saga

  By sh811a | Review Date: Sep 13, 2008 | NES

  Every great saga has a begining and an end. This game is one of those better concluions in the first Ninja Gaiden saga which of course makes way for the second Ninja Gaiden saga for the next gen systems which focuses on... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:6

  The five-continue limit makes this otherwise decent game straight up ridiculous.

  By carolynmichelle | Review Date: Feb 23, 2008 | NES

  Released in 1991, Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom was very nearly a perfectly adequate, if unspectacular, conclusion to the trilogy of Ryu Hayabusa's NES adventures. Unfortunately, one tremendous misstep made ... Read Full Review

  1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.4

  Test-of-time gameplay saves this one from a choppy storyline, but its also one of the most disappointing games, ever.

  By sdcazares1980 | Review Date: Dec 26, 2006 | NES

  A year after Ryu defeat the demon, Irene, his CIA girlfriend, was investigating some wrong doing at a science when all of a sudden Ryu appears out nowhere to chase Irene off a cliff. Ryu believes that an imposter is &qu... Read Full Review

  0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.3

  Wonderfully crafted, Music indulging, Graphics short, Sharp Controls, LAGGING STORY!

  By vigilantevil | Review Date: Jun 30, 2006 | NES

  Remember the good ol days of cloned Ninjas trashing the good bad & Ugly Villains :) well NG III the ancient ship of doom returns with some more Butt hitting action and before you realize the game has started you'll be ju... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.7

  Ninja gaiden. Tough, nice, with plot and ever challenging

  By curono | Review Date: Jun 11, 2006 | NES

  To be honest, my first experience with a ninja gaiden was this game. It became kinda fuzzy to start the story (which I regret) in the end of the nes serie. Ninja gaiden shows a kickas ninja who tries to defend the wor... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful